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Accessory to adultery

Accessory to adultery, a phrase used in the law of divorce, and derived from the criminal law. It implies more than connivance, which is merely knowledge with consent. A conniver abstains from interference, an accessory directly...

Ad inquirendum

Ad inquirendum, a judicial writ commanding inquiry to be made of anything relating to a cause in the Superior Courts. And see AD MELIUS INQUIRENDUM.

Ad melius inquirendum

Ad melius inquirendum. A writ directed to a coroner commanding him to hold a second inquest. See Reg. v. Carter, (1876) 45 LJ QB 711, in which the defendant coroner was directed on a second view,...

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Affidavit

Affidavit [fr. affidare, M. Lat., to pledge one's faith, fr. fides, Lat.], a written statement sworn before a person having authority to administer an oath. By the practice of the Supreme Court of Judicature, all evidence...

Annual value

Annual value, annual rent at which the building may be expected to let, D.G. Gouse & Co. (Agents) Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Kerala, (1980) 2 SCC 410: AIR 1980 SC 271 (280). Means, in relation...

Appropriate proceedings

Appropriate proceedings, Art. 32(1) guarantees a right to move by 'appropriate proceedings': there is therefore in the Article itself limitation upon the exercise of the right. Appropriate proceedings would include the procedure relating to form, conditions...

Arierban, or Arriee-Ban

Arierban, or Arriee-Ban [according to Casseneuve, ban denotes the convening of the noblesse or vassals, who held fees immediately of the Crown; and arriere, those who only held of the Crown mediately], an edict of the...

Coronatore eligendo

Coronatore eligendo, the writ issued before the commencement of the (English) Local Government Act, 1888, to the sheriff, commanding him to proceed to the election of a coroner.

Army Council

Army Council. This Council was first established in 1904, when the post of Commander-in-Chief was abolished. The four military members are the Chief of the Staff, the Adjutant-General, the Quarter-Master General, and the Master-General of the...

At the instance of

At the instance of, according to the plain English language, the ordinary meaning of the phrase 'at the instance of in the collocation of words 'No prosecution shall be instituted............. except at the instance of' must,...

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Accessory to adultery

Accessory to adultery, a phrase used in the law of divorce, and derived from the criminal law. It implies more than connivance, which is merely knowledge with consent. A conniver abstains from interference, an accessory directly...

Ad inquirendum

Ad inquirendum, a judicial writ commanding inquiry to be made of anything relating to a cause in the Superior Courts. And see AD MELIUS INQUIRENDUM.

Ad melius inquirendum

Ad melius inquirendum. A writ directed to a coroner commanding him to hold a second inquest. See Reg. v. Carter, (1876) 45 LJ QB 711, in which the defendant coroner was directed on a second view,...

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Affidavit

Affidavit [fr. affidare, M. Lat., to pledge one's faith, fr. fides, Lat.], a written statement sworn before a person having authority to administer an oath. By the practice of the Supreme Court of Judicature, all evidence...

Annual value

Annual value, annual rent at which the building may be expected to let, D.G. Gouse & Co. (Agents) Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Kerala, (1980) 2 SCC 410: AIR 1980 SC 271 (280). Means, in relation...

Appropriate proceedings

Appropriate proceedings, Art. 32(1) guarantees a right to move by 'appropriate proceedings': there is therefore in the Article itself limitation upon the exercise of the right. Appropriate proceedings would include the procedure relating to form, conditions...

Arierban, or Arriee-Ban

Arierban, or Arriee-Ban [according to Casseneuve, ban denotes the convening of the noblesse or vassals, who held fees immediately of the Crown; and arriere, those who only held of the Crown mediately], an edict of the...

Coronatore eligendo

Coronatore eligendo, the writ issued before the commencement of the (English) Local Government Act, 1888, to the sheriff, commanding him to proceed to the election of a coroner.

Army Council

Army Council. This Council was first established in 1904, when the post of Commander-in-Chief was abolished. The four military members are the Chief of the Staff, the Adjutant-General, the Quarter-Master General, and the Master-General of the...

At the instance of

At the instance of, according to the plain English language, the ordinary meaning of the phrase 'at the instance of in the collocation of words 'No prosecution shall be instituted............. except at the instance of' must,...

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