Debt
Defined in 1 dictionary — Burrill (1850)
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. breve, sen actio de debito.'] In practice. The name of an action which lies at law to recover a certain specific sum of money; or a sum that can readily be reduced to a certainty. 3 BL Com. 154. 3 Steph, Com. 461. 1 Tidd's Fr. 8. 1 Archi. iT. Frius, 200. Broume on Actions, 333. Smith on Contracts, 297.