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Govern
To direct and control as the actions or conduct of men either by established laws or by arbitrary will to … To direct and control as the actions or conduct of men either by established laws or by arbitrary will to regulate by authority
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counseling
direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
Costs
entitled to costs on a county court scale only, the taxing master shall have the same power of directing on what county court scale and under what column in the scale costs are to be allowed, and … to the officers of the Court, or to the counsel and solicitors, for their fees, etc. Costs in actions are either between solicitor and client, being what are payable in every case to the solicitor by his
Summons
Lang., 2nd Edn. 173], a call of authority, admonition to appear in court, a citation. 1. To commence Action in High Court, By R.S.C. Ord. II., r. 1(see Annual Practice):- Every action in the High Court shall … a judge (or a master) to settle matters of detail in the procedure of a suit; as, for directions; to modify pleadings when inconvenient, to require security for costs, to change the venue, etc. There is an
Mandamus
the part of the body or person to whom it is addressed. Mandamus is a command issued to direct any person, corporation, inferior Courts or Government, requiring him or them to do some particular thing therein specified … court. It can only be obtained from the King's Bench Division, and on motion, and not in an action; [(English) R.S.C., Ord. LIII., r. 4]. For rules of procedure, see (English) Crown Office Rules, 1906, rr. 49-69.
Directions, summons for
the expense of many successive summonses, and of enabling the Court, through the particular master to whom each action is assigned, to obtain control over the action at an early stage. It is compulsory to take out … Directions, summons for, one general summons with respect to pleadings, discovery, and other matters previous to trial first authorized
Judgment
proceeding. Before such an order can be a judgment the adverse effect on the party concerned must be direct and immediate rather than indirect or remote. For instance, where the Trial Judge in a suit under Order … upon some plea, proceeding, or default, which is only intermediate, and does not finally determine or complete the action. See INQUIRY; SUMMONSES; and ORDERS; and the various titles of the subjects of such judgments as MANDAMUS; INJUNC-TION,
Writ
as assistance, capias, etc. The (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1833, abolished all writs in real and mixed actions (except in dower unde nihil habet, quare impedit or ejectment), expressly naming sixty abolished writs (e.g., the writ
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