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actual agency.See AGENCY(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

actual abandonment.See ABANDONMENT(9). [Blacks Law 8th]

actual,adj. Existing in fact; real <actual malice>. Cf. CONSTRUCTIVE. [Blacks Law 8th]

acts of assembly.See SESSION LAWS. [Blacks Law 8th]

actrix (ak-triks).Archaic. A female plaintiff. [Blacks Law 8th]

actor. 1. One who acts; a person  whose  conduct is in question. 2.Archaic. A  male  plaintiff. 3.Hist. An advocate or pleader; one who acted for another in legal matters. Cf. REUS(1).4.Roman law.  (ital.)  A  person  who  sues;  a  claimant.  —  Also  termed  (in  sense  4)  petitor.  Pl.  (in  sense  4) actores.[Blacks Law 8th]

Act of Union.Any of several acts of Parliament uniting various parts of Great Britain. • The term applies to (1) the Laws in Wales Act (1535), which united Wales with England and made that principality subject to English law, and (2) the Union with Ireland Act (1800), which abolished the Irish Parliament and incorporated Ireland…

Act  of  Uniformity.Hist.  Any  of  several  16th-  and  17th-century  acts  mandating  uniform religious  practices  in  England  and  Ireland;  specif.,  an  act  requiring  the  use  of  the  Book  of Common Prayer. [Blacks Law 8th]

act of the Scottish Parliament.A statute passed by the Parliament of Scotland created by the Scotland Act of 1998. • It is typically cited by year, the letters ASP, and a serial number. — Also termed act of Parliament of Scotland. [Blacks Law 8th]

act of the party.See act in the law under ACT. [Blacks Law 8th]