act 0f la

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act 0f la - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  ACT 0F LAW. An event which occurs in consequence of some principle of law.
  If, for example, land out of which a rent charge has been granted, be
  recovered by an elder title, and thereby the rent charge becomes avoided;
  yet the grantee, shall have a writ of annuity, because the rent charge is
  made void by due course or act of law, it, being a actus legis nemini est
  damnosus. 2 Inst. 287.