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Cause of action

Cause of action, a cause of action is a bundle of facts which are required to be pleaded and proved for the purpose of obtaining relief claimed in the suit. For the aforementioned purpose, the material...

Trial

controversy that arises from an issue. It may equally mean the trial of an election petition or a complaint or an action from beginning to end, H.V. Kamath v. Election Tribunal, AIR 1958 MP 168. Means the

Declarator of property

Declarator of property, when the complainer, narrating his right to lands, desires he should be declared sole proprietor, and all others discharged to molest

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Wakening

Wakening, a citation narrating that a complainer has raised a summons which he had let sleep for a year and a day, concluding that all

Judgment

Judgment [fr. judgment, Fr.], judicial determination; decision of a Court. Under the former practice of the superior Courts, this term was usually applied only to the Common Law Courts, the term 'decree' being in general use...

dismissal

again unless the plaintiff has brought the same action already. b : the cancellation of an indictment, information, complaint, or charge NOTE: Under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 48, the attorney for the government may dismiss the

Costs

Costs, expenses incurred in litigation or professional transactions, consisting of money paid for stamps, etc., to the officers of the Court, or to the counsel and solicitors, for their fees, etc. Costs in actions are either...

Security for costs

Security for costs. In certain cases a plaintiff, before proceeding with his action, may be required to give security for the costs of it. The principal cases in which security may be required are the following:...

Passing off

Passing off, in action for passing off pray of actual deception is not necessary two marks bear an ovrall similarity as would be likely to mislead a person usually dealing with one to accept the other...

bond

bond 1 a : a usually formal written agreement by which a person undertakes to perform a certain act (as appear in court or fulfill the obligations of a contract) or abstain from performing an act...

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