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citizen suit

citizen suit a suit brought by citizens under a provision of an environmental law as the resource conservation and recovery act that gives citizens a private right of action against violators of the law and authorizes the court to award injunctive relief and sometimes to impose penalties

Citizen

..... law for the time being in force in that country is a citizen or national of that country citizenship act 1955 57 of 1955 s ..... 2 1 b citizen the citizenship of a person can be terminated under the relevant ..... of acquiring and possessing property of marriage and the social relations of suit and of defence and security in person estate and reputation dictionary of .....

arrest

..... citizen note under common law a citizen may make an arrest for any felony actually committed or ..... presence civil arrest the arrest and detention of a defendant in a civil suit until he or she posts bail or pays the judgment see also capias ..... arrest made not by a law officer but by any citizen who derives the authority to arrest from the fact of being a .....

Judicial power

..... v the supreme court of india must of necessity have to decide controversies between citizen and the citizen citizen and the state or the states inter se whether the rights relate to life ..... grider v tally 54 am rep 65 judicial powers not only when he is deciding suits between parties but also when he exercises disciplinary powers which are properly appurtenant to the .....

Client

..... wright v carter 1903 1 ch 27 among the romans nearly all citizens were comprehended into two classes patron and client their relative rights ..... management of one either in prosecuting a claim or defending a suit in a court of justice and for meaning the word except ..... and protector of his own children be maintained the client s suit when he was wronged and defended him when another complained of .....

Civil nature

civil nature the word civil according to dictionary means relating to the citizen as an individual civil rights in black s law dictionary it is defined as relating ..... been stretched further by using the word nature along with it that is even those suits are cognizable which are not only civil but are even of civil nature in article .....

Hue and Cry

..... home department announcing the perpetration of offences the public uproar that at common law a citizen was expected to initiate after discovering a crime black s law dictionary 7th edn ..... and cry he is liable to fine and imprisonment and to an action at the suit of the party injured the criminal law act 1826 7 geo 4 c 64 s .....

Manumission

..... consent a slave had his name entered in the census or public register of the citizens 2nd when the slave was led before the pr tor and that magistrate laid his ..... to the bondman at a certain day or sued him where he might enter without suit and the like jac lawdict

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