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Authorities
Authorities, the citations which are made of laws, acts of the legislature, precedents, decided cases, and opinions of text writers. See
Fugitation
Fugitation. In Scotland, when a criminal does not obey the citation to answer, the Court pronounces sentence of fugitation against him, which induces a forfeiture of goods and chattels
Publication
evidence in Chancery is no longer practised, as all parties attend the examination of witnesses. Publication of a citation in two newspapers is frequently ordered by the Court for Divorce and the Court of Probate as a
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Letter-missive
he neglected to appear to this, he was then served with a copy of the bill and a citation to appear and answer; if he continued still in contempt, a sequestration nisi, which was made absolute in
Monition
an offence within the clergy be corrected, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1022. Monition, a summons or citation; a direction by an ecclesiastical judge to a defendant to abstain from practices contrary to ecclesiastical law; see
Process
ordinary process in Chancery suits was service of a copy of the bill or claim, with an endorsed citation, which required the defendant to appear on a certain day. The process now for the commencement of all
Vocatio in jus
Vocatio in jus, a citation to law, Civil Law
Short Titles
Short Titles, of Acts of Parliament. First introduced for convenience of citation in 1845 by the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and since then gradually more and more used in
Subp'na
p'na, penalty], a writ commanding attendance in court under a penalty. It bears a close analogy to the citation, or vocatio in jus of the Civil and Canon Laws. There are several kinds of subp'na. At Common
Summons
Anecd. Of the Eng. Lang., 2nd Edn. 173], a call of authority, admonition to appear in court, a citation. 1. To commence Action in High Court, By R.S.C. Ord. II., r. 1(see Annual Practice):- Every action in
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