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Actio De Peculio

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In the civil law. An action concerning or against the peculium, patrimony, or separate estate. Inst, action to which fathers and masters were liable on the contracts of their children and servants, to the extent of the latter's peculium, patrimony, or separate estate. Inst. 4. 6. 10; Id. 4. 7. 4; Dig. 15. 1; Code, 4. 26; Heinec. Elem. Jur. Civ. lib. 4, tit. 7, § 1219.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In the civil law. An action concerning or against the peculium, or separate property of a party. ACTIO DE PECUNIA CONSTITU- TA.

In the civil law. An action for money engaged to be paid; an action which lay against any person who had engaged to pay money for himself, or for another, without any formal stipulation, (nella stipulatione interposita.) Inst. 4, 6, 9; Dig. 13, 5; Cod. 4, 18.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

In the civil law. An action concerning, or against the peculium, or separate property of a party.* An action to which fathers and masters were liable on the contracts of their children and servants, to the extent of the latter's peculium, patrimony, or separate estate. InsL 4. 6. 10. Id. 4. 7. 4. Memecc Elem. Jur. Civ. Hb. 4, tit. 7, § 1219. ACTIO DE PECUNIA CONSTITU- TA.

In the civil law. An action for money engaged to be paid; an action which lay against any person who had engaged to pay money, for himself, or for another, without any formal stipulation, (nulla siipulatume interposita,)* Inst, 4. 6.9.