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Action of possessory
Action of possessory, a class of real actions where the plaintiff had been seised of the land claimed, e.g. … Action of possessory, a class of real actions where the plaintiff had been seised of the land claimed, e.g. novel disseisin as opposed to action ancestral, where the claim was founded on descent from a person
qui tam action
a government against a party alleged to have violated a statute esp. against defrauding the government through false claims and that provides for part of a penalty to go to the person bringing the action [the whistleblower … qui tam action : an action that is brought by a person on behalf of a government against a party alleged
Married women's property
husband, or by the exercise of any literary, artistic, or scientific skill. As to the postponement of the claims of a husband and of a wife, in the event of bankruptcy, see Bankruptcy Act, 1914, s. 36; … Her leasehold estate, her personal estate in expectancy, and the debts owing to her and other 'choses in action,' became his absolutely if he did some act to appropriate or reduce them into possession during the marriage,
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Complaint
Jurisdiction where proceedings are commenced 'on information,' but is also sometimes used to describe a claim in an action of a civil or quasi-civil character. See STATE-MENT OF CLAIM. As to when a 'complaint' made to a
cross-action
cross-action : an action brought by a defendant in an existing action against a plaintiff or codefendant compare counterclaim, cross-appeal, cross-claim, third-party
United States Court of Federal Claims
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Plaint
Act, 2004, s. 2(c)] Means the statement in writing of a cause of action in which the relief claimed is sketched in detail. Plaintiff is the person presenting a plaint to get a relief from the court; … Plaint [fr. plainte, Fr.; querela, Lat.], the statement in writing of a cause of action. It is the first process in an inferior court in the nature of an original writ, because there
Summons
commenced by a writ of summons, which shall be indorsed with a statement of the nature of the claim made, or of the relief or remedy required in the action, and which shall specify the Division of … Lang., 2nd Edn. 173], a call of authority, admonition to appear in court, a citation. 1. To commence Action in High Court, By R.S.C. Ord. II., r. 1(see Annual Practice):- Every action in the High Court shall
Action
Action, conduct, something done; also the form prescribed by Law for the recovery of one's due, or the lawful … a court of justice for that which is due to some one.) Actions are divided into criminal and civil: criminal actions are more properly called prosecutions, and perhaps actions penal, to recover some penalty under statute, are
Institutions
profits of the benefice as from the death of his predecessor; though he cannot grant, or let, or claim a freehold in them, or bring an action for them till induction, which can take place only in … eighteen; in all, ninety-nine titles. First, it is to be observed that the division is triple--Persons, Tings, and Actions--under which the subject-matter of the four books of the Institutes is comprised. The first book treats of the
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