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bar association : a professional association made up of members of a particular bar (as of a state) ...
Bar Association
Bar Association, is a professional association made up of members of a particular bar (as of a State), Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 44....
Advocate
Advocate, [Lat. Advocatus], a patron of a cause assisting his client with advice, and pleading for him. He is defined by Ulpian (Dig. 50, tit. 13) to be any person who aids another in the conduct of a suit or action. The term is at the present day confined to persons professionally conducting cases in Court, i.e., Barristers and Solicitors (q.v.).In the English Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts, until 1857, certain persons learned in the civil and canon law, called advocates, had the exclusive right of acting as counsel. They were members of a college situate at Doctor's Commons, incorporated by charter, June 22, 8 Geo. 3, under the title of 'The College of Doctors of Law exercent in the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts,' and had, previously to their admission to that college, taken the degree of Doctor of Laws at an English university. The jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts in matters matrimonial and testamentary was in 1857 transferred to the Court for Divorce and Matrimo...
bar examination
bar examination : an examination that is usually administered by a jurisdiction's bar association and which a lawyer must pass prior to admission to the bar of that jurisdiction ...
Bar examination
Bar examination, means an examination that is usually administered by a jurisdiction's bar association and which a lawyer must pass prior to admission to the bar of that jurisdiction, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 44....
ABA
ABA American Bar Association ...
law review
law review often cap L&R : a periodical (as one published by a law school or bar association) containing notes and articles analyzing and evaluating subject areas and developments in the law ...
opinion
opinion 1 a : a belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge b : a formal expression of a judgment or appraisal by an expert see also opinion testimony at testimony compare fact 2 a : advice or evaluation regarding the legal issues involved in a situation given by an attorney to a client [an of title] called also legal opinion see also opinion letter at letter b : an advisory opinion issued by an authorized public official (as an attorney general) or a recognized body (as the American Bar Association) 3 a : the formal written expression by a court or judge of the reasons and principles of law upon which the decision in a case is based compare holding, judgment, ruling advisory opinion : a nonbinding opinion or evaluation of a court or other judicial or quasi-judicial authority or body regarding the effect of the law on a situation that does not present an actual controversy between parties [to answer questions which were not brought before this Court...
Court of record
Court of record, a court of record envelops all such powers whose acts and proceedings are to be enrolled in a perpetual memorial and testimony. A court of record is undoubtedly a superior court which is itself competent to determine the scope of its jurisdiction, M.M. Thomas v. State of Kerala, (2000) 1 SCC 666.In relation to any matter, means the court to which proceedings with respect to the matter are allocated or transferred, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(2), para 747, p. 405.Members of the State judiciary below the High Court are subordinate to the High Court and the control over the district courts and court subordinate thereto is vested in it, Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. H, 6th Edn., p. 286.Although the Supreme Court as the final appellate court, can revise the decisions of the High Court, the High Courts are not administratively subordinate to the Supreme Court, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. H, 6th Edn., p. 233.Means the cou...
Scandalising the court
Scandalising the court, is also settled law that if a resolution is passed by Bar Associations expressing want of confidence in judicial officers it would amount to scandalising the court to undermine its authority and thereby the Advocates will have committed contempt of court, Harish Uppal v. Union of India, (2003) 2 SCC 45.Scandalising the court, would mean hostile criticism of judges or judiciary, D.C. Saxenca v. Chief Justice of India, (1996) 5 SCC 216....
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