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Floor of the House

chamber which is technically 'within the House' i.e. between the bar of the House and the Speaker's chair. Debate may not take place outside these limits and a member may only address the House from the floor,

Forensic

Forensic, belonging to courts of justice. Used in or suitable to court of law or public debate, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 660.

Forum

forum incompetens a Court not having such jurisdiction. 1. A public place esp. one devoted to assembly or debate. 2. A court or other judicial body; a place of jurisdiction, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 664.

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Interpretation of Statute

is to be gathered from the language of the statute itself and no external evidence such as parliamentary debates, reports of the commit-tees of the legislature or even the statement made by the Minister on the introduction

Mistake apparent on the record

drawn process of reasoning on points on which there may conceivably be two opinions. A decision on a debatable point of law is not a mistake apparent from the record. The power of the officers mentioned in

Bar of the House

Bar. The Speaker then reads out to reprimand after which he makes the offender to withdraw Lok Sabha Debates, Vol. Lvii, 1961, p. 5501. In the House of Lords, the bar is a wooden barrier which excludes

Placita

where the sovereign presided, who usually con-sulted upon the great affairs of the kingdom. Also, pleas, pleadings, or debates, and trials at law; sometimes penalties, fines, mulcts, or emendations; also, the style of the Court at the

Quarrel

only actions depending in suit, but causes of actions and suit also are released; and quarrels, controversies and debates, are words of one sense, and of one and the same significations, Termes etc. la ley 330 (1st

Qui tacet consentire videtur, ubi tractatur de ejus commodo

tractatur de ejus commodo (9 Mod. 38), he who is silent is considered as consenting, when it is debated concerning his benefit.

Reports

Reports. 'A report,' says Coke, 'signifyeth a public relation or bringing again to memory of cases judicially argued, debated, resolved, or adjudged in any of the King's Courts of justice, together with such causes and reasons as

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