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Gassassination

Gassassination, word coined to denote death caused by poisonous gases in Bhopal, Justice Iyer, Off the Bench, Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., p. 164. '...Union Carbide's Gassassination litigation'. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)

Further consideration

further consideration may be necessary. See (English) R.S.C., Ord. XXXVI., r. 21; Dan. Ch. Pr. In the King's Bench Division, if there are important legal questions raised, the judge sometimes does not give judgment at once, but

Frank-bank

Frank-bank. See FREE-BENCH.

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Exchequer division

of Exchequer was specially assigned by s. 34 of the (English) Judicature Act, 1873. Merged in the King's Bench Division by Order in Council under s. 31 of that Act, made in February, 1881. See now (English)

Mystoxication

[Bhagavan Satya Sai Baba, A Human Incarnation with Mission of Compasasion and Liberation in Justice Iyer, Off the Bench, Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., p. 270]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)

Moneycracy

Moneycracy, the rule of money. 'In the name of democracy, moneycracy dominates' [Justice Iyer, Off the Bench, Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., p. 151]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)

Tribunal

Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999), s. 2(1)(ze)] 1. A court or other adjudicatory body 2. The seat, bench or place where a judge set, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. The seat of a judge; a Court

Noctanter

Noctanter (by night), an abolished writ which issued out of Chancery, and returned to the King's Bench, for the prostration of in closures, etc., 7 & 8 Geo.4, c. 27.

Shepway, Court of

Mayor and jurats of each port to the Lord Warden in this Court, and thence to the King's Bench. The civil jurisdiction of the Cinque Ports is abolished by 18 & 19 Vict. c. 48

Westoxication

Engineered India's Vivisection in Legally Speaking, Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., p. 3; Also See Off the Bench, p. 177]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)

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