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Outlawry
in wilfully avoiding the execution of the process of the King's Court. Outlawry has long been obsolete in civil proceedings, and is formally abolished by the Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c.
Pension
Pensions are payable under special statutory pro-visions to grantees from the Crown, for political, naval and military, police, civil and other services and for services under local authorities under the (English) Local Government Officers' Superannua-tion Act, 1922
Reduction in rank
Reduction in rank, a civil servant is reduced in rank only after an inquiry is held; he is informed of the charges against
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Remitter of actions to County Court
Remitter of actions to County Court. See (English) County Courts Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo.5, c. 53), s. 45, which replaces the County Courts Act, 1919, s. 1, which took the place of the County...
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
Suit
injury or the recovery of a right'.In its most extended sense, the word suit includes not only a civil action, but also a criminal prosecution, as, indictment, information and a conviction by a Magistrate (Bouvier's Law Dictionary)
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
Hereditary revenues
that title), and certain small branches, such as Post Office Profits, enumerated in 1 Anne, c. 1. The Civil List Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5), in substitution for the Civil List Act, 1901,
nullity
null 2 : an act, proceeding, or contract void of legal effect compare impediment absolute nullity in the civil law of Louisiana : a contract or act considered void by virtue of a transgression of the public
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
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