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Collusive action

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001064

A lawsuit initiated by parties who secretly agree to achieve a particular outcome, rather than genuinely disputing a legal issue. This type of action lacks a true adversarial posture and is brought to defraud others or to circumvent legal processes. Courts will dismiss such actions if they discover the parties are not truly adverse.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-001064
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-001064",
  "term": "Collusive action",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A lawsuit initiated by parties who secretly agree to achieve a particular outcome, rather than genuinely disputing a legal issue. This type of action lacks a true adversarial posture and is brought to defraud others or to circumvent legal processes. Courts will dismiss such actions if they discover the parties are not truly adverse.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/collusive-action/"
}

Record 893 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.