personal actions

personal actions
Lawsuits initiated in order, among other things, to recover damages for some injury to a plaintiff's personal right or property, for breach of contract, for money owed on a debt, or for the recovery of a specific item of personal property.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


personal actions
Lawsuits initiated in order, among other things, to recover damages for some injury to a plaintiff's personal right or property, for breach of contract, for money owed on a debt, or for the recovery of a specific item of personal property.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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