Actio ad exhibendum
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
An action for the purpose of compelling a defendant to exhibit a thing or title in his power. It was preparatory to another action, which was always a real action in the sense of the Roman law; that is, for the recovery of a thing, whether it was movable or immovable. Merl. Quest, tome i.
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