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Legal memoranda made in the admiralty courts in England, in the nature of pleas. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition For example, the English court of admiralty disregards all tenders, except those formally made by acts of court. … [Read more...] about ACTS OF COURT

Legal maxim and Latin for the act of God causes injury to no one. Storms, tempests, and the like, are acts of God, being inevitable accidents not caused by man. … [Read more...] about Actus dei nemini facit injuriam

A beneficial action or equitable action. An action founded on equity instead of strict law, and available for those who had equitable rights or the beneficial ownership of property. Actions are divided into directae or utiles actions. The former are founded on certain legal obligations which from their origin were accurately defined and recognized as actionable. The latter were … [Read more...] about ACTIO UTILIS

In the English chancery. Writs for which there were precedents. The statute of Westminster, 2, c. 24, gave chancery authority to form new writs in consimili casu; hence the action on the case. … [Read more...] about ACTIONES NOMINATES

In Scotch law. Ordinances for regulating the forms of proceeding, before the court of session, in the administration of justice, made by the judges, who have the power by virtue of a Scotch act of parliament passed in 1540. Ersk. Prin. … [Read more...] about ACTS OF SEDERUNT