Actxp Utilis
Defined in 1 dictionary — Burrill (1850)
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In the civil law. An equitable, or beneficial action. 1 Kaufm. Mack. Civ. Law, 268, note. An action which lay by, or against a principal, on the contract of his agent. Story on Agency, § 163. The opposite of actio directa, (q. v.) An action ex delicto, which lay where the act of a party was not immediately, but only indirectly, or consequentially injurious to another. Inst. 4. 3. 16.