ACTOR. - In procedural law, this term (from Lat. actor) designates the person who brings others before a court, that is, the party who first files a judicial claim. The person against whom the claim is filed is instead called the defendant or accused (from Lat. reus). According to the CIC, anyone may act as plaintiff, provided, of course, that he enjoys full procedural capacity (can. 1646); but no one is, as a rule, obliged to sue unless compelled by a reason of public interest, as, for example, the promoter of justice in criminal cases and sometimes in matrimonial ones. In any case, the burden lies on the plaintiff to prove in fact and in law the sound basis of his claim (can. 1748, § 1).
Bibliography4 worksG. Chiovenda, Principi di diritto processuale, 3rd ed., Naples 1923, p. 570 ff.; Wernz-Vidal VI, p. 169 ff.; F. Roberti, De processibus, I,
BIBL.: G. Chiovenda, Principi di diritto processuale, 3rd ed., Naples 1923, p. 570 ff.; Wernz-Vidal VI, p. 169 ff.; F. Roberti, De processibus, I, Rome 1941, p. 534 ff.; F. Dalla Rocca, Istituzioni di diritto processuale canonico, Turin 1946, passim.
Liuzzi, Ferruccio. “Attore.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 362. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/attore.
MLA
Liuzzi, Ferruccio. “Attore.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 362. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/attore.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec2_attore,
author = {Liuzzi, Ferruccio},
title = {Attore},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {II},
pages = {362},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/attore}
}
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