What is Cause of action?
[[File:Eo-scale2.png|thumb|right|200px]] Under the [[law]], a '''cause of action''' is a set of [[fact]]s [[wikt:sufficient|sufficient]] to [[wikt:justify|justify]] a right to [[lawsuit|sue]] to obtain [[money]], [[property]], or the [[wikt:enforcement|enforcement]] of a right against another party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nolo.com/dictionary/cause-of-action-term.html|title=Cause of Action – Nolo’s Free Dictionary of Law Terms and Legal Definitions |publisher=Nolo.com|access-date=2013-08-19}}</ref> It means literally the cause or reason why a party can make a [[legal case]] under the law.<ref>Henry Campbell Black, ''A Law Dictionary: Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of Legal Jurisprudence...'' (St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., 1910), p. 178</ref> The term also refers to the legal [[theory]] upon which a [[plaintiff]] brings a [[lawsuit]] (such as [[breach of contract]], [[battery (tort)|battery]], or [[false imprisonment]]). The legal [[document]] which carries a claim is often called a '''Statement of Claim''' in [[England|English]] law,<ref>Henry Campbell Black, ''A Law Dictionary: Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of Legal Jurisprudence...'' (St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., 1910), p. 1106</ref> or a '''Complaint''' in [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. federal]] practice and in many [[States of the United States|U.S. states]]. A complaint identifies the court's jurisdiction, the [[wikt:allege|allege]]d facts and the [[wikt:relief|relief]] the [[plaintiff]] wants.<ref>Jonathan Wallace; Susan Ellis Wild, ''Webster's New World Law Dictionary'' (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010), p. 83</ref> It can be any [[communication]] notifying the party to whom it is addressed of an [[wikt:alleged|alleged]] fault which resulted in [[wikt:damage|damage]]s. This is often expressed in amount of money the receiving party should pay or [[wikt:reimburse|reimburse]]. == Filing == To pursue a cause of action, a plaintiff [[pleading|pleads]] or alleges facts in a complaint,