actio judicati

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actio judicati - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  ACTIO JUDICATI, civil law. Was an action instituted, after four months had
  elapsed after the rendition of judgment, in which the judge issued his
  warrant to seize, first, the movables, which were sold within eight days
  afterwards; and then the immovables, which were delivered in pledge to the
  creditors, or put under the care of a curator, and, if at the end of two
  mouths, the debt was not paid, the land was sold. Dig. 42, t. 1.  Code, 8,
  34.