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Admission of a clerk

bishop when a patron of a church has presented him to it. It is, in fact, the ordinary's declaration that he approves of the presentee to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented,

Admiralty

Admiralty, the Executive Department of State which presides over the naval forces of the kingdom. The normal head is the 'Lord High Admiral,' but in practice the functions of the Office are discharged by several Commissioners,...

Adjudication

Adjudication, giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. In Bankruptcy Law, adjudication is the act of the Court declaring a person to be bankrupt. In Scots Law it signifies the 'diligence' by which land is attached in

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Adjective law

State consists of two parts, substantive and adjective law. The former prescribes those rules of civil conduct which declare the rights and duties of all who are subject to the law. The latter relates to the remedial

Ad damnum

Ad damnum (to the damage). The concluding words of the declaration which state the amount of the plaintiff's damage. See 1 Chit. Pl. 434.

Act of State

that they are official in character, the Courts may not inquire, or in respect of which an official declaration, is bindings on the Courts, State of Saurashrtra v. Meman Haj Ismail, AIR 1959 SC 1383 (1387): (1960)

Act of Bankruptcy

taken into account in calculating such period of 21 days. (f) Having filed, in the Bankruptcy Court, a declaration admitting his inability to pay his debts or having presented a bankruptcy petition against himself. (g) Having neglected

Accumulation

227-343, 1798; and 11 Ves 112-151, 1805 was the occasion of its enactment. The (English) Act of 1925 declares that no person shall by any instrument or otherwise settle or dispose of any property, in such manner

Abridge

Abridge [fr. abreger, Fr., abbreviare, Lat.], to make shorter in words retaining the substance. Also the making a declaration or count shorter by subtracting or severing some of the substance therefrom, i.e., a man was said to

Protester

One who protests one who utters a solemn declaration

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