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concur con·curred con·cur·ring 1 : to happen at the same time 2 : to express agreement [he shall have power…to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present "U.S. Constitution art. II"] ;specif : to join in an appellate decision compare dissent NOTE: A judge or justice may concur with the decision of the court but not agree with the reasons set forth in the opinion. Often a separate opinion is written in such a case. ...
concurring opinion
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concurring cause
concurring cause : concurrent cause at cause ...
Quando jus domini regis et subditi concurrunt jus regis praeferri debet
Quando jus domini regis et subditi concurrunt jus regis praeferri debet, means where the title of the king and the title of a subject concur, the King's title must be preferred, Laws of England, 4th Edn., Vol. 8, para 1076, p. 666.Quando jus domini regis et subditi concurrunt jus regis preferri debet (9 Rep. 129), when the rights of the king and of the subject concur, those of the king are to be preferred....
Falsification
Falsification.1. Pedigree.--For a vendor or mortgagor or other person disposing of property or any interest therein for money or money's worth to a purchaser of land or chattels real or personal, or for his solicitor or other agent to conceal from the purchaser any instrument or incumbrance material to the title or to falsify any pedigree upon which the title may depend, in order to induce a purchaser or mortgagee or his solicitor to accept the title offered, is a misdemeanour punishable by fine or imprisonment with or without hard labour, or both, for not more than two years, by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 183, extend-ing the (English) Law of Property Amendment Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 35), s. 24 (Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Conveyancing'), and the falsifier is also liable to an action for damages by the same enactment. The fiat of the Attorney-General is required before comm-encing a prosecution. [(English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 183]2. Official Documents.--Making any mat...
Case stated
Case stated, a narrative (agreed upon by both parties to an action, or drawn up by an impartial person agreed upon by them or settled by the Court or a judge) setting forth the facts and points in dispute, with a view to a prompt decision. By R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXIV., the parties after writ may concur in stating questions of law in the form of a special case, or if it appear to the court or a judge from the pleadings or otherwise that there is a question of law which it would be convenient to have decided in that manner, they or he may order a special case to be stated. See Special Case.As to cases stated by justices of the peace on points of law only for the High Court, see (English) Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 43), (English) Review of Justices Decisions Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 26), and (English) Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 49), s. 33; see also Arbitration; Chitty's Statutes, tit. Justices'; and see R. v. Woodcock, (1907) 2 KB 104....
Synchronise
Synchronise, to concur in time....
Special case
Special case. By (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXIV., the parties may, after writ issued, concur in stating the questions of law arising in the action in the form of a special case for the opinion of the Court, and 'if it appear to the Court or a judge that there is in any action a question of law which it would be convenient to have decided before any evidence is given or any question or issue of fact is tried, or before any reference is made to a referee or an arbitrator, the Court or judge may make an ordr accordingly, and may direct such question of law to be raised for the opinion of the Court, either by special case, or in such other manner as the Court or judge may deem expedient.' Similar power is given to referees to state a case by Ord. XXXVI., r. 52, and see the (English) Administration of Justice Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 55). As to special case before the Judicature Acts, see (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, ss. 42-48, and 13 & 14 Vict. c. 35 [(English) Turner's Act]. Where ...
Quando duo jura in una persona concurrunt, equum est ac si essent diversis
Quando duo jura in una persona concurrunt, equum est ac si essent diversis (2 Preston Abs. 340), when two rights concur in one person it is the same as if they were in different persons....
Hue and Cry
Hue and Cry [fr. huer, Fr. to shout; crier, to cry aloud; hutesium et clamor, Lat.], the old common law process of pursuing with horn and voice felons and such as have dangerously wounded another. It may be raised by constables, or private persons, or both. If the constable or peace officer concur in the pursuit, he has the same power, etc., as if acting under a magistrate's warrant. All who join in a hue and cry, whether a constable be present or not, are justified in the apprehension of the person pur-sued, though it turn out that he is innocent; and where he takes refuge in a house, may break open the door, if admittance be refused; and by the Sheriffs Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 55), re-enacting 3 Edw. 1, c. 9, 'Every person in a county must be ready and appareled at the command of the sheriff, and at the cry of the country to arrest a felon,' and in default 'shall on conviction be liable to a fine.' But if a man wantonly or maliciously raise a hue and cry, he is liable to fine and...
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