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ACTIO

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Latin: In the civil law. An action or suit; a right or cause of action. It should be noted that this term means both the proceeding to enforce a right in a court and the right itself which is sought to be enforced. Actio ad exhibendum. An action for the purpose of compelling a defendant to exhibit a thing or title in his power. It was preparatory to another action, which was … [Read more...] about ACTIO

ACTIO DE DOLO MALA

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An action of fraud; an action which lay for a defrauded person against the defrauder and his heirs, who had been enriched by the fraud, to obtain the restitution of the thing of which he had been fraudulently deprived, with all its accessions (cum omni causa;) or, where this was not practicable, for compensation in damages. Mackeld. Rom. Law, s 227. … [Read more...] about ACTIO DE DOLO MALA

ACTIO PERSONALIS

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A personal action. The ordinary term for this kind of action in the civil law is actio in personam. Personalis refers to an occasional occurrence. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition In the civil and common law. A personal action. The ordinary term for this kind of action in the civil law is actio in personam, (q. v.,) the word personalis being of only occasional … [Read more...] about ACTIO PERSONALIS

ACTIO AD EXHIBENDUM

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An action for the purpose of compelling a defendant to exhibit a thing or title in his power. It was preparatory to another action, which was always a real action in the sense of the Roman law; that is, for the recovery of a thing, whether it was movable or immovable. Merl. Quest, tome i. 84. … [Read more...] about ACTIO AD EXHIBENDUM