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laches
Old French lasche lax, ultimately from Latin laxare to loosen, from laxus slack] 1 : undue delay in asserting a right or privilege compare statute of limitations 2 a : a doctrine permitting dismissal of a suit
Burden of proof
prominent canon of evidence is, that the point in issue is to be proved by the party who asserts the affirmative, according to the civil law maxims, Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, nonqui negat; Actori incumbit onus
Claim
at least out of a man's own possession, as claim by charter, descent, etc., Plow, 359 a. Any assertion of a right to a remedy, relief or property, either general, or before a tribunal, a pleading in
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In jure cessio
a fictitious trial held to transfer ownership of property. At trial, the transferee appeared before a praetor and asserted ownership of the property. The actual owner also appeared, but did not contest the assertion, and so allowed
Right to sue
Right to sue, the 'right to sue' means the right to bring a suit asserting a right to the same relief which the deceased plaintiff asserted at the time of his death'. Thus,
Statement
AIR 1959 SC 1012 (1023): 1959 Supp (2) SCR 875. (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 145) 1. A verbal assertion or nonverbal conduct intended as an assertion 2. A formal and exact presentation of facts, Black's Law Dictionary,
minimum contacts
nonresident defendant's connection with or activity in a state that is sufficient under due process to support the assertion of personal jurisdiction under a long-arm statute see also doing business statute, fair play and substantial justice International
statement
a : an official or formal report or declaration [a of policy] b : an oral or written assertion (as by a witness) or conduct intended as an assertion see also hearsay, prior consistent statement, prior inconsistent
To state
forth, especially in a precise, formal or authoritative manner; to say (something), especially in an emphatic way; to assert, State of Uttar Pradesh v. Lalai Singh Yadav, AIR 1977 SC 202 (204): (1976) 4 SCC 213: (1977)
standing
continuing in existence, use, or effect indefinitely [a order] n 1 : the status of being qualified to assert or enforce legal rights or duties in a judicial forum because one has a sufficient and protectable interest
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