Wakening
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Scotch law
The revival of an action. An action is said to sleep when it lies over, not insisted on for a year, in which case it is suspended.
Ersk. Inst. 4. 1. 33.
With us a revival is by scire facias. WALAPAUZ (Lomb.) In old Lombardlc law. The disguising the head or face, with the intent of committing a theft.
LL.
Longobard, tit.
15, cap. ult.