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Actum

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A deed.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat. A deed; something done.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

acta, I.

In the civil law. Done; a thing done; an act, or deed. v. Acta.,

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A deed; something done.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. Done; a deed.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

pl. Acta. Lat. [from agere, to do.] Done; a thing done; an act, or deed. Quodcunque scriptum sit quod actum, videatur etiam actum; whatever is written as done, (alleged in writing to be done,) shall be supposed to be actually done. Inst. 3. 21. 8. A distinction is made in the civil law between actum, and gestum; the latter term being restricted to signify a thing done without words (rem sine verbis factam.) Dig. 50. 16. 19. Actum is less used in the singular, as a substantive, than actus, (q. v.) but the plural acta (q. v.) is of frequent occurrence.