What is ACTIO PUBLICIANA? Definition of ACTIO PUBLICIANA in Black's Law Dictionary
An action which lay for one who had lost a thing of which he had bona fide obtained possession, before he had gained a property in it, in order to have it restored, under color that he had obtained a property in it by prescription. Inst. 4, 6, 4; Heinecc. Elem. lib. 4, tit. 6, § 1131; Halifax, Anal. b. 3, c. 1, n. 9. It was an honorary action, and derived its name from the prae tor Publicius, by whose edict it was first given. Inst. 4, 6, 4.
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