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Sessions of the peace

Sessions of the peace, sittings of justices of the peace for the execution of those powers which are confided to them by their commission, or by charter, and by numerous statutes. They are of three descriptions:- I.

Scandalising the court

the court, is also settled law that if a resolution is passed by Bar Associations expressing want of confidence in judicial officers it would amount to scandalising the court to undermine its authority and thereby the Advocates

Scandalising

punished as contempt for this reason that it tends to create distrust in their popular mind and impair confidence of people in the Courts which are of prime importance to the litigants in the protection of their

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Overtrow

To be too trustful or confident to trust too much

Retainer

in any case in which he would be embarrassed in the discharge of his duty by reason of confidence reposed in him by the other party. As to enforcement of rule 20, it is a rule of

Pr'tor fidei-commissarius

Pr'tor fidei-commissarius, the judge at Rome who enforced the performance of all fiduciary obliga-tions and confidence. See 1 Steph. Com.

Professional misconduct

Professional misconduct, may consist in betraying the confidence of a client, in attempting by any means to practise a fraud or impose on or deceive the

Optima est lex que minimum relinquit arbitrio judicis; optimus judex qui minimum sibi

est lex que minimum relinquit arbitrio judicis; optimus judex qui minimum sibi [Lat.], that law is best which confides as little as possible to the discretion of a judge; that judge the best who trusts as little

Misrepresentation

open to the inquiries of both parties, and in regard to which neither could be presumed to have confided in the other, for vigilantibus non dormientibus 'quitas subvenit. Equity cannot indemnify a person from the consequence of

Entrust

Entrust, means 'To give (a person) the responsibility for something, usually after establishing a confidential relationship', (Black's Law Dictionary) see also National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Ishar Das Madan Lal, (2007) 4 SCC

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