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Institoria Actio

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Lat. In the civil law. The name of an action given to those who had contracted with an institor (q. v.) to compel the principal to performance.

Inst 4, 7, 2; Dig. 14, 3, 1; Story, Ag. § 426.