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Co-respondent
Matched in: Term Co-respondent
Co respondent
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libel
libel [Anglo-French, from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber book] 1 : complaint used esp. in admiralty and divorce cases 2 a : a defamatory statement or representation esp. in the … also held that the states cannot allow a private person to recover damages for libel against a media defendant without a showing of fault (as negligence) on the defendant's part. These protections do not apply to matters
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fair play and substantial justice
fair play and substantial justice : a requirement or standard of fairness which a court's assertion of personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant must meet in order to avoid a violation of the … justice : a requirement or standard of fairness which a court's assertion of personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant must meet in order to avoid a violation of the defendant's right to due process see also minimum
Pro forma defendant
no direct responsibility for the harm alleged, but shares an interest with other defendants, such as being a co-owner of property or successor in interest. For example, a co-owner named on a deed or an heir who … A pro forma defendant is a defendant named as a matter of formality, who typically has no direct responsibility for the harm
Interest
in causa sua propria,' as where the judge is a shareholder in a company which is plaintiff or defendant in an action; thus, in Dimes v. Grand Junction Canal Co., (1852) 3 HLC 759, in which Lord … disclosure of that interest; and that, accordingly, there had been a material breach of regulation 4(2)(e)(ii) and the conditional fee agreement was unenforceable [See (English) Conditional Fee Agreements Regulation, 2000 (SI 2000/692), reg. 4(2)(c)(e)(ii)], Garrett v. Halton
Nonsuit
action or fails to support his pleadings by any evidence; whether the evidence which he gives can be considered any evidence at all of a cause of action is a question of law for the judge. By … court or a judge should otherwise direct, had the same effect as judgment upon the merits for the defendant (English) Jud. Act, 1875, Ord. XLI., r. 6]; but this rule has been rescinded, and it is not
Ad questiones facti non respondent judices; ad questiones legis non respondent juratores
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Pr'munire
prosecution thereof: pr'munire facias A.B. (cause A.B. to be forewarned) that he appear before us to answer the contempt wherewith he stands charged; which contempt is particularly recited in the Preamble to the writ. The offence of … 25 Edw. 3, st. 5, c. 22, and 16 Rich. 2, c. 5) that, from the conviction, the defendant be out of the Crown's protection, and his lands and goods are forfeited to the Crown. Until the
False imprisonment
Co., 1915 AC 67. The onus of proving the defence of reasonable or probable cause lies on the defendant. An action for false imprisonment must not be confused with one for malicious prosecution where the onus of … public crime, but has also given a private reparation to the party as well by removing the actual confinement for the present by habeas corpus, as by subjecting the wrongdoer to an action of trespass, etc., usually
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