{"id":11072,"date":"2017-12-18T23:40:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T23:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=11072"},"modified":"2023-04-21T21:27:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T21:27:23","slug":"action-at-law-an-action-where-the-only-relief-obtainable-appropriate-or-sought-is-a-legal-remedy-a-money-judgment-to-recover-damages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=11072","title":{"rendered":"action at law – when the only relief obtainable, appropriate, or sought is money (damages)"},"content":{"rendered":"

action at law<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n (17c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A civil suit stating a legal cause of action<\/a> and seeking only a legal remedy. <\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An action prosecuted in a law court, as distinguished from a suit in equity.\u00a0 An action, the purpose of which is the recovery of the sum of money or damages, or an action where the only relief obtainable or appropriate is a money judgment for damages.\u00a0 Royal indem. Co. v Sangor<\/em>, 166 Wis 148, 164 NW 821, 9 ALR 397<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Notwithstanding the abolition of the distinction between actions at law and suits in equity, it is still important to determine whether the case is at law or in equity.\u00a0 The method of review, the right to a jury trial, etc. may depend upon whether the case is to be regarded as a law or in equity.\u00a0 1 Am J2d Actions \u00a7 7<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A lawsuit brought in a court of law as opposed to a\u00a0 court of equity.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

legal remedy<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n (17c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A remedy historically available in a court of law, as distinguished from a remedy historically available only in equity.\u00a0 *\u00a0 After the merger of law and equity, this distinction remained relevant in some\u00a0ways, such as in determining the right to jury trial and\u00a0the choice between alternate remedies. <\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A remedy available through legal action.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by<\/b><\/span><\/strong> Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\n<\/span><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>Legal<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Assistant<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by<\/b><\/span><\/strong> Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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action at law: (17c) 1. A civil suit stating a legal cause of action and seeking only a legal remedy. [1] 1. An action prosecuted in a law court, as distinguished from a suit in equity.\u00a0 An action, the purpose of which is the recovery of the sum of money or damages, or an action … Continue reading action at law – when the only relief obtainable, appropriate, or sought is money (damages)<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10761,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11072","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11072"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18612,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11072\/revisions\/18612"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}