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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

Two names of an action which lay in behalf of a buyer to reduce the contract price, not to cancel the sale; the judex had power, however, to cancel the sale. Hunter, Rom. Law, 332. … [Read more...] about ACTIO AESTIMATORIA; ACTIO QUANTI MINORIS

An action for money engaged to be paid; an action which lay against any person who had engaged to pay money for himself, or for another, without any formal stipulation. Inst 4, 6. 9; Dig. 1& 5; Cod. 4, 18. … [Read more...] about ACTIO DE PECUNIA CONSTITUTE

In the civil law. An action against the person, founded on a personal liability; an action seeking redress for the violation of a jus in personam or right available against a- particular individual. In admiralty law. An action directed against the particular person who is to be charged with the liability. It is distinguished from an actio in rem, which is a suit directed … [Read more...] about ACTIO IN PERSONAM

Legal maxim and Latin for a personal action dies with the person. Some legal causes of action can no longer be brought after a person dies, in some cases, defamation. In actions of tort this was formerly a general rule, but recently its application has been so generally narrowed that it probably affects only actions for libel and slander. Compensation may, however, now be … [Read more...] about ACTIO PERSONALIS MORITUR CUM PERSONA