ACT 0F LAW

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ACT 0F LAW


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, berecovered by an elder title, and thereby the rent charge becomes avoided;yet the grantee, shall have a writ of annuity, because the rent charge ismade void by due course or act of law, it, being a actus legis nemini estdamnosus. 2 Inst. 287.

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