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A legal term referring to a type of action or lawsuit that is strictly based on the law or legal rights
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The court applied the principle of actio stricti juris to interpret the contract strictly according to its literal meaning.
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The judge stuck to the actio stricti juris rule and ruled in favor of the plaintiff.
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They had no choice but to go with the actio stricti juris route for the legal case.
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In life, sometimes you have to take the actio stricti juris approach and follow the rules exactly as they are written.