Actio Personal Is Moritur Cum Persona in Europe

Definition of Actio Personal Is Moritur Cum Persona

A personal action dies with the person. This maxim is limited to actions of tort and does not apply to personal actions founded on contract, except breach of promise of marriage. It means that rights of action arising out of personal torts are in general destroyed by the death of either the injured or the injuring party. But an action may be maintained by the personal representatives of a deceased person in respect of an injury to his property during his lifetime ; and an action lies against him for wrongs committed by him in respect of his property. Under the Fatal Accidents Act, 1846 (Lord Campbell’s Act), and the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1906, further exceptions to the general rule are made

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Definition of Actio Personal Is Moritur Cum Persona is, temporally, from A Concise Law Dictionary (1927). This page needs to be proofread.

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