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Seneschallo et mareshallo quod non teneat placita de libero tenemento, a writ addressed to the steward and marshal of England, inhibiting them from taking cognizance of an action in their Court that concerns freehold, Reg. Brev. 185. Abolished....
Such court
Such court, 'Such Court' means in the context of that rule the Court in which the suit is pending. In other words, the suit must be one not only pending in that Court but also one against the holder of a decree of that Court, Shaukat Hussai alias Ali Akram v. Bhuneshwari Devi, AIR 1973 SC 528 (532): (1972) 2 SCC 731: (1973) 1 SCR 1022. (C.P.C., 1908, O. 21 R. 29)(ii) The words 'such Court' used in s. 195(1)(c) mean the very Court before which a party to a proceeding in that Court has produced or tendered in evidence a document in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed. Clause (c), means that it is that Court before which there is a proceeding and a party to such a proceeding is said to have committed an offence in respect of a document produced or tendered in evidence by him, on whose complaint the offence can be taken cognizance of, Nirmaljit Singh Hoon v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1972 SC 2639 (2651): (1973) 3 SCC 753: (1973) 2 SCR 66. [Criminal PC, (5 of 1898...
Expressly
Expressly, the word 'expressly' which is employed in s. 193 denoting those exceptions is indicative of the legislative mandate that a Court of Session can depart from the interdict contained in the section only if it is provided differently in clear and unambiguous terms. In other words, unless it is positively and specifically provided differently no Court of Session can take cognizance of any offence directly, without the case being committed to it by a Magistrate, Moly v. State of Karnataka, (2004) 4 SCC 584 (588): AIR 2004 SC 1890; see also (2004) 1 SCC 215 (Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, s. 193)....
University Court
University Court. See CHANCELLORS OF THE TWO UNIVERSITIES; COGNIZANCE....
Foreign plea
Foreign plea, a plea objecting to the jurisdiction of a judge, on the ground that he had not cognizance of the subject-matter of the suit....
Messenger
Messenger, one who carries an errand; a forerunner.Messengers are certain officers employed under the direction of the Secretaries of State, and always ready to be sent with dispatches, foreign and domestic (now called King's Messengers). They were employed with the secretaries' warrants to arrest persons for treason, or other offences against the State, which did not so properly fall under the cognizance of the Common Law, and, perhaps, were not properly to be divulged in the ordinary course of justice, 2 Hawk. P.C., c. xvi., s. 9.There are other officers distinguished by this appellation, as the messengers of the Lord Chancellor, Privy Council, and Exchequer, etc. Also, in bankruptcy, persons officially appointed who seize a bankrupt's property. The office of messenger of the Great Seal was abolished by 37 & 38 Vict. c. 81...
Executory fines
Executory fines, the fines sur cognizance de droit tantum; sur concessit; and sur done grant en render. Abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 74....
Notice
The act of noting remarking or observing observation by the senses or intellect cognizance note...
Executed fine
Executed fine, the fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo que il a de son done; or a fine upon acknowledgment of the right of the cognizee, as that which he has of the gift of the cognizor. Abolished by the (English) Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 74)....
Badge
A distinctive mark token sign or cognizance worn on the person as the badge of a society the badge of a policeman...
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