The Actio Pauliana is an action in Roman law intended to protect creditors from fraudulent legal transactions, specifically transactions intended to reduce...

Rhetoricians laid down guidelines on the use of the voice and gestures (actio) in the delivery of oratory. There were instructions on the proper modulation...

The actio iniuriarum is an action for delict which "not only seeks to protect an individual's dignity and reputation but also his or her physical integrity...

of the procedure has been the actio (similar to the English word "act"). In the procedure of the legis actiones the actio included both procedural and...

An actio popularis was an action in Roman penal law brought by a member of the public in the interest of public order. The action exists in some modern...

In personam is a Latin phrase meaning "against a particular person". In a lawsuit in which the case is against a specific individual, that person must...

In physics, action at a distance is the concept that an object's motion can be affected by another object without being in physical contact with it; that...

Actio libera in causa (frequently abbreviated as a.l.i.c., Latin for "action free in its cause") is a law principle in a typical Western law system (both...

Actio personalis moritur cum persona is a Latin expression meaning "a personal right of action dies with the person". Some legal causes of action can...

The condictio indebiti is an action in civil (Roman) law whereby a plaintiff may recover what he has paid the defendant by mistake; such mistaken payment...