Actio Noxalis
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. A noxal action; an action which lay against a master for a crime committed or injury done by his slave, and in which the master had the alternative either to pay for the damage done or to deliver up the slave to the complaining party. Inst. 4. 8. pr.; Heinec. Elem. Jur. Civ. lib. 4, tit. 8; Halifax, Anal, bk. 3, c. 2. So called from noxa, the slave or offending person or noxia, the offense or injury itself. Inst. 4. 8. 1.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the civil law. A noxal action; an action which lay against a master for a crime coiniitted or injury done by his slave; and in which the master had the alternative either to pay for the damage done or to deliver up the slave to the complaining party. Inst. 4, 8, pr.; Heinece. Elem. lib. 4, tit. 8. So called from nowa, the offense or injury committed. Inst. 4, 8, 1.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In the civH law. A nozal action; an action which lay against a master for a crime committed, or mjury done by his slave; and in which the master had the alternative either to pay for the damage done, or to deliver up the slave to the complaining party. Inst. 4. 8. pr. Heinecc. Elem. lib. 4, tit. 8. Halifax Anal. b. 3, c. 2. So called from noxa, the slave or offending person, or nooria, the offence or injury itself. Inst. 4. 8. 1.