J Dictionary
Judicial separation
Judicial separation, granted either to husband or wife on the ground of adultery, cruelty, rape, sodomy, bestiality, non-compliance with a decree for restitution of conjugal rights, or desertion without cause for two years and upwards [(English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 185]; also by justices, under the Married Women (Maintenance) Acts, 1895 to 1925, to the wife, on the conviction of the husband of aggravated assault, or on the ground of persistent cruelty, forcing her to live apart from him, or on the ground of his being an habitual drunkard [(English) Licensing Act, 1902,s. 5]; and relief can also be obtained by a husband where the wife is an habitual drunkard (ibid.). Under Maintenance Acts the husband can be ordered to make weekly payments to his wife, which can be enforced by imprisonment [R. v. Richardson, (1909) 2 KB 851], but her judgment creditor cannot obtain equitable execution by the appointment of a receiver of such payments, Paquine v. Snary, (1909) 1 KB 688. See also Sum...
Judicial service
Judicial service, the expression 'judicial service' can be defined as inclusive of a wide variety of offices connected with the administration of justice in one way or the other, Syed T.A. Naoshbandi v. State of J&K, (2003) 9 SCC 592 (604).The expression 'Judicial service' is defined in Article 236 (b) and it means service consisting exclusively of persons intended to fill the post of district Judge and other civil judicial posts inferior to the post of district judge, State of West Bengal v. Nripendranath Bagchi, AIR 1966 SC 447 (450): (1966) 1 SCR 771.The expression 'Judicial Service' means a service consisting exclusively of persons intended to fill the post of District Judge and other Civil Judicial posts inferior to the District Judge and the ex-pression 'District Judge' includes among others an Additional District Judge and an Additional Sessions Judge, State of Assam v. Kuseswar Saikia, AIR 1970 SC 1616 (1618): (1969) 3 SCC 505, See also Chandra Mohan v. State of Uttar Pradesh, ...
Judicial Trustee
Judicial Trustee, a trustee appointed by, and to act under the control of, the court, under the (English) judicial Trustees Act, 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 35). Such a trustee may be appointed either jointly with any other person or as sole trustee, and if sufficient cause is shown in place of all or any existing trustees (s. 1); and the administration of the estate of a deceased person is a 'trust' within the meaning of the Act (ibid.). A judicial trustee is an officer of the court, and he may be remunerated out of the trust property and his accounts must be audited once a year and a report thereon made to the court (ibid). See also Judicial Trustee Rules, 1897, and Lewin on Trusts....
judicial writ
judicial writ see writ ...
Judicial writs
Judicial writs, writs issuing from the court in which proceedings are commenced under its seal, and tested in the name of its chief judge, as distingui-shed from original writs, which issued out of the Court of Chancery....
Judicial, quasi judicial
Judicial, quasi judicial, whether an act is a judicial or a quasi-judicial one or a purely executive act depends on the terms of the particular rules and the nature, scope and effect of the particular powers in exercise of which the act may be done and would, therefore, depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. Where an authority is required to act judically either by an express provision of the statute under which it acts or by necessary implication of the said statute the decisions of such an authority generally amount to quasi-judicial decisions. Where, however, the executive or administrative bodies are not required to act judicially and are competent to deal with issues referred to them administratively, their conclusions cannot be treated as quasi-judicial conclusions, Engineering Mazdoor Sabha v. Hind Cycles Ltd., AIR 1963 SC 874 (878); 1963 Supp (1) SCR 625....
Judicial-council
Judicial-council, a regularly assembled group of judges whose mission is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the courts or which they sit; esp., a semiannual assembly of a federal circuit's judges called by the circuit's chief judge, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 851....
Judicial-economy exception
Judicial-economy exception, means an exemption from the final-judgment rule, by which a party may seek immediate appellate review of a non-final order if doing so might establish a final or nearly final disposition of the entire suit, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 851....
Judicial-tenure commissioner
Judicial-tenure commissioner, means a commission that reviews complaints against judges, investig-ates those complaints, and makes recommenda-tions about appropriate measures to the highest court in the jurisdiction, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 852....
justice
justice [Old French, from Latin justitia, from justus just] 1 a : the quality of being just, impartial, or fair [it is not the province of the court to decide upon the or injustice…of these laws "Scott v. Sanford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857)"] b : the principle or ideal of just dealing ;also : conformity to the principle or ideal of just dealing 2 a : the administration of law [a fugitive from ] ;esp : the establishment or determination of rights according to law or equity [system of ] b : fair, just, or impartial legal process [courts or tribunals…for the administration of international "G. R. Winters"] 3 : judge ;esp : a judge of an appellate court or court of last resort (as a supreme court) [insults to particular s and threats of civil disobedience were bandied freely "R. H. Bork"] ...