Definition of "noxal" [noxal]

• In Roman law, relating to wrongful injury or nuisance.
• The right, which came to be acknowledged, of making such a surrender in full satisfaction, and the consequent limitation of the right to recover damages done by a slave to the amount of the value of the slave.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "With the growth of humane sentiment, the noxal action in the case of children was abolished."
• "Damage to the property of another injuria datum was the subject matter of the Aquilian Law, and the damage must have been inflicted by a freedman; if by a slave, it was a noxal tort; if by a quadruped, the tort and liability were designated pauperies."
• "Here, unless on such order the defendant satisfies the plaintiff's claim by restoring or producing the property, or by performing his obligation, or in a noxal action by surrendering the guilty slave, he ought to be condemned."