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arrest
cause, warrant compare stop cit·i·zen's arrest : an arrest made not by a law officer but by any citizen who derives the authority to arrest from the fact of being a citizen NOTE: Under common law, a … in his or her 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 ad respondendum NOTE: Civil arrest
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Client
lawyer or commits his cause to the management of one, either in prosecuting a claim or defending a suit in a Court of justice; and for meaning, the word (except in relation to non-contentious business) includes any … 4 De GM & G 270; Wright v. Carter, 1903 (1) Ch 27. Among the Romans, nearly all citizens were comprehended into two classes--patron and client. Their relative rights and duties were as follows:--The patron was the
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 to private rights and … Its width has 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 133 of the
Manumission
payment of money to the bondman at a certain day, or sued him where he might enter without suit, and the like, Jac. LawDict. … with his master's 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 wand (vindicta) on his
Judicial power
Chapter IV in Part 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, … subject-matter of adjudication, 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 office of a
Hue and Cry
State for the 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. … raise a hue 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. 28, pro-vides for
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