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Colony

colony, are ipso facto in force in such a colony, for there can be no existing laws to contest the superiority; and besides, the occupants could not have any power to establish laws independently of the mother-country,

Judgment on the merit

Judgment on the merit, 'judgment on the merits' implies that it must have been passed after contest and after evidence has been let in by both sides, Chintamoni Padhan v. Paika Samal, AIR 1956 Ori

In jure cessio

appeared before a praetor and asserted ownership of the property. The actual owner also appeared, but did not contest the assertion, and so allowed the transfer of the property to the plaintiff, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,

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Lose

To suffer loss disadvantage or defeat to be worse off esp as the result of any kind of contest

Jurisdiction

reference to the power of the court or tribunal over the subject-matter, over the res or property in contest, and to the authority of the court to render the judgement or decree it assumes to make, CIT

Letter rogatory

under its direction and transmitted to the issuing Court making such request for use in a pending legal contest or action, Union of India v. W.N. Chadha, AIR 1993 SC 1082 (1098): (1993) Supp (4) SCC 260

Nerve - center test

to be the location where the corporate officers, directors, and (sometimes) shareholders reside, and where they direct and contest the corporation's activities, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1061.

Quarrel

Quarrel, a dispute, contest; also, an action real or personal. Means an altercation or angry dispute; an exchange of recriminations, taunts, threats,

Rencounter

Rencounter, a sudden meeting; as opposed to a duel, which is deliberate. A hostile meeting or contest; a battle or combat, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1298.

Res judicata

judicata, it is meant that the right claimed has been adjudicated upon and cannot again be placed in contest between the same parties. A previous decision of a competent Court on fact which are the foundation of

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