Actio stricti juris

An action of strict right. The class of civil law personal actions, which were adjudged only by the strict law, and in which the judge was limited to the precise language of the formula, and had no discretionary power to regard the bona fides of the transaction. See Inst. 4, 6, 28; Gaius, iii. 137; Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 210.

Defined under Actio in Black's Law Dictionary.

In the civil law. Anactionof strict right. The class of civil law personal actions, which were adjudged only by the strict law, and in which the judge was limited to the precise language of the formula, and had no discretionary power to regard the bona fides of the transaction, See Inst. 4, 6, 28; Gaius, iii, 187; Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 210.

In the civil law. An action of strict right. A species of action ex contractu, in which the judex was limited to the precise words of agreement between the parties, as expressed in the formula of his instructions, without any discretionary power, as in the oc^to bonas fidei (q. v.)* Inst. 4. 6. 28. Heinecc. Elem. lib. 4, tit. 6, § 1182. It was regulated by the strict rules of the civil law, and was always directed 4o a certum (a certain and specific thing,) and to the fulfilment of unilateral obligations alone. Gaius, iiL 137. 1 Mackeld. av. Law, 194, § 197.