Ac Etiam

Ac Etiam [and also]. The introduction to the statement of the real cause of action in cases where it was necessary to allege a fictitious cause in order to give the Court jurisdiction, Bouvier's Law Dict. The ac etiam clause appears to have been invented inconsequence of the enactment of 13 Car. 2, St. 2, c. 2, that the particular cause of action must be expressed in the writ where more than 40l. was claimed, Davison v. Frost, (1802) 2 East 305. See also LATITAT and BILL OF MIDDLESEX.