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Local action. An action is so termed when all the principal facts on which it is founded are of a local nature; as where po e ion of.land is to be recovered, or damages for an actual trespa , or for waste affecting land, because in such case the cause of action relates to some particular locality, which usually also constitutes the venue. of the action. Miller v. Rickey (C. c.) 127 Fed.. 577; Crook v. Pitcher, 61 Md. 513; Beirne v. Ro er, 26 Grat. (Va.) 541; McLeod v. Railroad Co., 58 Vt. 727, 6 Atl. 648; Ackers on v. Erie R. Co., 31 N. J. Law, 311; Texas. & P. R. Co. v. Gay, 86 Tex. 571, 26 S. W. 599, 25 L. R. A. 52. Transitory actions ·are those founded upon a cause of action not nece arily referring to or 11.rislng in any particular locality. Actions are called, in common-law practice, ea: contractu when they are founded on a contract; efll delicto when they arise out or a tort'. Umlaut v. Umlauf, 103 Ill. 651;, Nelson v. Great Northern R. Co., 28 Mont. 297, 72 Pac. 642; Va'n 0 ·v. Bynon, 85 wts. 661, 56 N. W. 190. "Action" and "Suit." The terms "aeo tfon" and "suit" are now. nearly, if not entirely; SynOnflDOUS. (8 Bl. Comm. s, 116, et pa im.) Or, It there be a distinction, it 1s tJiat the term ''action" Is generally conf in• [s. 32]