Русско-англо-русский юридический словарь

The phenomenon of juridical acts exists in most, if not all, legal systems of the world. The concept of a juridical act, however, has mainly become popular in the legal systems that belong to the civil law tradition. In common law countries, one rather speaks of the exercise of a legal power. A consequence of this difference between legal cultures is that the English term "juridical act" has not reached the level of general usage.

A juridical act is an act performed with the intention to bring about legal consequences, specifically one where the law connects legal consequences to the act for the reason that they were intended.

Alternative expressions for "juridical act" in English are "legal act" and "legal transaction." (Introduction to Law by Jaap Hage, Antonia Waltermann, Bram Akkermans)

“Juridical act��� is a key term in the civilian lexicon that expresses the fundamental principle of autonomy of the will. The notion of juridical act is premised on the idea that a person’s legal position can change—that is, the person can acquire, modify, transfer, or extinguish rights—either by that person’s voluntary act (juridical act) or by operation of law (juridical fact). (A Louisiana Theory of Juridical Acts)

Article 18 An adult has full capacity for civil conduct, and may perform juridical acts independently. (English translaction of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China)

Sometimes it is useful to dispose of terminology to refer to acts that are not juridical acts. For instance, a municipality can pursue its parking policies both by creating prohibitions (which is a juridical act) and by making it physically impossible to park in certain places. We will use the expression "factual acts" to refer to acts, usually performed by the administration, that are not aimed at creating legal consequences. (Introduction to Law by Jaap Hage, Antonia Waltermann, Bram Akkermans)