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AC ETIAM

AC ETIAM, Eng. law. In order to give jurisdiction to a court, a cause of action over which the court has jurisdiction is alleged, and also,, (acetiam) another cause of action over which, without being joined with thefirst, the court would have no jurisdiction; for example, to the usualcomplaint of breaking the plaintiff's close, over which the court hasjurisdiction, a clause is added containing the real cause of action. Thisjuridical contrivance grew out of the Statute 13 Charles H. Stat. 2, c. 2.The clause was added by Lord North, Ch. J. of the C. P. to the clausumfregit writs of that court upon which writs of capias might issue. Hebalanced awhile whether he should not use the words nec non instead of acetiam. The matter is fully explained in Burgess on Insolvency, 149. 155.156. 157.

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