Actio Praescriptis Verbis
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In civil law. A form of action which derived its force from continued usage or the responsa pmdentium, and was founded on the unwritten law. 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 212. The distinction between this action and an actio in factum is said to be that the latter was founded, not on usage or the unwritten law, but by analogy to or on the equity of some subsisting law. 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 212.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A form of action which derived its force from continued usage or the responsa prudentium, and was founded on the unwritten law. 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 212.
Defined under Actio in Black's Law Dictionary.