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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....
Actio non datur non damnificato
Actio non datur non damnificato [Lat.], An action is not given to him who is not injured.The injury here referred to must be such as the law makes actionable, otherwise the party is non damnificatus, and it is a case of damnum sine injuria....
Actio non accrevit infra sex annos
Actio non accrevit infra sex annos, the name of the plea of the Statute of Limitations when the defendant alleges that the plaintiff's action has not accrued within six years, See LIMITATIONS, STATUTE OF....
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio.-(No right of action arises from a base cause.) See Ex DOLO MALO, etc. There are also maxims, Ex maleficio non oritur contractus and Ex facto illicito non oritur actio, to the same effect....
Ex dolo malo non oritur actio
Ex dolo malo non oritur actio. Cowp. 343.-(From a fraud an action does not arise.) See Collins v. Blantern, (1767) 2 Wils. 341; 1 Sm. L.C., where it has held that a bond given to induce the prosecutor of an indictment for perjury to withhold his evidence could not be recovered upon. Consult Broom's Leg. Max....
Ex nudo pacto non oritur actio
Ex nudo pacto non oritur actio. Noy, Max. 24.-(An action does not arise from a bare promise.) See CONSIDERATION....
Ex pacto illicito non oritur actio
Ex pacto illicito non oritur actio [Lat.], No action arises out of an illicit bargain....
Actio directa and contraria
Actio directa and contraria. Contracts and obligations in the Roman Law gave rise to two actions: the actio directa for enforcing implement of the essential obligation, and the actio contraria for enforcing the counter-obligation....
Actio conducti
Actio conducti, an action resulting from a contract called locatio conductio which enables the conductor to enforce the duties of the locator. There are three forms of locatio conductio and accordingly the object of the actio conducti varies: (1) locatio conductio rei) locator agrees, in consideration of money payment, to let conductor have the use, or the use and fruits, of a thing); (2) locatio conductio operarum (locator agree, in consideration of a money payment to supply conductor with a certain amount of labour); (3) locatio conductio operis (conductor agrees, in consideration of a money payment, to supply locator with a certain result of labour), Civil Law. See also ACTION LOCATI....
Actio contra defunctum caepta continuitur in h'redes
Actio contra defunctum caepta continuitur in h'redes. (An action begun against a person who dies is continued against his heirs.) This rule did not apply to actions strictly personal. See Lansdowne v. Lansdowne, (1815) 1 Mad 116; and see ACTIO PERSONALIS....
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