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Actio Non

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Actio non. A plea in bar under the old system of pleading had a formal 'commencement'-'that the said plaintiff ought not to have or maintain his aforesaid action against him, the defendant, because etc.' This commencement was called actio non, Steph. Plead.

Abolished by the Common Law Procedure Act, 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. C. 76), s. 66.

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