right of suit
right of suit. A person’s right to seek redress in a court.
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tortious liability
Liability that arises from the breach of a duty that (1) is fixed primarily by the law, (2) is owed to persons generally, and (3) when breached, is redressable by an action for unliquidated damages.
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high court of chivalry
High Court of Chivalry. Hist. A court of honor having jurisdiction over matters relating to deeds of arms and war, armorial insignia, and precedence. — Also termed Court of Chivalry; Court of Earl Marshal. See COURT OF HONOR. “This Curia Marescalli, or High Court of Chivalry, was revived by James I as a court of
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civil law
civil law. 1. (usu. cap.) One of the two prominent legal systems in the Western World, originally administered in the Roman Empire and still influential in continental Europe, Latin America, Scotland, and Louisiana, among other parts of the world; ROMAN LAW. • In reference to Romans, civil law (commonly referred to as jus civile) denotes
special reprisal
A reprisal by which a nation authorizes an aggrieved private citizen to redress an injury caused by another nation. • An example is an authorization for a private citizen to seize a particular vessel of the offending nation. See LETTERS OF MARQUE.
self-help
self-help n. 自助；自力救济；私力救济 指不通过正常的法律程序而依靠自己的行为矫正被发现的不法行为。在英国，自力救济包括自卫〔self-defense〕、扣留牲畜要求赔偿损失〔distress damage feasant〕、排除侵扰〔abatement of nuisance〕和逮捕罪犯等措施。美国《统一商法典》〔U.C.C.〕和其他的制定法，也允许在不干扰和平的条件下实施自力救济，如实施占有。又称「self-redress」或「extrajudicial enforcement」。 (→self-preservation)
interdictum
interdictum (in-t[schwa]r-dik-t[schwa]m), n. [Latin] Roman law. A summary order to secure the applicant’s rights by preventing something from being done (prohibitory interdict) or requiring property to be produced (exhibitory interdict) or restored (restitutory interdict). • A party might apply for an interdictum when some wrong had been done, or was likely to be done, and
bivens action
Bivens action. A lawsuit brought to redress a federal official’s violation of a constitutional right. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999 (1971). • A Bivens action allows federal officials to be sued in a manner similar to that set forth at 42 USCA
grievance
grievance, n. 1. An injury, injustice, or wrong that gives ground for a complaint (a petition for a redress of grievances). 2. The complaint itself ( the client filed a grievance with the state-bar committee). 3. Labor law. A complaint that is filed by an employee or the employee’s union representative and that usu. concerns
general reprisal
A reprisal by which a nation directs all its military officers and citizens to redress an injury caused by another nation. • An example is a command to seize the property of the offending nation wherever it is found.