Popular Action
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An action given by statute to any one who will sue for the penalty. A qui tarn action. Dig. 47. 23. 1. POPULISCITUM (Lat.) An act of the commons; same as plebiseitum. Ainsworth. A law passed by the whole people assembled in comitia centuriata, and at the proposal of one of the senate, instead of a tribune, as was the case with a plebisdtum. Tayl. Civ. Law, 178; Mackeld. Civ, Law, §§ 26, 37. POPULUS (Lat.)
In the Roman law. The people; the whole body of the citizens, including, with the plebs or commonalty, the patricians and senators; appellatione populi
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An action given by statute, to any one who will sue for the penalty. A qui tam action. Dig. 47. 23. 1.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
An action authorized by statute, to be prosecuted by any person who will sue for the enforcement or recovery of the penalty incurred by transgressing some penal law. It is called a popular action because it is a proceeding which may be taken not by any one person in particular, but by any of the people who think proper to prosecute it. Cowel.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
punishment. An action given by statute to any one who will sue for the penalty. A qui tam action.