 | New York (State) - Session laws - 1920 - 1190 pages
...of justice, by a civil proparty against another party, for the enforcement or protection of iT MM, a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense. Actions are of two kinds: civil and criminal. § 16-a. Civil action. The term "civil action" means... | |
 | New York (State). Commissioners on Practice and Pleadings - Civil procedure - 1848 - 904 pages
...Page 2. Amend § 2, to read as follows: § 2. An action is a regular judicial proceeding, in which a party prosecutes another for the enforcement or protection...prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. Page 3. Amend § 8, to read as follows: § 8. This act is divided into two parts. The first... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature - Law - 1848 - 672 pages
...which a Definition party prosecutes another party, for the enforcement or protec- °f0JJn ac' tion of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. fc 3. Every other remedy is a special proceeding. Definition /..,.•' ti i • j of a special... | |
 | New York (State). Commissioners on Practice and Pleadings - Civil procedure - 1850 - 898 pages
...defined an action to be " a regular judicial proceeding, in which a party prosecutes another party, for the enforcement or protection of a right, the...prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence," different constructions have been given upon the question whether an action can be commenced... | |
 | New York (State). - Civil procedure - 1850 - 920 pages
...divided into two ck,.sses : 1. Actions: and 2. Special proceedings. Same as amended code, sec. I. § 7. An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, by which one party prosecutes anothtr, for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redref,s or prevention of a wrong, or the... | |
 | Law - 1851 - 520 pages
...defines " an action," laughs to scorn the artistical nicety of Westminster Hall. It asserts that— "An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of...prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence." But it is only against the particular law of England that this American standard of legal... | |
 | Luther Calvin Saxton - Poland - 1851 - 586 pages
...those rules by which actions and proceedings are conducted in judicial tribunals by one party against another, for the enforcement or protection of a right,...prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. This branch of law may be divided into five general branches — 1. Civil actions at common... | |
 | New York (State) - Session laws - 1851 - 1408 pages
...is an ordinary proceeding in a court of or anac- justjC6) ^y whjch a party prosecutes another party for the enforcement or protection of a right, the...prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. Definition ^ 3. Every other remedy is a special proceeding. prieediiig ^ 4. Actions are of... | |
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An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice by which one party prosecutes another for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense. 
