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Legislation
in some specific instances the line which separates one category from the other may not be easily discernible. Adjudication of the rights of the parties according to law enacted by the legislature is a judicial function. In
Other legal proceeding
read ejusdem generis with the preceding words 'suit' and prosecution as they constitute a genus. The penalty and adjudication proceedings in question did not fall within the expression 'other legal proceeding' employed in s. 40(2) of the
Petitioning creditor
Petitioning creditor, one who applies for an adjudication in bankruptcy against his debtor. See (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1914, ss. 3 et seq., whereby the creditor's debt
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Prorogated jurisdiction
Prorogated jurisdiction, a power conferred by consent of the parties upon a judge who would not otherwise have adjudicated, Bell's Scots Law Dict.
Quasi judicial
David P. Derham, Editors, 4th Edn., 1972. Means of relating to, or involving an executive or administrative official's adjudicative acts. Quasi-judicial acts, which are valid if there is no abuse of discretion, often determine the fundamental rights
Rent
the Municipality at an enhanced rate which cannot be said to be due unless determined by process of adjudication, Gangaram v. Municipal Counsel Nagar Palika, Neemuch, AIR 1992 MP 303. [M.P. Municipalities Act, 1961, s. 164(1)(c)]
Respiciendum est judicanti, ne quid aut durius aut remissius constituatur quam causa deposcit; nec enim aut severitatis aut clementia gloria affectanda est
aut severitatis aut clementia gloria affectanda est (3 Inst. 220), It is a matter of import to one adjudicating that nothing either more lenient or more severe than the cause itself warrants should be done, for the
Revocation of agency
under guardianship. (2) Bankruptcy, excepting as to such rights as do not pass to the trustee under the adjudication. (3) Death, unless the authority is coupled with an interest in the thing vested in the agent. (4)
Stare decisis
Stare decisis, to abide by authorities or cases already adjudicated upon. The doctrine of precedent , under which it is necess-ary for a court to follow earlier judicial
Step in the proceeding
been consciously taken with a view to submit to the jurisdiction of the court for the purpose of adjudicating the controversy on the merits, Sadhu Singh Ghuman v. Food Corporation of India, AIR 1990 SC 893: (1990)
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