Legal Definitions - acto

ACTO

Acto (ahk-toh), n. Spanish law. 1. A legal action or lawsuit.

1. Juan filed an acto against his landlord for not fixing the leaky roof.

2. The acto was dismissed by the judge due to lack of evidence.

An acto is a legal action or lawsuit that is filed in Spanish law. The examples illustrate how the term is used in legal proceedings. In the first example, Juan filed an acto against his landlord for not fixing the leaky roof. This means that Juan took legal action against his landlord by filing a lawsuit. In the second example, the acto was dismissed by the judge due to lack of evidence. This means that the legal action taken by the plaintiff was not successful because there was not enough evidence to support their claim.