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proceeding
of steps in the enforcement, adjudication, or administration of rights, remedies, laws, or regulations: as a : an action, hearing, trial, or application before the court collateral proceeding : a proceeding that concerns an order, motion, petition, … or application before the court collateral proceeding : a proceeding that concerns an order, motion, petition, or writ deriving from or sought in relation to another proceeding (as a trial) [a collateral proceeding on a motion to
Slime
rock. They are usually found in old dumps and in ore deposits which have been exposed to climatic action; they include clay, alumina hydrated iron, near colloidal common earths and weathered feldspars. Secondary slimes are very finely … Corpn. Ltd. v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2004) 6 SCC 281. Means primary slimes are extremely fine particles derived from ore, associated rock, clay or altered rock. They are usually found in old dumps and in ore
merger
a doctrine in civil litigation: a judgment in favor of a plaintiff incorporates and supersedes the cause of action and any claims based on it and requires that further litigation in the case by the defendant be … and superseding of one contract by another 3 a : the treatment (as by statute) of two offenses deriving from the same conduct such that a defendant cannot be or is not punished for both esp. when
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Remainder
limited by way of use (which is, in practice, the usual method), as well as by a conveyance deriving its effect from the Common Law. In the same land there may at the same time be an … and restored the rules relating to contingent remainders to their pristine vigour although the Act had abolished real actions on which they were largely based. This Act, however, provided that the accidental determination by forfeiture, surrender or
direct
to act as director adj 1 a : stemming immediately from a source [ costs] [a claim] compare derivative b : being or passing in a straight line from parent to offspring : lineal [a ancestor] compare … : marked by absence of any intervening agency, instrumentality, or influence [ consequences] 3 : effected by the action of the people or the electorate and not by representatives [ democracy] 4 : characterized by close logical,
Title, Covenants for
convey as beneficial owner:-That, notwithstanding anything done, omitted, etc., by the person conveying, or anyone through whom he derives title otherwise than by purchase for value that the person conveying has the right to convey:--That the person … the covenants under the lease, and will keep the person to whom the conveyance is made indemnified against actions for non-payment of rent or breach of covenant. The same section of the Act also implies a limited
Essoin, Essoigne, Assoign
See Spelman, voc., 'Essoniare' ], an excuse for him who is summoned to appear and answer to an action, or to perform suit to a Court-baron, etc., by reason of sickness or infirmity or other just cause … essoine, Fr.; ex, priv., and soing, cura; ab angusta cura, vel labore liberare, which is a more probable derivation than Gk.; though it signifies to excuse by means of an oath, which is the precise nature of
Common
Common, a profit which a man has in the land of another; it derives its name from the community of interest which thence arises between the claimant and the owner of the … between the claimant and other commoners entitled to the same right; all which parties are entitled to bring actions for injuries done to their respective interests, and that both as against strangers and against each other. It
Interest
debt or damages for thwhole or any part of the period between the date when the cause of action arose and the date of the judgment. 'Provided that nothing in this section-- (a) shall authorise the giving … estate under the Law of Property Act, 1925; see s. 205 (x), ibid. 4. Such a personal advantage derivable from his judgment as disqualifies a judge from hearing the cause by virtue of the rule: 'Nemo debet
Tort
or the breach of a trust. [Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963), s. 2 (m)] Tort has been derived form the Latin word 'tortus' which means 'twisted' or 'crooked'. In its original and most general sense, 'tort' … or wrong independent of contract, as by assault, libel, malicious prosecution, negligence, slander, or trespass (see those titles). Actions are divided into actions in contract and actions in tort: see as to county Court jurisdiction in actions
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