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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, a Court; the Court to the jurisdiction of which a party is liable. Forum competens, a Court having jurisdiction over the suit; forum incompetens a Court not having such jurisdiction. 1. A public place esp....

Interpretation of Statute

Interpretation of Statute, it is well-settled that in construing the provisions of statute the Courts should be slow to adopt a construction which tends to make any part of the statute meaningless or ineffective. Thus, an...

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Placita

Placita, the public assemblies of all degrees of men 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,...

Mistake apparent on the record

Mistake apparent on the record, A 'mistake apparent on the record' must be an obvious and patent mistake and not something which can be established by a long drawn process of reasoning on points on which...

Quarrel

Quarrel, a dispute, contest; also, an action real or personal. Means an altercation or angry dispute; an exchange of recriminations, taunts, threats, or accusations between two persons, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1256. Quarrel, is...

Qui tacet consentire videtur, ubi tractatur de ejus commodo

Qui tacet consentire videtur, ubi 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...

So decides

So decides, do not mean that it must be a decision after a full debate or discussion pro and con, Ramakrishna Gangaram Rathi v. Kikan Zingaji Maake, AIR 1971 Bom 305.

Speaker

Speaker, is the guardian of the privileges of the House. His function is to regulate debate and enforce the observance of the rules which govern its conduct. He is also representative of the House in the...

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