AC ETIAM, Eng. Law. In order to
give jurisdiction to a court, a cause of action over
which the court has jurisdiction is alleged, and also,,
(ac etiam) another cause of action over which, without
being joined with the first, the court would have
no jurisdiction; for example, to the usual complaint
of breaking the plaintiff's close, over which the
court has jurisdiction, a clause is added containing
the real cause of action. This juridical contrivance
grew out of the Statute 13 Charles H. The clause was
added by Lord North,. to the clausum fregit writs
of that court upon which writs of capias might issue.
He balanced awhile whether he should not use the words
nec non instead of ac etiam.
