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Fault

1930 (39 of 1930), s. 2 (5)] An error or defect of judgment or of conduct any deviation from prudence or

Demurrer

to sustain his claim or that there is some other defect on the face of the pleadings constituting a legal reason

Defective in substance

Defective in substance, 'defective in substance' must mean that the defect

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De melioribus damnis, judgment

in an action of trespass, the plaintiff might cure the defect by taking judgment de melioribus damnis against one, and entering

Damages

the rule that if the breach consists only of a defect in title and provided that the vendor acted bona fide

Copy, true copy

of s. 81 (3) of the Act and the vital defect cannot be permitted to be cured after the expiry of

Calling upon a prisoner

this, he is strictly only entitled to point out a defect of law in the indictment or otherwise. See ALLOCUTUS.

Challenge

the jurors returned by the sheriff collectively, not for any defect in them, but for some partiality or default in the

Judge

office, under colour of lawful authority, though his appointment is defective and may later be found to be defective. Whatever be

Breve judiciale non cadit pro defectu forme

Breve judiciale non cadit pro defectu forme [Lat.], A judicial writ fails not through defect of

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