institution and prosecution of action

institution and prosecution of action
The filing or service of a proper complaint, declaration, or petition, the service of process, or obtaining the waiver of process, to bring the parties into court, and judicial inquiry according to the rules and practice of the court. Zanesville v Zanesville Tel & Tel Co. 64 Ohio St 67, 59 NE 781.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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