Actor
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
1.
Lat. A doer; a plaintiff. See Caveat, Actor.
Actor sequitur forum rei
The plainti£E follows the forum of the thing — the thing in suit, or the residence of the defendant.! Personal actions are to be brought before the tribunal of the defendant's domicil. Actions for collisions between vessels may be brought where neither party resides: on the ground that a quasi-contract arises on the part of the wrong-doer to pay the damage he has caused, and that the place of performance is taken to be the port at which the injured vessel first arrives.^ See Action, 2, Local.
Actori incumbit probatio
On the plaintiff rests the proving — the " burden of proof," q.
V. 2.
Eng. (1) A doer, a performer: as, the chief actor in a crime. ^ See PRliiciPAL, 5. He who institutes a suit; a plaintiff,* q. v. He who avers a matter as a fact or law. (3) A stage-player.
See Review, 3.