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Tedious Repetition

Tedious Repetition, in Lok Sabha, the Speaker after having called the attention of the House to the conduct of a member who persists in irrelevance or in tedious repetition either of his own arguments or of the arguments used by other members in debate, may direct him to discontinue his speech, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, 10th Edn., 2002, r. 356.Means a repetition by a member of a legislature, of his own arguments or arguments used by other members in debate, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 393....

A priori

A priori. All arguments may be divided, according to the relation of the subject-matter of the premises to that of the conclusion, into (a) a priori (from the antecedent to the consequence), or those of such a nature that the premises would account for the conclusion, were that conclusion granted, which is the Aristotelian method of reasoning; and (b) a posteriori (from the consequence to the antecedent), or those whose premises could not have been used to account for the conclusion, which is the Baconian method of reasoning. The former class is manifestly argument from cause to effect, since to account for anything signifies to assign the cause of it. The latter class comprehends all other arguments...

Ignoratio elenchi

Ignoratio elenchi, an overlooking of the adversary's counterposition in an argument.Means ignorance of the conclusion to be proved. An advocate's misunderstanding of an opponent's position, manifested by an argument that fails to address the opponent's point; the overlooking of an opponent's counter argument, Black's Law Dic-tionary, 7th Edn., p. 750....

Suit

Suit, a following. It is used in divers senses:-(1) An action in the Supreme Court, or a proceeding by petition in the Divorce branch of that Court; a prosecution; a petition to a Court, etc. See Jud. Act, 1873, s. 100. By Jud. Act, 1925, s. 225, suit includes action.(2) Suit of Court, an attendance which a tenant owes to his lord's Court.(3) Suit Covenant, where one has covenanted to do suit and service in his lord's Court.(4) Suit Custom, where service is owed time out of mind.(5) Suithold, a tenure in consideration of certain services to the superior lord.(6) The following one in chase, as fresh suit, Cowel.The word 'suit' does not include an appeal or an application. [Limitation Act, 1963, s. 2 (l)]The word 'suit' will include appellate proceedings, Nachiappa Chettiar v. Subramaniam Chettiar, AIR 1960 SC 307: (1960) 2 SCR 209.The word 'suit' includes an appeal from the judgment in the suit. The only difference between a suit and an appeal is that an appeal only reviews and corrects...

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