Consolidating Actions - Law Dictionary Search Results
Consolidating actions
Matched in: Term Consolidating actions
consolidate
consolidate -dat·ed -dat·ing : to join together into one whole: as a : to combine (two or more lawsuits … or more lawsuits or matters that involve a common question of law or fact) into one compare class action NOTE: Consolidation of matters in the federal courts is governed by Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of
class action
than in a series of individual suits called also class action suit class suit see also certification compare consolidate, joinder test case at case NOTE: Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure sets out the … class action : an action in which a representative plaintiff sues or a representative defendant is sued on behalf of
Keep your definitions linked to case research
Proceeding
sought before courts of law or before other bodies or authorities determining rights and liabilities and in which actions are brought and defended and the manner of conducting them and the mode of deciding them. All these … wider in amplitude than the word 'case'. It may also include administrative proceeding, Ram Narian v. Director of Consolidation, AIR 1965 All 172. Means a prescribed course of action for enforcing a legal right. It indicates a
substantive consolidation
substantive consolidation Putting the assets and liabilities of two or more related debtors into a single pool to pay creditors. … related debtors into a single pool to pay creditors. (Courts are reluctant to allow substantive consolidation since the action must not only justify the benefit that one set of creditors receives, but also the harm that other
Cross-action
judgment theein. Procedure by counterclaim (q.v.) has now practically superseded cross-actions, except in Admiralty cases. Cross-actions are generally consolidated and tried together. See R.S.C., Ord. XIX, r. 3.
Principle
specific directions, which vary according to the subject-matter (Per Shearman, J., in M'Creach v. Frearson, 1922 WN 37), Consolidated Coffee Ltd. v. Coffee Board Banglore, AIR 1980 SC 1468 (1479): (1980) 3 SCC 358. Means a general … (1479): (1980) 3 SCC 358. Means a general law or rule adopted or professed as a guide to action, Consolidated Coffee Ltd. v. Coffee Board, Bangalore, AIR 1980 SC 1468.
Cujus est solum ejus est usque ad c'lum et ad inferos, ormore succinctly, Cujus est solum ejus est altum
reserve them, unless he sell to a railway company, which by s. 77 of the (English) Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, does not take mines unless the conveyance of the land expressly grants them. As to action … Consolidation Act, 1845, does not take mines unless the conveyance of the land expressly grants them. As to action for trespass and other torts by aircraft, see the (English) Air Navigation Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo.
Permissive possession
action on the date on which possession is refused to be delivered, Pratap Singh v. Dy. Director of Consolidation, (2000) 4 SCC 614 (622). [Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950, ss. 209, 18 and … deliver possession, the mortgagee refuses or declines to do so, it would give rise to a cause of action on the date on which possession is refused to be delivered, Pratap Singh v. Dy. Director of Consolidation,
injunction
notice to the defendant. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65, the hearing and the trial may be consolidated. prohibitory injunction : an injunction that prohibits the defendant from taking a particular action and maintains the positions … for which there is no adequate remedy at law. Thus it is used to prevent a future harmful action rather than to compensate for an injury that has already occurred, or to provide relief from harm for
- ‹ Prev
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- Next ›
- Last »
Try the research workspace - 7 days free