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Public Authorities, Protection of
not apply to an action in rem (The Burns, 1907, P. 137); or if the cause of action alleged is fraud, Pearson v. Dublin Corporation, 1907 AC 351, or if there is a continuance of the injury
Proved to the satisfaction of the court
and indeed seem to have been intended to empower the court to go into the merits of the allegations set by the party denying or disagreeing with the terms of compromise or agreement, and decide them so
Not guilty
libel, or other tort, and amounted to a denial only of the breach of duty or wrongful act alleged to have been committed by the defendant; this was called pleading the 'general issue.' See PLEADING. The plea
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Never Indebted, plea of
the defendant meant to deny in point of fact the existence of any express contract to the effect alleged in the declaration, or to deny the matters of facts from which such contract would bylaw be implied,
Argument
Argument, in reasoning, Locke observes that men ordinarily use four sorts of arguments. The first is to allege the opinions of men, whose parts and learning, eminency, power, or some other cause, have gained a name,
Indictment
1933, No. 832. Though it is usual to proceed before justices of the peace for commitment of the alleged offender to prison to await his trial at Assizes (see that title) or Quarter Sessions (see SESSIONS OF
Explanation
allowed to make personal explanation with the prior permission of the speaker in respect of his conduct or alleged misrepresentation in debate. The member has to intimate speaker what he proposes to say by way of personal
Confession
confession. A statement which contains an exculpatory assertion of some fact, which if true, would negative the offence alleged cannot amount to a confession, Veera Ibrahim v. State of Maharashtra, (1976) 2 SCC 302: AIR 1976 SC
Cognizance
Means exercising jurisdiction if it is in respect of a public servant who is accused of an offence alleged to have been committed during the discharge of his official duty, Rajesh Kumar Mishra v. State of Bihar,
Co-respondent
of a husband praying for divorce, the petitioner or respondent, as the case may be, shall make the alleged adulterer a co-respondent unless he is excused by the Court on special grounds from so doing. On a
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