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Leading question
141). See Best on Evidence; Powell on Evidence. Such questions are not allowed to be put except in cross-examination, except as to matter not in dispute, and preliminary inquires, name and address, etc., of witnesses. It is … it may be necessary to particularise, in framing the question, must depend upon the circumstances of each particular case. If a witness by his conduct show himself decidedly adverse to the party calling him it is in
Ballot
District Council, and Parish Council Elections by various subsequent Acts. The form of voting is by making a cross opposite the name of that one of the candidates whom the voter votes for, the names of all … through computerised auto-ballot systems in the presence of as far as possible one or more members and in case no sitting member is available in the presence of a senior officer of the Secretariat, Handbook for Members
jurisdiction
their decision-making capacities. ancillary jurisdiction : jurisdiction giving a court the power to adjudicate claims (as counterclaims and cross-claims) because they arise from a cause of action over which the court has original jurisdiction ;specif : supplemental … art. IV"] [a court of competent ] see also situs International Shoe Co. v. Washington in the Important Cases section compare venue NOTE: Jurisdiction determines which court system should properly adjudicate a case. Questions of jurisdiction also
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Relevancy and admissibility
so also facts which are admissible may not be relevant, for example, questions permitted to be put in cross-examination to test the veracity or impeach the credit of witnesses, though not relevant are admissible. The probative value … be given to it which has to be judged having regard to the facts and circumstances of each case, Ram Bihari Yadav v. State of Bihar, (1998) 4 SCC 517: AIR 1998 SC 1850 (1852). [Evidence Act,
Deathbed or Dying Declarations
of interest in a person on the verge of the next world, which dispenses with the necessity of cross-examination. But before such declarations can be admitted in evidence against a prisoner, it must be satisfactorily proved that … v. Perry, (1909) 2 KB 697], and this may be collected from the nature and circumstances of the case, although the declarant did not express such an apprehension. It is not essential that the party should apprehend
Strict settlement
first and other sons in tail general, remainder to the daughters as tenants in common in tail with cross remainders between them, remainder to the husband in fee. Where the estate also comprised copyholds and leaseholds, these … by means of portions charged on the property. The limitations vary according to the circumstances of each particular case, but the following may be taken as usual limitations in the case of an ordinary settlement on marriage
hearing
defendant has reasonable opportunity to prepare, the assistance of counsel, the right to present evidence, the opportunity to cross-examine adverse witnesses, and often the right to a jury fat·i·co hearing [fa-ti-kō-] : a hearing sometimes held prior … “by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.” 2 : a hearing held in a bankruptcy case prior to the confirmation of a proposed bankruptcy plan discharge hearing : a hearing in a bankruptcy case
trespass
trespass [Anglo-French trespas violation of the law, actionable wrong, from Old French, crossing, passage, from trespasser to go across, from tres across + passer to pass] : wrongful conduct causing harm … form of action for redress of injuries directly caused by such a wrongful act compare trespass on the case in this entry b : trespass quare clausum fregit in this entry con·tinu·ing trespass : a trespass that
Way
particular hamlet, or the owners or occupiers of a particular close or farm, have immemorially been used to cross a particular piece of land, a right of way is created by the immemorial usage, which supposes a … another a liberty of passing over his grounds, to go to church, market or the like, in which case the gift or grant is particular and confined to the grantee alone; it dies with the person; the
Reasonable opportunity
him are and the allegations on which such charges are based; (b) an opportunity to defend himself by cross-examining the witnesses produced against him and by exam-ining himself and his witnesses in support of his defence; and … Reasonable opportunity, the broad test of 'reason-able opportunity' is, whether in the given case, the show cause notice issued to the delinquent servant contained or was accompanied by so much information as
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