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Recovery
is an actual or real recovery of anything, or the value thereof, by judgment; as if a man sue for any land or other thing movable or immovable, and gain a verdict or judgment. A feigned recovery.
Real right
Real right, the right of property, jus in re. The per-son having such right may sue for the subject itself. A personal right, jus ad rem, entitles the party only to an action for
Qui tam action
Qui tam action, means 'who as well for the king as for himself sues in this matter. An action brought under a statute that allows a private person to sue for a
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Queen consort
a place within the bar of his Majesty's courts, together with the King's Counsel. She may likewise be sued and sue alone, without joining her husband; she is indeed considered as a feme sole, and not as
Pupil
that period, the disabilities are somewhat similar to those of an infant in English law. A pupil cannot sue except by his or her tutor. The word 'minor' (q.v.) is sometimes loosely used to include the word
Public officer
person appointed by joint-stock banking companies, etc., under 7 Geo. 4, c. 46, s. 9, or otherwise to sue and be sued on behalf of a company. As to the punishment of frauds committed by such persons,
Procedendo on aid prayer
in aid of the Crown in real action, and aid be granted, it shall be awarded that he sue to the sovereign in Chancery, and the justices in the Common Pleas shall stay until this writ of
False Verdict
False Verdict. Formerly, if a jury gave a false verdict, the party injured by it might sue out a writ of attain against them, either at Common Law or on 11 Hen. 7, c. 24,
Corporation or body politic
soul nor tangible firm, so it can neither be outlawed nor arrested; it only enjoys a legal entity, sues and is sued by is corporate name, and holds and enjoys property by such name. A corporation can
Excommunication
possit conveniri. Co. Litt. 133.--(Every legal act is forbidden an excommunicated person, so that he cannot act, nor sue any person, but he may be sued by others.) Excommunication was formerly the process by which the decrees
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