Noxal

Definitions

  • Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
    • adj Noxal relating to wrongful injury
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Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
L. noxius—noxa, hurt—nocēre, to hurt.

Usage

In literature:

Section 77, says that a noxal action may change to a direct, and conversely, a direct action to a noxal.
"The Common Law" by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Thus far as to the noxal action.
"The Institutes of Justinian" by Caesar Flavius Justinian
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