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Statutory Rules and Orders

Statutory Rules and Orders. Very numerous Acts of Parliament, especially those passed in recent years, empower the Sovereign in Council, some Govern-ment Department, or Courts of Justice, to make rules, having the same effect as the...

Mandamus

writ with a claim for a mandamus, either with or without a claim for other relief, and an order in such action has the same effect as a writ of mandamus formerly had; see Ord. LIII., rr.

order

disclosure of trade secrets b : restraining order in this entry qualified domestic relations order : an order, decree, or judgment that satisfies the criteria set out in section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code for the

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writ

issued to a law officer (as a sheriff or marshal) for the enforcement of a court order or decree ;esp : one used to enforce an order for the possession of lands 2 : a writ provided

Decretal order

Decretal order, a Chancery order in the nature of a decree. See DECREE.

Injunction

the defendant's answer, or until the hearing of the cause; or (2) perpetual, i.e., forming part of a decree made at a hearing upon the merits, whereby the defendant is perpetually inhibited from the assertion of a

ruling

ruling : an official or authoritative determination, decree, statement, or interpretation (as by a judge on a question of law) [followed a previous on the same

majority rule

whole group as our club makes decisions by majority rule Contrasted with unanimous consent or decision by a decree of a single person or small committee forming part of an organization

VerbarNe exeat

process of courts of equity resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail or security to abide a decree

Fiaunt

Commission fiat order decree

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