Actor Sequitur Forum Rei
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
The plaintiff must follow the forum of the thing in dispute. Karnes, Law Tr. 232; Story, Confl. Laws, § 325k; 2 Kent, Comm. 462. ACTORE NON PROBANTE REUS ABsolvitur. If the plaintiff does not prove his case, the defendant is absolved. Hob. 103.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The plaintiff follows the forum of the thing in controversy. See 32 L. R. A. 236.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
According as ret is intended as the genitive of res, a thing or reus, a defendant, this phrase means: The plaintiff follows the forum of the property in suit or the forum of the defendant's residence. Branch, Max. 4.