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Appellate Division

Appellate Division, is a department of a superior court responsible for hearing appeal, an intermediate appellate court in some States, such as New York and New Jersey, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 95....


calendar

calendar 1 : a list of cases ready to be heard on a procedural action [the motion ] ;specif : a list of cases ready for trial called also list compare docket NOTE: Generally it is up to the party that wants to go to trial to have a case placed on the calendar. The party must file with the court a notice that the case is ready for trial and that a jury trial, if desired, is demanded. 2 : a list of bills or other items reported out of committee for consideration by a legislative assembly vt : to place (a case) on a calendar [the Appellate Division, Second Department, is now ing civil appeals "New York Law Journal"] compare docket ...


Appellate Board

Appellate Board, means the Appellate Board established under s. 83, Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999), s. 2(a).Means the Appellate Board established under s. 83 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (48 of 1999), s. 2(a).Means Appellate Board established under s. 32, Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000 (37 of 2000), s. 2(a)....


Appellate Tribunal

Appellate Tribunal, means an Appellate Tribunal established under sub-section (1) of section 8. [Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 (51 of 1993), s. 2(a)]Means Appellate Tribunal for Foreign Exchange established under section 18. [Foreign Exchange management Act, 1999]Means the Appellate Tribunal for energy Conservation established under section 30, Energy Conservation Act, 2001 (52 of 2001), s. 2(b)....


appellate brief

appellate brief Written arguments by counsel required to be filed with appellate court on why the trial court acted correctly (appellee's brief) or incorrectly (appellant's brief). Source: FindLaw ...


appellate court

appellate court a court that reviews decisions of lower courts. In the federal courts, the primary appellate courts are the U.S. courts of appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. State courts also have a court of appeals and a high appellate court (usually called the state's Supreme Court). Source: Federal Judicial Center ...


Cyber Appellate Tribunal

Cyber Appellate Tribunal, means the Cyber Regulations Appellate Tribunal established under sub-s. (1) of s. 48. [Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), s. 2 (1) (n)]...


Divisions of the High Court

Divisions of the High Court (see new Judicature Act, 1925, ss. 1-5). The High Court of Justice, crated by the Judicature Act, 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 66). was by s. 31 of that Act, for the more convenient despatch of business, divided into five Divisions, which were called the Chancery, the Queen's Bench, the Common Pleas, the Exchequer, and the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Divisions, the judges of these Divisions being for the most part those who sat in the courts whose jurisdiction is transferred to the High Court (ss. 5, 16); but s. 32 of the same Act gave the Sovereign in Council power to reduce or increase the number of Divisions or the number of judges attached to each Division; and an Order in Council under this section which came into force on the 26th February, 1881, united in one 'Queen's Bench Division' (since the accession of King Edward the Seventh styled the' King's bench Division') the judges attached to the Common Pleas and Exchequer Divisions; so that (see Judicature ...


Queen's Bench Division

Queen's Bench Division, means the English court, formerly known as the Queen's Bench or King's Bench, that presides over tort and contract actions, applications for judicial review, and some Magistrate-court appeals, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1259.The jurisdiction of the Court of Queen's Bench was assigned, by s. 34 of the (English) Jud. Act, 1873, to the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice; and by Order in Council under s. 32 of the same Act, the Common Pleas and Exchequer Divisions were, in February 1881, merged in the same 'Queen's Bench Division,' which began to be styled, after the death of the late Queen Victoria in January, 1901, the 'King's Bench Division.' As to assignment of business to, see (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 56 (2)....


appellant

appellant : a person or party who appeals a court's judgment compare appellee ...


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