real action
nounDefinition of real action
1
: a local legal action founded on seisin or possession in which title is placed in issue and which aims at establishing title to a particular piece or part of real estate and at recovering the piece or part of real estate — compare local action , personal action, transitory action
2
Roman & civil law
: an action which aims at recovering a movable or immovable subject of property or at establishing a property interest therein