Scribere Est Agere
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
To write is to act. 2 Ro Ue, 89; 4 Bl. Comm. 80.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
To write is to act.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
To write is to act. Treasonable words set down in writing amount to overt acts of treason. 2 Rolls, 89; 4 Bl. Comin. 80; Broom, Max-. 312, 967.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. To write is to act; treasonable words set down in writing amount to overt acts of treason.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. To write is to act. ^ Scroll An escrow; a rolled writing. A flourish or ornament.