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Suit
between a suit and an appeal is that an appeal only reviews and corrects the proceedings in a cause already constituted but does not create the cause, Mithilesh Kumari v. Prem Behari Khare, AIR 1989 SC 1247:
Cross-examination
collateral matter only, as the handwriting of a document tendered in evidence, he is a witness in the cause, and may be cross-examined as to any of the issues in the cause. As to theform of the
Negligence
of circumstances. But the negligence for which a consumer can claim to be compensated under this Sub-s. must cause some loss or injury to him, Consumer Unity & Trust Society v. Bank of Baroda, (1995) 2 SCC
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Judge
Judge [fr. juge, Fr.; judex, Lat.], one invested with authority to determine any cause or question in a Court of judicature. The word 'judge' denotes not only every person who is officially
Voluntarily causing grievous hurt
Voluntarily causing grievous hurt, whoever voluntarily causes hurt, if the hurt which he intends to cause or knows himself to be likely to cause is
Venue
Venue [fr. visne, vicinetum, visnetum, Lat.], the place whence a jury are to come for trial of causes. See Co. Litt. 125 a, and Hargrave's note (2). Local actions must, before the Jud. Act, have been
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
the period of limitation for actions of debt by deed or upon recognizance is twenty years after the cause of action has accrued, except in the case of mortgage debts which are now barred after twelve years,
Joinder of causes of action
Joinder of causes of action, coupling two or more matters in the same suit or proceeding. Under the (English) C.L.P. Act,
Collusion
marriage is a bar to such suit by the Judicature Act, 1925, s. 178, replacing the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857 (c. 85), ss. 30 and 31; and a collusive penal action is no bar to a
Actus reus
so suggesting of the crime itself, however, that perhaps the Latin phrase 'actus reus' is less likely to cause confusion. The actus reus is essential to crime but is not sufficient for this purpose without the necessary
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