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Action

in personam brought against an individual, actions in rem, which determine questions of title, and possessory actions, which decide merely the right to have physical control of the property in dispute (Odgers on the Common Law, p.

Accessories

Joint Commercial Officer, (1991) 1 SCC 514 (517). Whether an article or part is an accessory cannot be decided with reference to its necessity to its effective use of the vehicle as a whole. General adaptability has

Access

reasonable enjoyment of his property, Lyon v. Fishmongers Co., (1876) 1 AC 662 (684); and the same case decides that an owner of land has a right of access to and from water whether tidal or non-tidal

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A requirement of the court

it is settled law that under Order 41, Rule 27(1)(b) of CPC, whenever the court finds difficulty in deciding an issue, it can direct additional evidence to be adduced, treating the need for evidence as 'a requirement

Sea otter

valued especially by the Chinese It is allied to the common otter but is larger with feet more decidedly webbed

Rescriptive

Pertaining to or answering the purpose of a rescript hence deciding settling determining

man hour

of work which one person can perform in one hour often an estimate made for the purpose of deciding whether to undertake a project and sometimes used in accounting as it will take a hundred man hours

Pronounced

Strongly marked unequivocal decided A Gallicism

Prejudical

Of or pertaining to the determination of some matter not previously decided as a prejudical inquiry or action at law

Prejudge

To judge before hearing or before full and sufficient examination to decide or sentence by anticipation to condemn beforehand

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