Litis Contestatio
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In the civil and canon law. Contestation of suit; the process of contesting a suit by the opposing statements of the respective parties; the process of coming to an issue; theattainmentof an issue; the issue itself, In tbe practice of the ecclesiastical courts. ‘The general anawer made by the defendant, in which he denies the matter admiralty practice. The general 2 Browne, Civil & Adm. Law, 358, d note. wnership, control, or direction ofasuit. A on of law by which the employment of an attorney or proctor (procurator) in a suit _ was authorized or justified, he being supposed to become. by the appointment of his princi- _ pal (doaminus) or client, the dominus litis. einece. Elem. lib.
4, tit. 10, §§ 1246, 1247.
Litis nomen omnem actionem sighificat, sive in rem, sive in personam sit.
Co, Litt.292.
A lawsuitsignifies every action, whether it be in rem or in personam.