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ˈnoxal, a. Civil Law.
[ad. L. noxālis, f. noxa hurt, damage.]
Relating to damage or injury done by a person or animal belonging to another.
noxal action (see quots. 1775 and 1880). noxal surrender, the compensatory surrender to the plaintiff of the slave, animal, etc., by which the injury was done.
1605Daniel Queen's Arcadia iii. i, I ouer-whelm My practise too with darknesse and strange words, With..Codicilles, Acceptilations, Actions recissorie, Noxall, and Hypothecall. 1775S. Hallifax Rom. Law (1795) 94 In case of an Offence committed by a Slave, and of Damage done by a Beast, the Master of the Slave and Owner of the Beast were liable to be convened, by what was called a Noxal Action. 1880Muirhead Gaius iv. §75 In respect of the wrong-doing of filiifamilias and slaves, as when they have committed theft say, or personal injury, noxal actions have been provided. 1903Jenks in Law Q. Rev. Jan. 24 The practice of noxal surrender of animals prevailed in Flanders until the sixteenth century.
Hence ˈnoxally adv., by way of noxal surrender.
1880Muirhead Gaius i. §141 It is not for any long time that persons are detained in this condition,..unless they have been mancipated noxally. |