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Wakening

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In Scotch law. The revival of an action. An action is said to sleep when it lies over, not insisted on for a year, in which case it is suspended. Ersk. Inst. 4. 1. 33. With us a revival is by scire facias. WALAPAUZ (Lomb.)

In old Lombardlc law. The disguising the head or face, with the intent of committing a theft. LL. Longobard, tit. 15, cap. ult.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Scotch law. The revival of an action. A process by which an action that has lain over and not been Insisted in for a year and a day, and thus technically said to have "fallen asleep," is wakened or put in motion again. 1 Forb. Inst pt. 4, p. 170; Ersk. Prin. 4, 1, 33.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In Scots law. The revival of an action, — a process by which

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

A term in Scotch law for revival, of an action which has abated by long delay in prosecution.