Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Noxa caput sequitur
The injury follows the head or person.( Liability to make good an injury caused by a slave attaches to the master. Dig. 2.14.7.4.
actio noxalis
n. See NOXAL ACTION.
noxa
n. [Latin "injury"] Hist. 1. Roman law. An offense such as injury to a person or property, esp. one committed by a slave or son. 2. Roman law. The obligation to pay for damage committed by a son, slave, or animal. ( The father or master generally had to pay for the damages or else surrender the offender to the injured party. 3. An offense, generally. 4. The punishment for an offense. 5. Something that exerts a harmful effect on the body.
noxal
adj. Archaic. Of or relating to a claim against a father or owner for damage done by a son, a slave, or an animal.
noxal action
[fr. Latin actio noxalis "injurious action"] 1. Roman law. The claim against a master or father for a tort committed by a son, a slave, or an animal. ( The head of the family could be sued either to pay a penalty due or to surrender the tortfeasor to the victim. Roman law also provided for the surrender of animals that caused damage under actio de pauperie. 2. Hist. A person's claim to recover for damages committed by a person's son, slave, or animal.