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[Latin: who as well].
A method, now virtually extinct, by which the civil law can be enforced by private action. The incentive for such a private action is that the claimant is entitled to a share of the fine. It was often used in the past for effective enforcement of the law against Sunday trading.
From: qui tam action in A Dictionary of Law »
Subjects: Law.
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