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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.