Ac etiam

I And also. Ac etiam billa;: and also to a bill; the initial words in a clause in the writ, formerly used in practice in the King's Bench, to introduce the real cause of acfion in cases where a fictitious cause was a,lleged to give jurisdiction.

(Lat. Andalso.) Words used to introduce the statement of the real eause of action, in those cases where ib was necessary to allece a fictitious cause of action to give the court jurisdiction, and also the real caus6, in compliance with the statutes.

/. And also. Ac etiam billse: and also to a bill. In English practice, in the K. B., words used to introduce the real cause of action in cases where it was necessary to allege a fictitious cause to give the court jurisdiction; v. Bill, 1, 8. Ac si: as if.

Lat. And also. The name of a clause in a capias ad respondendum, so called from its initial words. See Ac etiam billoe. Anciently sometimes written as one word, acetiam, and ajceciam. Towns, PL 49. 2 Stra. 922. AC ETIAM BILL^. L. Lat. And also to a bill. The initial words of a clause inserted in a writ of capias ad respondendum, where bail is required, in order to express the true cause of action; the writ requiring the defendant " to answer the plaintiff of a plea of trespass; And also to a bill of the plaintiff " against the defendant, for whatever the real cause of action may be. 3 BL Com. 288. Id. Appendix, No. IIL Sect. 8. See Capias ad respondendum. This clause is now dispensed with, in the process of the English courts. Stat, 2 WilL IV. c. 39. See BilL