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Actio Judicati

A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

In the civil law. An action instituted, after four months had elapsed after the rendition of judgment, in which the judge issued his warrant to seize, first, the movables, which were sold within eight days aflerwards; and then the immovables, which were delivered in pledge to the creditors, or put under the care of acurator, and if, at the end of two months, the debt was not paid, the land was sold.

Dig. 42, 1; Code, 8, 34.