Judicial Action
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An act performed by a court, touching the rights of parties, or property, brought before it by voluntary appearance, or by the prior action of ministerial officers, in short, by ministerial acts. 17 Ind. 173.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Action of a court upon a cause, by hearing it, and determining what shall be adjudged or decreed between the parties, and with which is the right of the case. Rhode Island v. Massachusetts, 12 Pet. 718, 9 L. Ed. 1233; Kerosene Lamp Heater Co. v. Monitor Oil Stove Co., 4l Ohio St. 293.
Defined under Judicial in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Action ofa court upon a cause, by hearing it, and determining what shall be adjudged or decreed between the parties, and with which is the right of the case. 12 Pet. 718.