See Also: Action (or Office Action)(law)
Action(medicine)
Action Man(dictionary)
Action(casino)
ACTION:(law)
Action(law)
Action.(law)
action(dictionary)
Cause Of Action(law)
Cause of Action(money)

plummy (iou) and Cause Of Action (law)


plummy (iou)



plummy adjective. M18.
[from PLUM noun + -Y1.]
Consisting of, having many, or rich in plums. Also, resembling a plum or plums, esp. in colour. M18.
fig.
a. Rich, good, desirable. colloq. E19.
Punch A plummy job..that should certainly bring Promotion.
b. (Of the voice) rich and thick-sounding, esp. as supposedly characteristic of the British upper classes; mellow and deep but somewhat drawling; (of a person) having or speaking in such a voice, upper-class. colloq. L19.
A. Burgess He had..a plummy patrician voice.
plummily adverb M20.
plumminess noun E20.

Cause Of Action (law)




A specific legal claim for which a plaintiff seeks compensation. IE, negligence or medical malpractice.