Absolute Right - Law Dictionary Search Results
Lien
valid lien it is essential that the person through whom it is acquired should himself either have the absolute ownership of the property, or at least a right to vest it; for nemo plus juris ad alium
Entry
conveyed at law are rights of entry exercisable over or in respect of a legal term of years absolute or annexed for any purpose to a rent charge [(English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 1(2)(e)]. Before 1925 a … and is necessary in certain cases, as, e.g., to perfect a common-law lease. When a person without any right has taken posses-sion of land, the party entitled may make a formal but peaceable entry, which is quite
Letters-patent, or letters overt
are parties to a Convention with the country, within 12 months, and it is assignable under seal either absolutely or with time or regional limits. Upon death, the patent rights vest in the personal representatives. It should … person to be encouraged, simplifies and renders less expensive the procedure for granting a patent and enforcing the rights under it. The rights conferred to do extend beyond Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Isle of
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jury trial
NOTE: The right to a jury trial is established in the U.S. Constitution, but it is not an absolute right. The Supreme Court has stated that petty crimes (as those carrying a sentence of up to 6 months)
Libel
case that the matter complained of was written or printed on what is called a privileged occasion--either (a) absolute privilege, statements in judicial proceedings, in Parliament, or by Ministers of the Crown in advising their sovereign, Dawkins … their sovereign, Dawkins v. Lord Rokeby, (1873) LR 8 QB 255; but a report not judicially determining a right or the guilt or innocence of any one is not absolutely privileged (O'Connor v. Waldron, 78 Sol. Jo.
intervention
in federal practice. intervention of right : intervention allowed in federal civil procedure when a statute grants an absolute right to intervene or when the applicant claims an interest in the subject of the proceeding that the applicant
Owner
the 'better right' to be in possession and obtain it, whereas with chattels the concept is a more absolute one. Actual possession implies a right to retain it until the contrary is proved and to that extent
Rule of procedure
Rule of procedure, each House has the absolute right of interpreting its rules; courts have no power to interfere in the matter of the application of these
Pasupu Kumkuma
Pasupu Kumkuma, is a part of Will in connection with the bequest of the testator's daughter respecting an absolute right and is not consistent with the conferment of limited caste, Venkatarama v. Rajyalakshmi, AIR 1960 AP 509. The
Light
4, c. 71), uninterrupted enjoyment of light for twenty years--commonly called 'ancient lights' --constitutes in every case an absolute and indefeasible right to it, unless the enjoyment took place under some deed or written consent or agreement,
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