Hypothecaria Actio
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Lat In the civil law. An hypothecary action; an action for the enforcement of an hypothec a, or right of mortgage; or to obtain the surrender of the thing mortgaged.
Inst. 4, 6, 7; Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 356.
Adopted in the Civil Code of Louisiana, under the name of 'Taction hypothecarie," (translated, "action of mortgage.") Article 3361.