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Corpus juris civilis. The three great compilations of Justinian, the Institutes, the Pandects, and the Code, together with the Novell', form one body of law, and were considered as such by the glossatores, who divided it into five volumina. The Pandects were distributed into five volumina, under the respective names of Digestum Vetus, Infortiatum, and Digestum Novum. The fourth volume contained the first nine books of the Codex Repetit' Pr'lectionis. The fifth volume contained the Institutes, the Liber Authenticorum or Novell', and the three last books of the Codex. The division into five volumina appears in the oldest editions; but the usual arrangement now is the Institutes, Pandects, the Codex, and Novell'. The name Corpus Juris Civilis was not given to this collection by Justinian, nor by any of the glossatores. Savigny asserts that the name was used in the twelfth century: at any rate, it became common from the date of the edition of D.Gothofredus of 1604, Smith's Dict....
Paedo-corpus juris
Paedo-corpus juris, a body of law wholly made for children and child rights, 'No socially important legislation can fulfill itself without the mobilization of the society who legal mobilization is the catalyst tor paedo corpus-juris' [A Code for Child Rights in Legally Speaking p. 186 (190)] (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)...
corpus juris
corpus juris [Medieval Latin, literally, a body of law] : a comprehensive collection of the law of a judicial system or of a country or jurisdiction ...
Corpus juris
Corpus juris, body of law, Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration, AIR 1978 SC 1675 (1721), para 193; Also see Sadanantham v. Arunachalam, AIR 1980 SC 856 (858), para 3]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)...
Corpus juris canonici
Corpus juris canonici. See CANON LAW....
Execution
Execution, the last state of a suit whereby possession is obtained of anything recovered by a judgment. It is styled final process, and is regulated by R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XLII., r. 17, of which allows immediate execution in ordinary cases. See PR'CIPE.The ordinary writs of execution are capia ad satisfaciendum; fieri facias; elegit; and habere facias possessionem. See these titles respectively, especially FIERI FACIAS.As to the protection of vendor or purchaser on a sale under an execution, see Bankruptcy and Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1913, s. 15.As to the writ of capias ad satisfaciendum, see Hulbert v. Cathcart, 1896 AC 470; and it is to be borne in mind that by the (English) Debtors Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 62), imprisonment for debt has been abolished, except as specified in s. 4. See IMPRISONMENT.By (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XLII., r. 17(b), the Court or a judge may, at or after the time of giving judgment or making an order, stay execution until such time as they or he shall ...
Regulate
Regulate, does not include 'prohibition', Asoke Chowdhury v. State of West Bengal, AIR 2007 Cal 176.Regulate, includes prohibition, K. Ramanathan v. State of Tamil Nadu, AIR 1985 SC 660.Regulate, is derived from the latin word 'rego and regula'. It is a word of broad import having a broad meaning and is very comprehensive in scope, Corpus Juris Secundum, Vol. 76, p. 610.Regulate, is variously defined as meaning to adjust; to adjust, order, or govern by rule, method, or established mode; to adjust or control by rule, method, or established mode, or governing principles or laws; to govern; to govern by rule; to govern by, or subject to, certain rules or restrictions, to govern or direct according to rule; to control, govern, or direct by rule or regulations, Corpus Juris Secundum, Vol. 76, p. 611.Means to control or to adjust by rule or to subject to governing principles, U.P. Co-op. Cane Unions Federations v. West U.P. Sugar Mills Assn., (2004) 5 SCC 430.Means to direct by rule or restr...
Regulation
Regulation, has been defined as a rule or order prescribed for management or governance, Corpus Juris Secundum (Vol. 76, p. 615).Regulation, includes regulation, Constitution of India, Art. 13(3)(a).Means a rule or order prescribed for management or governance. As a matter of fact the regulation has to be interpreted in the context in which it is used and not dehors the context, and thus regulation also includes a power to levy, Saurashtra Cement and Chemical Industries v. Union of India, AIR 2001 SC 8. [See Constitution of India, Sch. 7, List 1, Entry 54; Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957, s. 2]Means the regulations made by the council under s. 40. [Maharashtra State Council for Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Act, 2002, s. 2(r)]The expression 'regulation' in a given case may amount to prohibition, Talcher Municipality v. Talcher Regulated Market Committee, (2004) 6 SCC 178 (181). (Orissa Municipalities Act, 1950)The act or process of controlling by rule...
Plures coh'redes sunt quasi unum corpus propter unitatem juris quod habent
Plures coh'redes sunt quasi unum corpus propter unitatem juris quod habent. Co. Litt. 163, (Several co-heirs are, as it were, one body, by reason of the unity of right which they possess.)...
Cohaeredes sunt quasi unum corpus or una persona censentur, propler unitatem juris quod habent
Cohaeredes sunt quasi unum corpus or una persona censentur, propler unitatem juris quod habent [Lat.], Co-heirs are deemed as one body, or one person, on account of the unity of right which they possess....
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