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Default summons

to liquidated demands between 2l. and 10l., and is not available against a working-class defendant, except in the case of a trade debt, where the claim exceeds 5l. The plaintiff can sign judgment after eight days from … a trade debt incurred by him. The plaintiff can sign judgment as in (i.) unless the defendant has filed an affidavit of defence within eight days. A special default summons corresponds to the Order XIV. Procedure of

Registration of title of land

ss. 120 et seq.). In a compulsory area, land may but need not be registered until, in the case of freehold land, a sale takes place, and in the case of leasehold land, a grant or sale … parts:- 1. The property register, or parcels by reference to the Land Registry General Map or to a filed plan. 2. The proprietorship register, stating the nature of the title, e.g., absolute, good leasehold, possessory, etc., and

Pawn or Pledge

a special property only passes to the pledgee, the general property remaining in the pledgor. Also, in the case of a pledge, the right of a pledgee is not consummated, except by possession; and, ordinarily, when that … has a right to sell the pledge, when the pledgor fails to perform his engagement. He might have filed a bill in equity against the pledgor for a sale, or he may proceed to sell ex mero

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judgment

judgment entered by a court after an entry of default against a party for failure to appear, to file a pleading, or to take other required procedural steps called also judgment by default compare decree pro confesso … judgment also judge·ment [jəj-mənt] n 1 a : a formal decision or determination on a matter or case by a court ;esp : final judgment in this entry compare dictum, disposition, finding, holding, opinion, ruling, verdict

libel

libel [Anglo-French, from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber book] 1 : complaint used esp. in admiralty and divorce cases 2 a : a defamatory statement or representation esp. in the form of written or printed words ;specif

Good faith

nature of the definition. The standard of care and attention must depend on the circumstances of the individual case, the nature of the imputation, the need and the opportunity for verification, the situation and context in which … requisite court-fee found deficient on a contention being raised or the error of judgement in valuing a suit filed before a Court which was ultimately found to have no jurisdiction has absolutely nothing to do with the

Notice

enjoy the full benefit of his own unexceptionable title. If a person, who has notice (except in the case of a charity), sell to another, who has no notice, and is a bona fide purchaser for valuable … which means 'a being known' or a knowing is wide enough in legal circle to include a plaint filed in a suit,' CST v. Subhash, AIR 2003 SC 1628 (1631): (2003) 3 SCC 454.

Entertain

the actual hearing of the application for leave to appeal; otherwise the result would be that in many cases applications for leave to appeal would be barred because the applications have not been put up for hearing

Ex officio informations

in the King's Bench Division by the Attorney-General, at the direct and proper instance of the Crown, in cases of such enormous misdemeanours as peculiarly tend to disturb or endanger the govern-ment, or to molest or affront … Ex officio informations, proceedings filed in the King's Bench Division by the Attorney-General, at the direct and proper instance of the Crown, in

firework

fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material A number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to make when kindled a great variety of figures in fire often variously

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