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AIR 2000 SC 485 (490). [Bihar Land Reforms Act (30 of 1950), s. 19] Court, means the principle civil court of original jurisdiction in a district and including the High Court in exercise of the ordinary original … Court in exercise of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction, having jursidiction to decide the questions forming the subject matter of suit, but does not incude any civil court of a grade inferior to such civil court or

Costs

which give justices power to order the unsuccessful party to pay the costs of his opponent in both civil and criminal mattes within these Acts. As to taxation of costs, see TAXATION. As to charging order for … on various motions and proceedings in the course of the suit or action, or final, allowed when the matter is determined. Neither party was entitled to costs at Common Law, but the Statute of Gloucester (6 Edw.

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County Courts

100l.; (2) where the only matter remaining to be tried is a counter-claim, founded either on contract or tort, where the matter indispute doesnot exceed 100l.; (3) where the plaintiff's claim is for the recovery ofland (with

jurisdiction

"W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] diversity jurisdiction : the jurisdiction granted to federal courts over civil disputes involving parties having diverse citizenship (as in being from different states) where the matter in controversy exceeds

Damages

A plurality of variants stemming out of a core concept is seen in such words as actual damages, civil damages, compensatory damages, consequential damages, contingent damages, continuing damages, double damages, excessive damages, exemplary damages, general damages, irreparable … Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act, 1883. See now Judicature Act, 1925, s. 36. The Judicature Acts allow matters to be set up by a defendant by way of counter-claim, which must formerly have been the subject

Appeal

Dictionary of Law, Vol. 1, p. 148. In U.S.A., the Supreme Court has no appellate jurisdiction in ordinary civil cases, its jurisdiction being confined to constitutional matters. The Australian High Court possesses a general appellate jurisdiction, but … Court of Appeal (see s. 105 of the County Courts Act, 1934, and next title), and in criminal matters, to the Court of Criminal Appeal under the (English) Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, or under the (English) Crown

Subject-matter

Subject-matter, 'subject-matter' means the bundle of facts which have to be proved in order to entitle the plaintiff to the relief claimed by him, Vallabh Das v. Dr. Mdan Lal, AIR 1970 SC 987: (1970) 1...

judgment

entry compare dictum, disposition, finding, holding, opinion, ruling, verdict NOTE: Under Rule 54 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure judgment encompasses a decree and any order from which an appeal lies. cog·no·vit judgment [kÄ g-nō-vit-] : … judgment also judge·ment [jəj-mənt] n 1 a : a formal decision or determination on a matter or case by a court ;esp : final judgment in this entry compare dictum, disposition, finding, holding, opinion,

Cause of action

319: AIR 1970 SC 1059: (1970) 1 SCC 186. The expression 'cause of action' with regard to a civil matter means that it should be left to the litigant to institute cases at Lucknow Bench or at Allahabad

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