 An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice by which one party prosecutes another for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense.  New York Field Codes 1850-1865 - Page 6by New York (State). Commissioners of the Code, David Dudley Field - 1998 - 887 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | New York (State). Commissioners on Practice and Pleadings - Civil procedure - 1848 - 904 pages
...Page 2. Amend § 2, to read as follows: § 2. An action is a regular judicial proceeding, in which a party prosecutes another for the enforcement or protection...of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. Page 3. Amend § 8, to read as follows: § 8. This act is divided into two parts. The first relates... | |
 | New York (State). Commissioners on Practice and Pleadings - Civil procedure - 1850 - 898 pages
...defined an action to be " a regular judicial proceeding, in which a party prosecutes another party, for the enforcement or protection of a right, the...of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence," different constructions have been given upon the question whether an action can be commenced for the... | |
 | Law - 1851 - 520 pages
...defines " an action," laughs to scorn the artistical nicety of Westminster Hall. It asserts that— "An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of...of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence." But it is only against the particular law of England that this American standard of legal rebellion... | |
 | Luther Calvin Saxton - Poland - 1851 - 586 pages
...those rules by which actions and proceedings are conducted in judicial tribunals by one party against another, for the enforcement or protection of a right,...of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. This branch of law may be divided into five general branches — 1. Civil actions at common law ; 2.... | |
 | New York (State). - Civil procedure - 1851 - 266 pages
...is an ordinary proceeding in a court of tiot"" ' justice, by which a party prosecutes another party for the enforcement or protection of a right, the...of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. Definition § 3. Every other remedy is a special proceeding. oi' a special proceedinR § 4. Actions... | |
 | New York (State) - Session laws - 1851 - 1408 pages
...is an ordinary proceeding in a court of or anac- justjC6) ^y whjch a party prosecutes another party for the enforcement or protection of a right, the...of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. Definition ^ 3. Every other remedy is a special proceeding. prieediiig ^ 4. Actions are of two kinds... | |
 | New York (State), Member of the New-York Bar - Civil procedure - 1851 - 410 pages
...An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, by which a party prosecutes another party for the enforcement or protection of a right, the...of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. The second section in the code of 1848, instead of the words in italic, had these words "a regular... | |
 | New York (State) - Civil procedure - 1852 - 606 pages
...action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice -, by which a party prosecutes another party for the enforcement or protection of a right, the...of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. The second section in the code of 1848, instead of the words in italic, had these words, " a regular... | |
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