Public act
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
-^.Private act. Public corporation: v.
Corporation
Public la^w: the law as between the subject and the sovereign or state; criminal law; v.
International law
Public nuisance: one affecting an indefinite number of persons, not the owner of a particular lot of land; v. Nuisance.