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Actio Non Facit Reum

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

NISI MENS sit rea. An action does not make one guilty unless the intention be bad. Lofft, 37. ACTIO NON ULTERIUS (Lat.)

In English pleading. A name given to the distinctive clause in the plea to the further maintenance of the action, introduced in place of the plea puis darrein continuance; the averment being that the plaintiff ought not further (tdterius) to have or maintain his action. Steph. PI. 64, 65, 401,