Actio Poenalis
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In the civil law. A penal action; an action brought to enforce ACTIO POENALIS IN HAEREDEM NON datur, nisl forte ex damno locupletlor haeres factus sit. A penal action Is not given against an heir, unless, indeed, such heir is benefited by the wrong.