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Real action

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Tort

the infringement of a jus in rem, or in breech of a duty imposed by law on a person towards another person, or in the breach of a duty imposed by law on a person towards the … or wrong independent of contract, as by assault, libel, malicious prosecution, negligence, slander, or trespass (see those titles). Actions are divided into actions in contract and actions in tort: see as to county Court jurisdiction in actions

Institutions

Title II. explains the second Division of Things, which are either corporeal or incorporeal: and here real or personal services, as being incorporeal things, are treated of. The modes of acquisition introduced by the Civil Law follow; … 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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Costs

discretion of the Court'; but there is a saving for the right of a trustee, mortgage, or other person to costs out of a particular estate or fund. The discretion given by this rule is made subject … to the officers of the Court, or to the counsel and solicitors, for their fees, etc. Costs in actions are either between solicitor and client, being what are payable in every case to the solicitor by his

party

party] b : one (as an individual, firm, or corporation) that constitutes the plaintiff or defendant in an action ;also : one so involved in the prosecution or defense of a judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding as to … party pl: parties 1 a : one (as a person, group, or entity) constituting alone or with others one of the sides of a proceeding, transaction, or agreement

Passing off

Passing off, in action for passing off pray of actual deception is not necessary two marks bear an ovrall similarity as would … actual deception is not necessary two marks bear an ovrall similarity as would be likely to mislead a person usually dealing with one to accept the other if offered to him, it is enough, National Match Works

Law Reform (UK)

(after the 24th July, 1934) of any person against or for the benefit of his estate. See actio personalis, and by s. 1(2) it is enacted: Where a cause of action survives as aforesaid for the benefit

Cause of action

Matched in: Term Cause of action

Process

of 1986), s. 2(o)] Is largely taken for all the proceedings in any action or prosecution, real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end; strictly, the summons by which one is cited into

jurisdiction

general jurisdiction : jurisdiction that is not limited (as to a particular class of cases) ;specif : the personal jurisdiction granted a court over a party allowing the court to adjudicate a cause of action that does

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