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Rule of procedure

Rule of procedure, each House has the absolute right of interpreting its rules; courts have no power to interfere in the matter of the application of these relating to the internal management of the House, A...

four-month rule

four-month rule : a rule requiring that an action be taken within four months: as a : a rule in some states requiring that a defendant be tried within four months of the arrest, charge, or...

Mansfield rule

Mansfield rule, the doctrine that a Juror's testimony or affidavit about juror misconduct may not be used to challenge the verdict. This Mansfield rule as intended to ensure that jurors are heard through their verdict, not...

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perfect tender rule

perfect tender rule : a rule that permits a buyer to reject goods if they or the tender of delivery fail to conform to contract in any respect [the perfect tender rule is preserved to the...

legislative rule

legislative rule : a rule adopted by a government agency in accordance with the notice and comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act that has the force of law and imposes new duties on the regulated...

federal rules of evidence

federal rules of evidence Rules which govern the admissibility of evidence at trials in the Federal District Courts and before U.S. Magistrates. Many states have adopted evidence rules patterned on these federal rules. Source: FindLaw

York-Antwerp Rules

York-Antwerp Rules. Optional rules of practice on the subject of general average for the assistance of shipowners, merchants, underwriters and average-adjusters for insertion in bills of lading, charter-parties and policies of insurance. The rules were adopted...

Final order

Final order, an order appealed against cannot be regarded as a final order, where it does not of its own

Writ

and VENDITIONI EXPONAS. For writs not in actions, see CERTIORARI, MANDAMUS, PROHIBITION, and QUO WARRANTO. A court's written order, in the name of a state or other competent legal authority, commanding addressee to do or refrain from

mandamus

action in the nature of a writ of mandamus in jurisdictions where the writ is abolished compare cease-and-desist order at order, injunction, stay NOTE: Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy and is issued usually only to command the

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