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Aid of the King [auxilium regis, Lat.], the king's tenant prays this, when rent is demanded of him by others. A city or borough, holding a fee-farm from the king, if anything be demanded which belongs to such fee-farm, may pray, in 'aid of the king,' and the king's bailiffs, collectors, or accountants shall have aid of the king. The proceedings are then stayed until the Crown counsel are heard, but this aid will not be granted after issue, because the Crown cannot rely upon the defence made by another, Termes de la Ley...
Procedendo on aid prayer
Procedendo on aid prayer. If one pray in aid of the Crown in real action, and aid be granted, it shall be awarded that he sue to the sovereign in Chancery, and the justices in the Common Pleas shall stay until this writ of procedendo de loquel' come to them. So also on a personal action, New N.B. 154....
aid
aid : to provide with what is useful in achieving an end [conspiracy to counsel or draft resisters "K. A. Cohen"] often used in the phrase aid and abet; see also abet vi : to be of use [aided in the commission of the crime] aid·er n n 1 : an act of aiding [render to the principal] 2 : help given ;esp : tangible means of assistance (as money or supplies) [ to the disabled] [giving and comfort to the enemy] ...
legal aid
legal aid : aid provided by an organization established to serve the legal needs of the poor ...
legal aid society
legal aid society : an organization providing government-funded legal aid to the poor ...
Aid
Aid, the word 'aid' postulates the continued existence of the authority to be aided, Naga Peoplis Movement of Human Rights v. Union of India, AIR 1998 SC 431 (463): (1998) 2 SCC 109. (Constitution of India, Sch 7, List 1, Entry 2A and List 2, Entry 1)...
Aid prayer
Aid prayer, formerly made use of in pleading for a petition in Court, praying in aid of the tenant for life, etc., from the reversioner or remainderman, when the title to the inheritance was in question. It was a plea in suspension of the action, Com. Dig. 'Abide,' B. 5....
In aid of the civil power
In aid of the civil power, The expression 'in aid of the civil power' in Entry 2A of List I and in Entry 1 of List II implies that deployment of the armed forces of the Union shall be for the purpose of enabling the civil power in the State to deal with the situation affecting maintenance of public order which has necessitated the deployment of the armed forces in the State, Naga People's Movement of Human Rights v. Union of India, AIR 1998 SC 431 (463): (1998) 2 SCC 109. (Constitution of India, Schedule 7, List I, Entry 2A and List 2 Entry I)...
Step in aid of execution
Step in aid of execution, implies if the facts of a particular case show that the proceedings in question has the effect of facilitating or advancing the execution of any extent or removing some obstacle from the way of execution, it may well be regarded as step in aid of execution, Ram Bharose v. Ramman Lal, AIR 1932 Oudh 148....
Step in aid of execution of the decree
Step in aid of execution of the decree, the expression 'step in aid of execution of the decree' not defined in the Limitation Act nor is it capable of a precise or exhaustive definition. It will have to be construed in the light of the facts and circum-stances in each case and the present case is indeed a peculiar one with litigation raised on two fronts; the parties with diametrically opposite avowed objects one (namely, the appellant) to execute and reap the fruit of the foreclosure decree and the other (namely, the respondent, judgment-debtor's son) seeking the assistance of the court to completely nullity the very decree in order to maintain his title to and possession of the suit property, Prem Raj v. Ram Charan, AIR 1974 SC 968: (1974) 3 SCR 494: (1974) 2 SCC 1. (Limitation Act, 1908, Art. 182)...
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