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Actor, a doer, generally a plaintiff or complainant. In a civil or private action the plaintiff was called by the Romans petitor; in a public action (causa publica) he was called accusator. (Cic. Ad. Att. 1. 16.) The defendant was called reus, both in private and public causes; this term, however, according to Cicero (de Orat. Ii. 43), might signify either party, as indeed we might conclude from the word itself. In a private action the defendant was often called adversarius, but either party might be called so with respect to the other. Also a proctor or advocate in civil Courts or causes. Actor dominicus, a term often used for the lord's bailiff or attorney. Actor ecclesi' was sometimes the forensic term for the advocate or pleading patron of a church. Actor vill' was the steward or head bailiff of a town or village, Cowel.Actor is one who acts; a person whose conduct is in question, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 35....
Caveat actor
Caveat actor. The Criminal Law of England supposes that a man intends the natural and probable consequences of his act. But in civil matters there is no rule of common law that a man 'acts at his peril,' except the case of one who harbours or collects a dangerous thing, or anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, Rylands v. Fletcher, (1866) LR 1 Ex. 265; (1868) LR 3 HL 330; with that exception in which nothing short of an act of God, or the victim's default, will excuse him, if a person suffers injury he must found his action either on contract or tort, e.g., trespass or negligence on the part of the defendant. This is the theory of the law, though in practice a very small amount of malice or negligence will suffice. See Malice and Res Ipsa Loquitur.Let the doer, or actor, beware, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 215....
Actor sequitur forum rei (Branch, Max. 4)
Actor sequitur forum rei (Branch, Max. 4) [Lat.], The plaintiff follows the Court of the property....
Nemo pott esse simul actor et judex
Nemo pott esse simul actor et judex. Broom's Leg. Max, (No one can be at once suitor and judge.)...
Favorabiliores rei potius quam actores habentur
Favorabiliores rei potius quam actores habentur [Lat.], The condition of the defendant is to be favoured rather than that of the plaintiff....
Actore non probante absolvitur reus (Hob. 103)
Actore non probante absolvitur reus (Hob. 103) [Lat.], When the plaintiff does not prove his case the defendant is acquitted....
Reasonable
Reasonable, has in law prima facie meaning of reasonable in regard to those circumstances of which the actor, called upon to act reasonably knows or ought to know, Gujarat Water Supply & Sewerage Board v. Unique Erectors (Gujarat) Pvt. Ltd., (1989) 1 JT SC 157: (1989) 39 ELT 493: AIR 1989 SC 973; Rena Drego v. Lalchand Soni, (1998) 3 SCC 341.Reasonable, has in law the prima facie meaning of reasonable in regard those circumstances of which the actor, called on to act reasonably, knows or ought to know, Rena Drego v. Lalchand Soni, (1998) 3 SCC 341.Means rational, according to dictate of reason and not excessive or immoderate. If something is not per se preposterous or absurd, it must he held to be reasonable. 'The action is called reasonable which an informed, intelligent, just minded, civilized man could rationally favour. The concept of reasonable-ness does not exclude notions of morality and ethics. In the circumstances of a given case consi-derations of morality and ethics may have...
Pantomime
A universal mimic an actor who assumes many parts also any actor...
Administrative act
Administrative act, an act made in a management capacity; esp. an act made outside the actor's usual field (as and when a judge supervises court personnel); an administrative act is often subject to a greater risk of liabilities than an act within the actor's usual field, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 25....
Godism
Godism, an ideology revolving around religious faith. Used by Iyer, J. to denote the gandhian ideology in which God was a major actor. See Nehru Revisited in Legally Speaking, p. 39. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)...
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