ACTIO

  • 121actio ex contractu — /aekshiyow eks kantraektyuw/ In the civil and common law, an action of contract; an action arising out of, or founded on, contract. 3 Bl. Comm. 117 …

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  • 122actio ex delicto — /aekshiyow eks daliktow/ In the civil and common law, an action of tort; an action arising out of fault, misconduct, or malfeasance. 3 Bl.Comm. 117. Ex maleficio is the more common expression of the civil law; which is adopted by Bracton …

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  • 123actio exercitoria — /aekshiyow egzarsatoriya/ An action against the exercitor or employer of a vessel …

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  • 124actio ex locato — /aekshiyow eks lowketow/ An action upon letting; an action which the person who let a thing for hire to another might have against the hirer …

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  • 125actio ex stipulatu — /aekshiyow eks stipyaleytyuw/ An action brought to enforce a stipulation …

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  • 126actio familiae erciscundae — /aekshiyow familiyiy arsiskandiy/ An action for the partition of an inheritance …

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  • 127actio furti — /aekshiyow fartay/ An action of theft; an action founded upon theft. This could be brought only for the penalty attached to the offense, and not to recover the thing stolen, for which other actions were provided. An appeal of larceny. The old… …

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  • 128actio honoraria — /akshiyow (h)onareriya/ An honorary, or praetorian action. Actiones honorariae are those forms of remedies which were gradually introduced by the praetors and aediles, by virtue of their equitable powers, in order to prevent the failure of… …

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