legal remedy
Noun
Meaning
legal remedy (plural legal remedies)
(law) The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong
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Examples
As a general rule, a plaintiff can only rely on a legal remedy to the point that he proves that he suffered a loss; it was reasonably foreseeable.
One of the key legal principles on which Marbury relies is the notion that for every violation of a vested legal right, there must be a legal remedy.
Monetary damages alone were purely a legal remedy, and thus entitled to a jury.
Therefore, lacking a legal remedy, the plaintiff's only option would be petitioning the King.