take to court
English edit
Verb edit
take to court (third-person singular simple present takes to court, present participle taking to court, simple past took to court, past participle taken to court)
- (transitive, law) To sue; to begin a legal process against; to take legal action against.
Further reading edit
- “take to court”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “take someone to court”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.