 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1864 - 622 σελίδες
...Actions can be maintained by law only by persons, either natural or artificial. 1st. An action is a proceeding in a court of justice, by which a party prosecutes another party, (vide Code, §2.) 2d. In actions a party is known as either plaintiff or defendant (vide Code, § 70.)... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1865 - 630 σελίδες
...every legal proceeding. For there can be no legal process or procedure except " for the enforcement of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence." The material and distinctive part of the definition is the words " ordinary proceeding,"... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Edward Jordan Dimock, Samuel Hand, Hiram Edward Sickels, Louis J. Rezzemini, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Edwin Augustus Bedell, Alvah S. Newcomb, James Newton Fiero - 1866 - 724 σελίδες
...and all officers acting judicially," and the definition of an action In section two of the Code, as " an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, by which...of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense," and the exemption from the restraint of section eight, exhibit the intention of the legislature to... | |
 | John Townshend - 1867 - 298 σελίδες
...courts of justice are divided into, 1. Actions. 2. Special proceedings. § 2. [2.] (Am'd 1849.) Action. An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of...prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. § 3. [3.] Special proceeding. Every other remedy is a special proceeding. § 4. [4.] Division... | |
 | New York (State) - 1867 - 1086 σελίδες
...justice are divided into, 1. Actions. 2. Special proceedings. § 2. [2.] (Ara'd 1849.) Action. ATI hing touching the duties of such officer. a. An action...Hayes, 7 How. 248). "Where the act of an officer is on offence. . a. WHAT is AN ACTION : — A creditor's suit (Quick v. Keeler, 2 Sand. 231 ; Dunham v. Nicholson,... | |
 | New York (State), Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1867 - 966 σελίδες
...itw-lf. It divides all remedies into 'actions' and 'special proceedings».' It defines nú action to be 'an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, by which a party prosecute« another,' &.C., and then déchires that 'retry other remedy is a npeciul proceeding" (^§... | |
 | South Carolina - 1868 - 942 σελίδες
...1. Remedies in the Courts of Justice are divided into : 1. Actions ; 2. Special proceedings. SEC. 2. An action is an ordinary proceeding in a Court of...prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. SEC. 3. Every other remedy is a special proceeding. SEC. 4. Actions are of two kinds : 1.... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, Joel Tiffany - 1868 - 858 σελίδες
...into actions and special proceedings, and § 2 Opinion by I >A VIK.H, Ob.J. defines an action to be "an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, by...prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence," and the third section declares every other remedy a special proceeding. Now, it cannot be... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1868 - 658 σελίδες
...action is defined to he an " ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, hy which a party prosecates another party for the enforcement or protection of...redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a puhlic offense." "Every other remedy is a special proceeding." There has heen some conflict in the... | |
 | New York (State). - 1869 - 280 σελίδες
...divide.! 1nto, 1. Actions; 2. Special proceedings § 2. An action is an ordinary proceeding in a conn of justice, by which a party prosecutes another party...for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redres: or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a puh lie offence. § 3. Every other remedy... | |
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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 redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. § 3. Every other remedy is... 
