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Deforciant

Deforciant, the person against whom the fictitious action of fine was brought. Abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 74.

Bearers

Bearers, persons who oppress others, usually called maintainers: justices of assize had power to inquire into their actions, etc.-4 Edw. … Bearers, persons who oppress others, usually called maintainers: justices of assize had power to inquire into their actions, etc.-4 Edw. 3, c. 11, repealed by the (English) Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act, 1881 (44

Bailment

The action of bailing a person accused

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hands

a persons power or discretionary action as my fate is in your hands

Indignity

Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him an offense against personal dignity unmerited contemptuous treatment contumely incivility or injury accompanied with insult

individualist

a person who pursues independent thought or action

County Courts

carry out the duties of a judge unavoidably absent. Jurisdiction.--The subject matters of the general jurisdiction are all personal actions where the debt, demand or damage claimed is notmore than 100l. except libel, slander, seduction, or breach … out the duties of a judge unavoidably absent. Jurisdiction.--The subject matters of the general jurisdiction are all personal actions where the debt, demand or damage claimed is notmore than 100l. except libel, slander, seduction, or breach of

Actio personalis moritur cum persona.

Actio personalis moritur cum persona. A personal action dies with the person, i.e., the right to sue is gone. 'As if battery be done to a

Mixed actions

& 4 Wm. 4, c. 27. Correctly speaking, however, ejectment is in its form a species of the personal action of trespass. Steph. Plead. App. vii. See Now ACTION. Those in Roman Law, in which some specific thing

Chattels or catals

for which if they are injuriously withheld from him he has, in general, no other remedy than by personal action (see TROVER), while a mixed action of ejectment (q.v.), in which the plaintiff could recover the specific property

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