In the civil and common law. A personal action . The ordinary term for this kind of action in the civil law is actio in personam , (q. v.,) the word personalis being of only occasional occurrence. Inst. 4, 6, 8, in tit.; Id. 4, 11, pr. 1. Bracton, however, uses It freely, and hence the personal action of the common law. Bract, fols. 102o, 1596. See PERSONAL ACTION.
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