Actiones nominatae
ACTIONES NOMINATAE. Formerly the English courts of chancery would make no
writs when there was no precedent, and the cases for which there were
precedents were called actiones nominatoe. The statute of Westm. 2, c. 24,
gave chancery authority to form new writs in consimili casu. Hence arose
the action on the case. Bac. Ab. Court of Chancery, A; 17, Serg. R. 195.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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