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direct action

direct action 1 : an action in which the plaintiff sues a

Writ

Limitation Act, 1833, abolished all writs in real and mixed actions (except in dower unde nihil habet, quare impedit or ejectment),

Mandamus

whom it is addressed. Mandamus is a command issued to direct any person, corporation, inferior Courts or Government, requiring him or … King's Bench Division, and on motion, and not in an action; [(English) R.S.C., Ord. LIII., r. 4]. For rules of procedure,

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Judgment

judgment the adverse effect on the party concerned must be direct and immediate rather than indirect or remote. For instance, where … only intermediate, and does not finally determine or complete the action. See INQUIRY; SUMMONSES; and ORDERS; and the various titles of

derivative action

its injuries called also derivative suit shareholder's derivative suit compare direct action NOTE: A shareholder or member bringing a derivative action must

individual action

individual action : direct action

state action

state action 1 : an action that is either taken directly by the state or bears a sufficient connection to the

Re-summons

a second summons, calling upon a person to answer an action where the first summons is defeated. Obsolete

Non-summons, wager of law of

mode in which a tenant or defendant in a real action pleaded, when the summons which followed the original was not

Inferior Courts (UK)

any of the countries respectively, unless the whole cause of action arose, and the summons was personally served upon the defendant

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