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
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.