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ACT 0F LAW

Legal Term: ACT 0F LAW
Definition: An event which occurs in consequence of some principle of law. If, for example, land out of which a rent charge has been granted, be recovered by an elder title, and thereby the rent charge becomes avoided, yet the grantee, shall have a writ of annuity, because the rent charge is made void by due course or act of law, it, being a actus legis nemini est damnosus. 2 Inst. 287.



***All definitions are taken from the 1856 Edition of Bouviers Law Dictionary

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