Legal Definition and Related Resources of Actio noxalis
Meaning of Actio noxalis
In the civil law. A noxal action; an action which lay against a master for a crime committed or injury done by his slave, and in which the master had the alternative either to pay for the damage done or to deliver up the slave to the complaining party. Inst. 4. 8. pr.; Heinec. Elem. Jur. Civ. lib. 4, tit. 8; Halifax, Anal, bk. 3, c. 2. So called from noxa, the slave or offending person or noxia, the offense or injury itself. Inst. 4. 8. 1.
What does Actio noxalis mean in American Law?
The definition of Actio noxalis in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
A Roman-civil law action against a person on account of injury inflicted on the plaintiff by the defendant’s slave (or child or wife).
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