Secta est pugna civilis, sicut actores armantur actionibus, et quasi, accinguntur gladiis, ita rei (e contra) muniuntur exceptionibus, et defenduntur, quasi, clypeis
- Secta est pugna civilis, sicut actores armantur actionibus, et quasi, accinguntur gladiis, ita rei (e contra) muniuntur exceptionibus, et defenduntur, quasi, clypeis
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A suit is a civil fight, and just as the plaintiffs are armed with actions and, as it were, girded with swords, so the defendants are, on the other hand, fortified with pleas and defended, as it were, with shields.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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secta est pugna civilis; sicut actores armantur actionibus, et, quasi, gladiis accinguntur, ita rei muniuntur exceptionibus, et defenduntur, quasi, clypeis — /sekta est pagna sivalas: sikat aektoriyz armaentar aekshiyownabas, et, kweyzay, glaediyas aeksirjgantar, ayta riyay myuwniyantar aksepshiyownabas, et defendantar, kweyzay clipiyas/ A suit is a civil warfare; for as the plaintiffs are armed with… … Black's law dictionary
action — ac·tion n [Latin actio legal proceeding, from agere to do, carry out, initiate legal proceedings] 1 a: a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense … Law dictionary
