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Coffin

The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial

Allocutus

Allocutus. In cases of reason and felony, if the defendant is found guilty, the Court is bound to ask him what

Cachepot

An ornamental casing for a flowerpot of porcelain metal paper etc

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gearbox

the metal casing in which a train of gears is sealed

Carucate

plough in a year.'-Co. Litt. 69 a. This quantity varies in different counties from 60 to 120 acres. Case, includes a suit or any proceeding before a court. [Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (39 of 1987), s.

Negligence

the person charged with negligence has failed to comply with or perform in the particular circumstance of each case. A very convenient classification has been formulated corresponding to the degree of negligence entailing liability measured by the

Trial

trial or a trial which concludes only after taking evidence of the parties in support of their respective cases, Dipak Chandra Ruhidas v. Chanden Kumar Sarkar, AIR 2003 SC 3701. Trial, is the conclusion, by a competent

Precedent

are not an immutable dogma. Courts may evolve principles which are applicable to the facts involved in each case, Rumana Begum v. Government of Andhra Pradesh, 1992 Cr LJ 3512. Means every judgment must be based upon

Costs

their fees, etc. Costs in actions are either between solicitor and client, being what are payable in every case to the solicitor by his client, whether he ultimately succeed or not; or between party and party, being

jurisdiction

art. IV"] [a court of competent ] see also situs International Shoe Co. v. Washington in the Important Cases section compare venue NOTE: Jurisdiction determines which court system should properly adjudicate a case. Questions of jurisdiction also

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