In Scotch law. The revival of an action. A process by which an action that has lain over and not been Insisted in for a year and a day, and thus technically said to have "fallen asleep," is wakened or put in motion again. 1 Forb. Inst pt. 4, p. 170; Ersk. Prin. 4, 1, 33.
Definition of Wakening
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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
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Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition