Definition of Noxal

1. pertaining to wrongful injury [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Noxal

nowhile
nowhither
nowise
nowl
nowls
nown
nowness
nownesses
nows
nowthe
nowts
nowy
noxa
noxae
noxal (current term)
noxes
noxious
noxious trade
noxiously
noxiousness
noxiousnesses
noxiptiline
noxythiolin
noy
noyade
noyades
noyance
noyances
noyau

Literary usage of Noxal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readings in Roman Law by Roscoe Pound (1906)
"noxal actions have been provided for the wrongdoing of sons in potestas or of slaves, as for instance, if they have done a theft or have committed an insult ..."

2. Analysis of M. Ortolan's Institutes of Justinian: Including the History and by Thomas Lambert Mears, Joseph-Louis-Elzéar Ortolan (1876)
"When the son had satisfied the creditor, into whose power he had fallen as the result of a noxal action, he became sui juris; and so, if a slave could find ..."

3. Roman Law in the Modern World by Charles Phineas Sherman (1922)
"15 The Roman noxal action or noxal surrender (noxae dedi-§818 Ho). According to the Roman law, if a slave or animal caused loss or damage to a person and ..."

4. Roman Private Law in the Times of Cicero and of the Antonines by Henry John Roby (1902)
"In Justinian's law noxal delivery of children is indignantly rejected as an ancient but unworthy practice. And the Digest accordingly in the case of sons ..."

5. The Digest of Justinian by Charles Henry Monro (1904)
"NATURE OF THE UNDERTAKING GIVEN IN THE CASE OF A noxal ACTION. ... If some one is in a position to bring a noxal action in respect of a slave, and the slave ..."

6. The Institutes of Justinian by John Baron Moyle (1906)
"TITLE VIII OF noxal ACTIONS Where a delict, such as theft, robbery, ... This principle of noxal surrender in lieu of paying damages awarded is based on most ..."

7. The Bible and Slavery by Charles Elliot (1859)
""noxal actions are given on account of the offenses of slaves, as when a slave commits a theft or robbery, or does any damage or injury. ..."

8. The Institutes of Justinian: With the Novel as to Successions by William Grapel (1855)
"OF noxal ACTIONS, IN THE CASE OF BEASTS. BY the law of the Twelve Tables, ... This noxal action, however, can be brought in regard to those animals only ..."

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