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Act of Bankruptcy

house. (e) If execution against him has been levied by seizure of his goods under process in any Court or in any civil proceeding in the High Court, and the goods have been either sold or held … finally disposed of, shall not be taken into account in calculating such period of 21 days. (f) Having filed, in the Bankruptcy Court, a declaration admitting his inability to pay his debts or having presented a bankruptcy

Lis pendens

pleaded in abatement, though not in bar; but the pendency of an action in an inferior or foreign court could not be so pleaded. Such matter may now be setup by way of defence, or the action … in court relating to land or any interest in or charge on land, and a petition in bankruptcy filed after the 31st December, 1925, may be registered in the register of pending actions. For registration of lis

Warrant of Attorney

and effect of the warrant, and filed at the Central Office (Bills of Sales Department) of the Supreme Court within twenty-one days, and if affecting land, registered under the Land Charges Act, 1925, s. 6, every five … solicitor acting on behalf of the person signing and explaining the consequences and effect of the warrant, and filed at the Central Office (Bills of Sales Department) of the Supreme Court within twenty-one days, and if affecting

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Final decree or judgment

Final decree or judgment, a conclusive decision of the Court, as distinguished from interlocutory. An order upon an undertaking to lodge costs in Court is not a final … to become final in two ways: (i) when the time for appeal has expired without any appeal being filed against the preliminary decree or the matter has been decided by the highest Court; (ii) when, as regards

argue

for or against a matter in dispute [arguing for an extension] 2 : to present a case in court [will for the defense] vt 1 a : to give reasons for or against [argued the issue before

Filacer, Filzzer, or Filizer

Filacer, Filzzer, or Filizer [fr. filum, Lat.; file, filace, Fr., a thread], an officer of the Superior Courts of Westminster, who filed original writs, etc., and issued processes thereon, See the repealed 2 & 3 Wm.

Good faith

1971 SC 530 (554): (1971) 1 SCC 65. The expression good faith qualifies prosecuting the proceeding in the Court which ultimately is found to have no jurisdiction. Failure to pay the requisite court-fee found deficient on a … requisite court-fee found deficient on a contention being raised or the error of judgement in valuing a suit filed before a Court which was ultimately found to have no jurisdiction has absolutely nothing to do with the

Roll

as a burgess roll, a freeman's roll under the Municipal Corporations Act. All pleadings, memorials, and acts of Court are entered on rolls, and filed with the proper officers, and then they become records of the Court. … roll under the Municipal Corporations Act. All pleadings, memorials, and acts of Court are entered on rolls, and filed with the proper officers, and then they become records of the Court. Means a roll of advocates prepared

reargument

reargument : new or repeated argument ;esp : presentation of new or additional arguments to a court on a matter of law or fact which a petitioner claims was overlooked or misunderstood by the court … was overlooked or misunderstood by the court NOTE: Reargument requires the granting of a motion, which must be filed within a specified period after entry of the court's judgment. re·ar·gue [-Ä r-gyü] vt

instruction

and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, at the close of evidence, or before the close if the court reasonably so directs, any party may file written requests for the instructions to be given to the jury

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