Personalis actio
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A personal action.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat In the civil law. A personal action; au action against the person, (in personam.) Dig. 50, 16, 178, 2.
In old English law. A personal action.
In this sense, the term was borrowed from the civil law by Bracton. The English form is constantly used as the designation of one of the chief divisions of civil actions.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
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In old English law. A In the civil law. A personal action; an