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Trust
52 Vict. c. 59), s. 8, a trustee may under certain circumstances plead the Statute of Limitations in answer to a claim against him for a breach of trust: see Re Somerset, (1894) 1 Ch 231; Howe
Vagueness of grounds
of each case. It is, however, improper to contend that a ground is necessarily vague if the only answer of the detained person can be to deny it. That is a matter of detail which has to
Vouch
Vouch, to give testimony, to answer for
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Witness
criminal cases, see Criminal Evidence Act, 1898, as amended, and that title. A witness is not obliged to answer any question which tends to criminate him. On the application of either party, all the witnesses on both
Royal Assent
the titles of the several bills which have passed both Houses are read, and the king's or queen's answer is declared by the Clerk of the Parliaments in Norman-French. To a bill of supply, the assent is
Right of suit and right of appeal
is barred by statute one may, at one's peril, bring a suit of one's choice. It is no answer to a suit, howsoever frivolous to claim, that the law confers no such right to sue. A suit
Premunire
to the prosecution thereof: Premunire facias A.B. (cause A.B. to be forewarned) that he appear before us to answer the contempt wherewith he stands charged; which contempt is particularly recited in the preamble to the writ.
Re-summons
Re-summons, a second summons, calling upon a person to answer an action where the first summons is defeated. Obsolete
Presentment
the officer of the Court must afterwards frame an indictment before the party presented can be put to answer it. Presentments are also made in courts-leet and courts-baron, before the stewards, 1 Steph. Com.
Procedure established by law
equality or non-arbitrariness pervades Article 14 like a brooding omnipresence and the procedure contemplated by Article 21 must answer the test of reasonableness in order to be in conformity with Article 14, Nand Lal Bajaj v. State
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