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Countermand

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Countermand, the revocation of an act; where a thing done is afterwards, by some act or ceremony, made void by the person who did it, it is either express,or implied by law. No notice of trial may be countermanded except by consent or by leave of the Court or a judge, which leave may be given subject to such terms as to costs or otherwise as maybe just (R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXVI., r. 19). See NOTICE OF TRIAL.

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