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Negligence

fact only where it is left to the jury to decide whether the defendant has shown a want of care which

New trial

(8) Where one of several issues, etc., has been wrongfully decided. A new trial may be ordered on any question in

Nihil capiat per breve

an issue, arising upon a declaration or temporary plea, is decided for the defendant, the judgment is, generally, that the plaintiff

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Notice

with express notice. The principle on which this case was decided has become statutory under the (English) Law of Property Act,

Obscene

which year Queen v. Read, 11 Mod 205 QB, was decided, In 1727 in the case against one Curl it was

Oral argument

situations, oral argument is a must, The Common Law Tradition: Deciding Appeals, Karl No. Llewellyn, 240 (1960). Means an advocate's spoken

Parish meeting

must not begin earlier than 6 p.m. Every question is decided by a majority of those present at a meeting, and

Part-payment of purchase price

Part-payment of purchase price, it has to be decided in each case whether or not a payment was made

Payment of Money into Court

of liability and amount of debt or damages have been decided, but the judge shall, in exercising his discretion as to

Peeress

they have never had the legislative power, and it was decided in Viscountess Rhondda's Claim, (1922) 2 AC 339, that a

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