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Head-courts
Head-courts, certain tribunals in Scotland, abolished by 20 Geo. 2, c. 50, Ersk. i. 4, 5.
Curtiles terr'
Curtiles terr', court lands, Spel. On Feuds, c. 5. … Curtiles terr', court lands, Spel. On Feuds, c. 5.
Costs
incurred in litigation or professional transactions, consisting of money paid for stamps, etc., to the officers of the Court, or to the counsel and solicitors, for their fees, etc. Costs in actions are either between solicitor and … in some particular cases to the party succeeding against his adversary, and these are either interlocutory, given on various motions and proceedings in the course of the suit or action, or final, allowed when the matter is
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Judgment
Judgment [fr. judgment, Fr.], judicial determination; decision of a Court. Under the former practice of the superior Courts, this term was usually applied only to the Common Law … only intermediate, and does not finally determine or complete the action. See INQUIRY; SUMMONSES; and ORDERS; and the various titles of the subjects of such judgments as MANDAMUS; INJUNC-TION, etc. (b) Final, putting an end to the
Court
'Court' within the meaning of s. 195(1)(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure Code 1973, Keshab Moroyan Banerjee v. State of Bihar, AIR 2000 SC 485 (490). [Bihar Land Reforms Act (30 of 1950), s. 19] Court, … Court, compensation officer appointed under (English) Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 is not a 'Court' within the meaning of
Trial
v. Maharashtra State Co-op. Marketing Federation Ltd., (1998) 5 SCC 69. Trial, is the examination by a competent court of the facts or laws in dispute, or put in issue in a case. It is the judicial
Precedent
of its own features. Further, the enunciation of the reason or principle on which a question before a court has been decided is alone binding as a precedent, Uttaranchal Road Transport Corporation v. Mansaram Nainwal, (2000) 6
Cause of action
any misrepresentation, fraud, breach of trust, wilful default or undue influence, Liverpool & London S.P. & I Assocn. v. M.V. Sea Success, (2004) 9 SCC 512 (562). [Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O. 7, R. 11(9)] --It is … Success, (2004) 9 SCC 512 (562). [Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O. 7, R. 11(9)] --It is only that court in whose jurisdiction the 'cause of action' did arise will have Jurisdiction to entertain an application either under
Contempt of court
and out of Court. Among the former are all unseemly behaviour (for which, and which only (see Reg. v. Lefroy, (1873) LR 8 QB 134), there is an express power to punish by s. 162 of the … Contempt of court, means civil contempt or criminal contempt. --A disobedience to or disregard of the rules, orders, process, or dignity
Suit
or an application. [Limitation Act, 1963, s. 2 (l)] The word 'suit' will include appellate proceedings, Nachiappa Chettiar v. Subramaniam Chettiar, AIR 1960 SC 307: (1960) 2 SCR 209. The word 'suit' includes an appeal from the … Suit, a following. It is used in divers senses:- (1) An action in the Supreme Court, or a proceeding by petition in the Divorce branch of that Court; a prosecution; a petition to a
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