named in two legal actions
" It feels a little bit like Kinder Morgan are stepping in it" said Stephen Collins, one of five defendants named in two legal actions, adding he finds the joke hilarious.

legal action means a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong.

what's the meaning of " sb named in legal actions", how to explain " named in " here?

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named in two legal actions
" It feels a little bit like Kinder Morgan are stepping in it" said Stephen Collins, one of five defendants named in two legal actions, adding he finds the joke hilarious.

legal action means a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong.

what's the meaning of " sb named in legal actions", how to explain " named in " here?

Answer

It means "his name was cited as a defendant in a civil or criminal case".

In a civil case, the party that names the defendant in a formal document (called a writ) is the plaintiff; in a criminal case, the prosecution.

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When a name of someone appear in two case he one named in two case, naming someone is to give tell his name in anyway "To mention, specify, or cite by name"

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