Direct Action - Law Dictionary Search Results
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direct action 1 an action in which the plaintiff sues a … direct action 1 an action in which the plaintiff sues a person s insurer without
derivative action
in the complaint attempts to obtain action from the corporate directors or association authorities or from other shareholders or members and … derivative action a suit brought by a shareholder on behalf of a
individual action
individual action direct action … individual action direct action
Mandamus
whom it is addressed mandamus is a command issued to direct any person corporation inferior courts or government requiring him or … a claim for other relief and an order in such action has the same effect as a writ of mandamus formerly
Summons
of detail in the procedure of a suit as for directions to modify pleadings when inconvenient to require security for costs … the high court to which it is intended that the action should be assigned see also summary judgment 2 to judges
Directions, summons for
directions summons for one general summons with respect to pleadings discovery … out this summons in all actions except admiralty actions or actions where the writ has been specially indorsed or where the
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
4 c 42 s 3 the period of limitation for actions of debt by deed or upon recognizance is twenty years
Sanction and direction
of a prima facie case in the case of a direction a further element that the accused deserves to be prosecuted … the other case there is a positive order that the prosecution should be launched for a sanction all that is necessary
mandamus
and there is no other adequate remedy available also an action in the nature of a writ of mandamus in jurisdictions
state action
state action 1 an action that is either taken directly by the state or bears a sufficient connection to the … to the state to be attributed to it note state actions are subject to judicial scrutiny for violations of the rights
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