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Alibi

party accused, in order to prove that he could not have committed the crime with which he is charged, offers evidence that he was in a different place at the time the offence was committed. Else ware,

Charge and discharge

Charge and discharge, the old mode of taking accounts in Chancery, Daniell's Chancery Practice, 2nd Edn. In Scotland the … the accounts of the intromissions of trustees are commonly called Accounts of charge and discharge. Equity Practice, court ordered account filing by a plaintiff and a defendant, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Demurrage charges

Demurrage charges, Demurrage charges are levied in order to ensure quick clearance of the cargo from the harbour. They are

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Foreign company

Islands and the Isle of Man (s. 343). The general provisions of the Companies Act, 1929, relating to charges on property in England and on property there acquired subject to charges, are made to apply to companies … foreign company or of a charge created under ss. 79 and 81, ibid., see the (English) Companies (Forms) Order, 1929, S.R. & O. 1929, No. 823. Means a body corporate incorporated outside India, and includes a firm

Habeas corpus testificandum

bring up as a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding any prisoner in custody on a criminal charge; see (English) Criminal Procedure Act, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. C. 30), s. 9; (English) County Courts Act, … a county Court has power, on a proper application being made to him, to issue a warrant or order to bring up as a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding any prisoner in custody on a

Stop Order

Stop Order. If any person entitled, in expectancy or otherwise, to any share of any stocks or funds, standing in

Enjoin

upon as an order or command to give an injunction to to direct with authority to order to charge

Pr'munire

A.B. (cause A.B. to be forewarned) that he appear before us to answer the contempt wherewith he stands charged; which contempt is particularly recited in the Preamble to the writ. The offence of pr'munire is, in effect, … Pr'munire [fr. pr'moneri Lat., to be forewarned]. It is an offence so called from the words of the writ preparatory to the prosecution thereof: pr'munire facias A.B. (cause A.B. to be forewarned) that he appear before us

Partnership

against his debtor's separate property but also against the property of the firm, may obtain only an order charging the partner's interest in the partnership property, and appointing a receiver of his share of profits. The dissolution

Children

(3) a licence can under certain circumstances be obtained for a child over twelve, and invests any officer charged with the execution of the Act with all the powers of a factory inspector under that Act to … created for the purpose of hearing charges against children and young persons; and the Court may (s. 55) order the parent or guardian of a child under sixteen to pay the fine, damages, or costs imposed. See

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