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ACTION RECOUVREMENT CREANCE [1 record]

Record 1 2005-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

An action of debt lay where a person claimed the recovery of a liquidated or certain sum of money affirmed to be due to him.

OBS

One of the earliest forms of personal actions in English law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
DEF

Action qui peut être intentée par un créancier pour exiger de son débiteur le paiement d'une somme d'argent certaine ou liquide.

Key term(s)
  • action en recouvrement d'une dette
  • action sur un bref de revendication de dette

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho procesal
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