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Cross-bill

to the reconventio of the CanonLaw, as a mode of defence by cross-examination, was one filed by a defendant in the Court of Chancery against the plaintiff or other defendants in the same suit, either to obtain

De melioribus damnis, judgment

De melioribus damnis, judgment. Where the jury, by mistake, severed the damages between several defendants in an action of trespass, the plaintiff might cure the defect by taking judgment de melioribus damnis against

Defence struck off or defence struck out

shall, if a plaintiff, be liable to have his suit dismissed for want of prosecution, and, if a defendant, to have his defences, if any, struck out, and to be placed in the same position as if

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Estovers, or estouviers

estouviers [fr. estoffer, Fr., to furnish, or festover, Fr., i.e., fovere, Lat., to keep warm, cherish, sustain, or defend]. Bote, any kind of sustenance; also a wife's alimony. Estoveria sunt ardendi, arandi, construendi et claudendi. 13 Rep.

Denman's (Mr.) Act

c. 18 (the Criminal Procedure Act, 1865,), allowing counsel to sum up the evidence where the prisoner is defended by counsel, proof to be given of contradictory statements of adverse witness, and of previous conviction of witness,

Double or treble costs

Double or treble costs have been frequently granted by statute, e.g., to successful defendants in actions for irregular distress, by the (English) Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (11 Geo. 2, c. 19),

Ejectment

claiming title delivering to the party in possession a declaration in which the plaintiff (John Doe) and the defendant (Richard Roe) were fictitious persons. The declaration stated that a lease of the premises in question for a

Emergency

any part of it. Is a situation in which the head of the State assumes extraordinary powers for defending the State against external threats and for maintaining internal order, Dictionary of Constitutional and Parliamentary Terms, Published by

Emphyteusis

be a utilis vindicatio, because he was not the owner but only in the plae of one) to defend or assert his rights, which at his death went to his heirs (Nov. vii. 3). He was obliged

Contest

oppose, 'resist or dispute; to strive to win or hold: to controvert, litigate, call in question, challenge to defend. The contest continues right up to the final decision or, in other words the right to contest comes

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Cross-bill

to the reconventio of the CanonLaw, as a mode of defence by cross-examination, was one filed by a defendant in the Court of Chancery against the plaintiff or other defendants in the same suit, either to obtain

De melioribus damnis, judgment

De melioribus damnis, judgment. Where the jury, by mistake, severed the damages between several defendants in an action of trespass, the plaintiff might cure the defect by taking judgment de melioribus damnis against

Defence struck off or defence struck out

shall, if a plaintiff, be liable to have his suit dismissed for want of prosecution, and, if a defendant, to have his defences, if any, struck out, and to be placed in the same position as if

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Estovers, or estouviers

estouviers [fr. estoffer, Fr., to furnish, or festover, Fr., i.e., fovere, Lat., to keep warm, cherish, sustain, or defend]. Bote, any kind of sustenance; also a wife's alimony. Estoveria sunt ardendi, arandi, construendi et claudendi. 13 Rep.

Denman's (Mr.) Act

c. 18 (the Criminal Procedure Act, 1865,), allowing counsel to sum up the evidence where the prisoner is defended by counsel, proof to be given of contradictory statements of adverse witness, and of previous conviction of witness,

Double or treble costs

Double or treble costs have been frequently granted by statute, e.g., to successful defendants in actions for irregular distress, by the (English) Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (11 Geo. 2, c. 19),

Ejectment

claiming title delivering to the party in possession a declaration in which the plaintiff (John Doe) and the defendant (Richard Roe) were fictitious persons. The declaration stated that a lease of the premises in question for a

Emergency

any part of it. Is a situation in which the head of the State assumes extraordinary powers for defending the State against external threats and for maintaining internal order, Dictionary of Constitutional and Parliamentary Terms, Published by

Emphyteusis

be a utilis vindicatio, because he was not the owner but only in the plae of one) to defend or assert his rights, which at his death went to his heirs (Nov. vii. 3). He was obliged

Contest

oppose, 'resist or dispute; to strive to win or hold: to controvert, litigate, call in question, challenge to defend. The contest continues right up to the final decision or, in other words the right to contest comes

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