Actio Furti
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In thecivillaw. An action of theft; an action founded upon theft.
Inst. 4, 1, 13-17; Bract. fol. 444.
This could only be brought for the penalty altached to the offense, (tantum ad pone persecntionem pertinet,) and not to recover the thing stolen iiself, for which other actions were provided.
Inst. 4, 1, 19.