Act On Petition

A form of summary proceeding formerly in use in the high court of admiralty, in England, in which the parties stated their respective cases briefly, and supported their statements by affidavit. 2 Dods. Adm. 174, 184; 1 Hagg. Adm. 1, note. ACTA DIURNA (Lat.) A formula often used in signing, in the sense of "done on this day." Du Cange. Daily transactions, chronicles, journals, registers. "I do not find the thing published in the acta diuma (daily records of affairs)." Tacitus, Ann. 3, 3; Ainsworth, Lex.; Smith, Lex. ACTA EXTERIORA INDICANT INTERIora secreta. Outward acts indicate the inward intent. Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 270; 1 Smith, Lead. Cas. (4th Am. Ed.) 115; 8 Coke, 291; 13 Johns. (N. Y.) 414; 15 Johns. (N. Y.) 401. ACTA IN UNO JUDICIO NON PROBANT In alio nisi inter easdem personas. Things done in one action cannot be taken as evidence in another, unless it be between the same parties. Tray. Lat. Max. 11. ACTA PUBLICA (Lat.) Things of general knowledge and concern; matters transacted before certain public officers. Calv. Lex.

A form of summary proceeding formerly in use in the High Court of Admiralty, in England, in which the parties stated their respective cases briefly, and supported their statements by affidavit. 2 Dods. Adm. 174, 184; 1 Ilagg. Adin. 1, note. The suitors of the English Admiralty were, jjna«.r the former practice, ordinarily entitled to elect to proceed either by act on petition, or by the ancient and more formal mode of "plea and proof;" that is, by libel and answer, and the examination of witnesses; W. Rob. Adm. 169, 171, 172.

A form of summary proceeding formerly in use in the high court of admiralty, in England, in which the parties stated their respective cuses brietly, and supported their statements by affidavit. 2 Dod. Adm. 174, 184; 1 Hagg. Adm. 1, note.