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res judicata
res judicata [Latin, judged matter] 1 : a thing, matter, or determination that is adjudged or final: as a : a claim, issue, or cause of action that is settled by a judgment
Private International law
civilised jurisdictions. Through part of the judicial system of each State these common rules have been adopted to adjudicate upon disputes involving a foreign element and to effectuate judgments of foreign courts in certain matters, or as
Any person
Rule 97(1) (CPC) is used deliberately for widening the scope of power so that the executing court could adjudicate the claim made in any application. Thus by use of words 'any person' it includes all the persons
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Parties
whose presence before the Court may be necessary in order to enable the Court effectually and completely to adjudicate upon and settle all the questions involved in the action, be added' (Rule 11). The same Order, XVI.,
cognizance
cognizance [Old French connoissance right to acknowledge and adjudicate issues, literally, knowledge, acquaintance, from connoistre to be acquainted with] : jurisdiction
decide
vt : to determine (as a case or issue) by making a decision (as a final judgment) : adjudicate compare find, hold vi : to make a decision
rule of necessity
rule of necessity :a rule permitting or requiring a judge or other official to adjudicate a case despite bias or personal interest when disqualification would result in the lack of any competent tribunal
state court
state court : a court established in accordance with a state constitution and having jurisdiction to adjudicate matters of state law
adjudge
adjudge ad·judged ad·judg·ing 1 : adjudicate 2 : to award, grant, or impose judicially [ costs to the plaintiff] ad·judg·ment n
Chancellor of a Diocese, or of a Bishop
or of a Bishop, a law officer, appointed to hold the Bishop's Court in his diocese, and to adjudicate upon matters of ecclesiastical law. He is the vicar-general of the bishop, and by Canon 127 must be
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