Latin: A deed; something done. … [Read more...] about ACTUM
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ACTIO SERVIANA
An action which lay for the lessor of a farm, or rural estate, to recover the goods of the lessee or farmer, which were pledged or bound for the rent. Inst. 4, 6, 7. … [Read more...] about ACTIO SERVIANA
ACTIONARY
A foreign commercial term for the proprietor of an action or share of a public company's stock; a stockholder. … [Read more...] about ACTIONARY
ACTORNAY
In old Scotch law. An attorney. … [Read more...] about ACTORNAY
ACTUS
In the civil law. A species of right of way, consisting in the right of driving cattle, or a carriage, over the land subject to the servitude. Inst. 2, 3, pr. It is sometimes translated a "road," and Included the kind of way termed "iter," or path. Lord Coke, who adopts the term "actus" from Bracton, defines it a foot and horse way, vulgarly called "pack and prime way;" but … [Read more...] about ACTUS