Actio Praejudicialis
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In the civil law. A preliminary or preparatory action; an action brought for the determination of some point or question arising in another or principal action, and so called from its being determined before (prius, or prae judicari) the principal action could proceed. Bracton, 104a; Cowell. Of this nature were actions for determining a man's civil state or condition, as whether he was a freeman or a slave, legitimate or illegitimate. Inst. 4. 6. 13; Heinec. Elem. Jur. Civ. lib. 4, tit. 6, § 1142; Halifax, Anal. bk. 3, c. 1, note 14.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A preliminary or preparatory action. An action instituted for the determination of some preliminary matter on which other litigated matters depend, or for the determination of some point or question arising in another or principal action; and so called from its being determined before, (prius, or prœ judicari.)
Defined under Actio in Black's Law Dictionary.