 | New York (State) - 1920 - Broj stranica: 1190
...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... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - 1852 - Broj stranica: 716
...defined to be an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, by which a party prosecutes another party for the enforcement or protection of a right, the...of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense. Actions are of two kinds ; civil and criminal. A criminal action is prosecuted by the people of the... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1857 - Broj stranica: 630
...justice, by which a party prosecutes another party, for the enforcement or protection of a right, ihe redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence." Although this definition is not remarkable for perspicuity or distinctness, it es> The People... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1860 - Broj stranica: 616
...justice, by which a party prosecutes another party for the enforcement or protection of a right, or the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. "§ 3. Every other remedy is a special proceeding." It seems to me clear, therefore, that... | |
 | Catherine Norton Sinclair Forrest - 1863 - Broj stranica: 698
...Code, " 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...of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense." Code, § 2. Everv other remedy is a special proceeding, and all remedies in the courts of justice are... | |
 | 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 - Broj stranica: 724
...Code, as " an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, by which a party prosecutes another party for the enforcement or protection of a right, the...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... | |
 | New York (State), Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1867 - Broj stranica: 966
...§ 2. [1848.] An action is a regular judicial proceeding, in which a party prosecutes another party, for the enforcement or protection of a right, the...of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense. 2. Q. 1Г$<?л was it changed^ A. In IS ¡fl, when the legislature made a general revision of the Code... | |
 | New York (State), John Townshend - 1870 - Broj stranica: 896
...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...of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense. a. What Is an action. — A creditor's suit (Quit!; y Keeler, 2 Sand. 231 ; Dunham v. Nicholson, ib.... | |
 | Wyoming - 1870 - Broj stranica: 808
...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...of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense. S-Ec. 6. Every other remedy is a special proceeding. »C1 lull SEC. 8. A criminal action is one prosecuted... | |
 | New York (State), William Wait - 1871 - Broj stranica: 1034
...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...of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense. I. DEFmrnoN OF ACTION. "An action is a lawful demand of a man's right." Co. Litt. 285 a, sect. 492... | |
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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. 
