Legal Dictionary

Tag: Actual

  • Actual

    Real; existing presently in act; as in actual possession as distinct from constructive possession. In legal phraseology the word excludes what is fictitious or supposed; having reference to something completed, or being in existence now. Actually is opposed to seemingly, pretendedly or […]

  • Actual

    Real; existing presently in act; as in actual possession as distinct from constructive possession. In legal phraseology the word excludes what is fictitious or supposed; having reference to something completed, or being in existence now. Actually is opposed to seemingly, pretendedly or […]

  • Actual Agency

    Meaning of Actual Agency Resources See Also Agency

  • Actual Assent

    Meaning of Actual Assent Resources See Also Assent

  • Actual Assent

    Meaning of Actual Assent Resources See Also Assent

  • Actual controversy

    A term used in the Declaratory Judgment Act where it has come to mean a controversy neither moot, nor feigned, nor solely hypothetical and speculative. See case or controversy for the constitutionallaw context….

  • Actual knowledge

    To have actual knowledge of something is really to be aware of the relevant state of affairs. Depending on the context, the actual may be added to distinguish the situation from negligently not knowing, or from willfully seeking not to find out, or from […]

  • Actual malice

    In the law of libel, the term means personal spite or ill-will, or culpable recklessness or negligence.

  • Actually Litigated

    Meaning of Actually Litigated Resources See Also Judgment

  • Actual damages

    See Damages. …

  • Actual Reduction To Practice

    Meaning of Actual Reduction to Practice Resources See Also Reduction To Practice

  • Actual service

    When used in the context of service of process, actual is used to distinguish this type of service from less personal kinds, e.g., service by mail, by publication, etc., i.e., from constructive service of process. In the armed-forces context, actual service means essen…

  • Actual service

    When used in the context of service of process, actual is used to distinguish this type of service from less personal kinds, e.g., service by mail, by publication, etc., i.e., from constructive service of process. In the armed-forces context, actual service means essen…

  • Actual bias

    In a judge or juror, an existing state of mind of bias for or against one of the parties, as distinguished from an inference which might be drawn from, e.g., a blood, marital, business, or previously hostile relationship he might have to one of the parties….

  • Actual Capital

    Meaning of Actual Capital Resources See Also Capital