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Object of an action

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

Black's Law Dictionary

The thing sought to be obtained by the action ; the remedy demanded or the relief or recovery sought or prayed for; not the same thing as the cause of action or the subject of the action.

Scarborough v. Smith, 18 Kan. 406; Lassiter v. Norfolk & C. R. Co.., 136 N. C. 89, 48 S. El 648.