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Challenge
Challenge [fr. Challenger, O. F., to accuse of], an exception taken either against things or jurors. In civil actions, when a full jury appear, either party may challenge them for cause, as well the talesmen as … that the parties are connected by marriage, etc. It seems very doubtful if the array in special jury cases can be challenged. Challenges to the array are, however, seldom restored to, since, for the causes above named,
Subp'na
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 Law there are two to compel the … the production of which in evidence is desired. Such a person need not be sworn, and in that case he cannot be cross-examined. Se DUCES TECUM. These subp'nas are also used in criminal proceedings; four witnesses can
Wilful disobedience
Wilful disobedience, 'willful disobedience' to a writ issued by a court constitutes civil contempt, though mere failure to obey the writ may not constitute civil contempt depending upon the facts and … failure to obey the writ may not constitute civil contempt depending upon the facts and circumstances of the case. The appropriate mode of enforcing obedience to a writ of habeas corpus is by committal for contempt. A
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Nuisance
individual, or a criminal information at the suit of the Attorney-General. (2) It may give ground for a civil action, called an information, by the Attorney-General, either of his own motion or at the instance of some … by some want of care, according to its degree which was required in the particular circumstances of the case. Actions against persons or public undertakings for damage under statutory powers are generally founded on negligence. Where the
bar
judge where prisoners are stationed in criminal cases or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases compare bench, dock, jury box, stand b : court tribunal [the younger judge brought a fresh viewpoint … the railing in a courtroom that encloses the area around the judge where prisoners are stationed in criminal cases or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases compare bench, dock, jury box, stand
Freedom of speech and expression
of Madras, AIR 1950 SC 124: 1950 SCR 594: 1950 Cri LJ 1514. See also People's Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India, (2003) 4 SCC 399. Carries with it the right to publish and circulate … or MLA, such right could be set at naught by the legislature, requires to be rejected, Kesavanands Bharati case, (1973) 4 SCC 225. See also People's Concerned Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India, (2003) 4
Conspiracy
he has thus separately suffered'; ibid. pp. 256, 625. There are also, it seems, what may be called civil con-spiracies, i.e., conspiracies which may be the foundation of an action, though not of an indictment; and there … at common law, punishable with fine and imprisonment to any extent; and also with hard labour in the case of ' any conspiracy to cheat or defraud, or to extort money or goods, or falsely to accuse
Restitutio in integrum
the edict. If the contract or transaction is such as not to be valid, according to the jus civile this restitutio is not needed, and it only applies to cases of contracts and transactions, which are not … to be valid, according to the jus civile this restitutio is not needed, and it only applies to cases of contracts and transactions, which are not in their nature or form invalid. In order to entitle a
master
compare servant c : principal 2 : an officer of the court appointed (as under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 53) to assist a judge in a particular case by hearing and reporting on the case, sometimes
Copyright
see s. 5. As to what acts amount to an infringements, see s. 2; and as to the civil remedies for infringement, see ss. 6-10; in certain cases a summary remedy is provided (ss. 11-13). Special provisions … reproduce the work or any substantial part thereof in any material form whatsoever, to perform, or in the case of a lecture to deliver, the work or any substantial part thereof in public; if the work is
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