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PERSONAL ACTION Definition & Legal Meaning

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In the civil law. An action in personam. A personal action seeks to enforce an obligation imposed on the defendant by his contract or delict; that is. it is the contention that he is bound to transfer some dominion or to perform some service or to repair some loss. Gaius. bk. 4,

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