Actio Rei Persecutoria
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In the civil law. An action for the recovery of a specific thing (rei presequendae causa comparata) or damages; as distinguished from the actio poenae persecutoria, and the actio mixta. Inst. 4. 6. 16. 17; 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, p. 192, § 196.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In the civil law. An action for the recovery of a specific thin^, (m persequendcs causA comparata,) or £mages; as distinguished from the actio pcenos persecutoria, and the actio mixta. Inst. 4. 6. 16, 17. 1 Macheld. Civ. Law, 192, § 196.