ACTIO RERUM AMOTARUIN
\ˈaktɪˌə͡ʊ ɹɪɹˈʌm ˈamətˌɑːɹuːˌɪn], \ˈaktɪˌəʊ ɹɪɹˈʌm ˈamətˌɑːɹuːˌɪn], \ˈa_k_t_ɪ__ˌəʊ ɹ_ɪ_ɹ_ˈʌ_m ˈa_m_ə_t_ˌɑː_ɹ_uː_ˌɪ_n]\
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An action for things removed; an action which, in cases of divorce, lay for a husband against a wife, to recover things carried away by the latter, in contemplation of such divorce. Dig. 25, 2; Id. 25, 2, 25, 30. It also lay for the wife against the husband in such cases. Id. 25, 2, 7, 11; Cod. 5, 21.
By Henry Campbell Black
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tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].