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letter before claim

noun

C1CEFR level
80/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A pre-action letter setting out the proposed challenge and inviting the public body to respond before proceedings begin.

Our letter before claim gave the department 14 days to withdraw the decision or face judicial review.

Similar: letter before action

Topic: Public law in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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