An action, especially a legal action (Dig. 49,1,12) i. a. defining characteristic of alienatio: omnis a., per quem dominium transfertur, Cod. Iust. 5,23,1. Formal legal actions in accordance with the old ius civile, e.g. the mancipatio, are described as acti legitimi. Any added condition renders them ineffective. Additionally, actus can mean a utility (servitus), for example the right to drive draught animals and beasts of burden …
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Schanbacher, Dietmar (Dresden),
Mlasowsky, Alexander (Hannover),
Zimmermann, Bernhard (Freiburg) and
Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther (Göttingen),
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