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Court, compensation officer appointed under (English) Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 is not a 'Court' within the meaning of s. 195(1)(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure Code 1973, Keshab Moroyan Banerjee v. State of Bihar,...

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court [Old French, enclosed space, royal entourage, court of justice, from Latin cohort- cohors farmyard, armed force, retinue] 1 a : an official assembly for the administration of justice : a unit of the judicial branch...

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An inclosed space a courtyard an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building or by different building also a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses a blind alley

County Courts

County Courts. The old County Court was a tribunal inident to the jurisdiction of a sheriff, but was not a Court of Record. Proceedings were removable into a superior court by recordari facias loquelam, or writ...

Court of record

Court of record, a court of record envelops all such powers whose acts and proceedings are to be enrolled in a perpetual memorial and testimony. A court of record is undoubtedly a superior court which is...

Supreme Court of Judicature

Supreme Court of Judicature. By Judicature Act, 1925, s. 1, there shall be a Supreme Court of Judicature in England consisting of His Majesty's High Court of Justice (referred to as the High Court), and His...

Contempt of court

Contempt of court, means civil contempt or criminal contempt. --A disobedience to or disregard of the rules, orders, process, or dignity of a Court, which has power to punish for such offence by committal. Contempts are...

Prize Court

Prize Court. This is an international tribunal, existing only by virtue of a special commission under the Great Seal, during war or until the litigations incident to war have been brought to a conclusion. It is...

High Court of Justice

High Court of Justice. The (English) Judicature Act, 1925, has replaced with amendments the Judicature Act, 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 66). The earlier Act abolished the former Superior Courts of Law and Equity, and...

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