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Preliminary decree

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Judgment decree or final order

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Passing of decree

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Day-rule, or day-writ

Day-rule, or day-writ, a permission to a prisoner to go out of prison, for the purpose of transacting his business, as to hear a case in which he is concerned at the assizes, etc. Abolished by...

rule against perpetuities

rule against perpetuities often cap R&P : a common-law rule stating that in order for a future interest to be good it must vest after its creation (as at the death of

Rule of law

Rule of law, executive instructions cannot override the provisions of law, such a method will destroy the very basis of the rule of law, Muna Lal Jain v. State of Assam, AIR 1962 SC 386. Rule...

hearsay rule

hearsay rule : a rule barring the admission of hearsay as evidence NOTE: The hearsay rule is stated in Rule 802 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. Hearsay is inadmissible as evidence because of the unavailability...

per se rule

per se rule 1 : a generalized rule applied without consideration for specific circumstances [would go even further and apply a per se rule of invalidity to affirmative action programs "Alan Freeman"] called also flat rule...

interpretive rule

interpretive rule : a rule issued by an administrative agency that only clarifies or explains existing laws or regulations called also interpretative rule compare legislative rule NOTE: An interpretive rule does not have to meet the...

Rule making clause

Rule making clause, in Indian Parliament, all Bills involving delegation of powers contain a rule-making clause which inter alia provides in the Act that every rule made under the rule-making clause shall be laid before each...

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