Formed Action
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An action for which a form of words is provided, which must be exactly followed. 10 Mod. 140.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An action for which a form of words is provided which must be exactly followed. 10 Mod. 140. who hath right to lands or tenements by virtue of a gift In tail. Steam, Real Act. 822; Andr. Steph. PI. 66. It Is a writ in the nature of a writ ot right, and is the highest remedy which a tenant in tail can have. Co. Lltt. 316. This writ lay for those interested In an estate-tail who were liable to be defeated of their right by a discontinuance of the estatetail, who were not entitled to a writ of right •absolute, since none but those who claimed in fee-simple were entitled to this; EHtzh. N. B. 255. It is called formedon because the plaintiff in It claimed per formam doni. It is of three sorts: See the following titles. Abolished by stat. 3 & 4 Will. IV. c. 27.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
An action for which a set form of words is prescribed, which must be strictly adhered to.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
An action for which a set form of words is prescribed, which must be strictly adhered to. 10 Mod. 140, 141.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
v. Action.