I.of or relating to an injury (jurid. Lat.): noxalis actio, an action on account of an injury committed: “noxales actiones appellantur, quae non ex contractu, sed ex noxā atque maleficio servorum adversus nos instituuntur. Quarum actionum vis et potestas haec est, ut, si damnati fuerimus, liceat nobis deditione ipsius corporis, quod deliquit, evitare litis aestimationem,” Dig. 9, 4 (de noxalibus actionibus), 1; so, “causa,” ib. 9, 4 fin.: “judicium,” ib. 9, 2; 8; 27; Gai. Inst. 1, 140 sq.; Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 7 et saep.—As subst.: noxāle , is, n., an action on account of an injury: “si noxali velit actor experiri,” Dig. 9, 4, 21, § 6: “noxali condemnatus,” ib. 42, 1, 4 fin.
noxālis , e, adj. noxa,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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