Solution for 6 July cryptic crossword clue

Fighting a lawsuit (6)

Solution – action

A double definition clue today.  For more about this clue type see the sidebar under the StumbleUpon button.

So if a soldier is fighting, they say he is in "action".

And another word for a "lawsuit" is an "action".

It is clever that both senses of action can be read together as one thing since you do fight lawsuits – or at least that is the case for most of them.