ACTIO STRICTI JURIS
\ˈaktɪˌə͡ʊ stɹˈɪkti d͡ʒˈʊ͡əɹɪs], \ˈaktɪˌəʊ stɹˈɪkti dʒˈʊəɹɪs], \ˈa_k_t_ɪ__ˌəʊ s_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_k_t_i dʒ_ˈʊə_ɹ_ɪ_s]\
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An action of strict right. The class of civil law personal actions, which were adjudged only by the strict law, and in which the judge was limited to the precise language of the formula, and had no discretionary power to regard the bona fides of the transaction. See Inst. 4, 0. 28; Gains, iii. 137; Mackeld. Rom. Law,
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).