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Venue
be fixed by the Court or a judge; and r. 1, the order made on the summons for directions, fixes the place of trial, but this can be subsequently altered for sufficient cause. Very numerous statutes have
Occasions
Tax Officer, AIR 1971 SC 870. [Constitution of India Act, 286(1)(b)] The expression 'occasions' means the immediate and direct cause, Mod. Serajuddin v. State of Orissa, (1975) 2 SCC 47: AIR 1975 SC 1564 (1573). [Central Sales Tax
No cause for such refusal
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trespass
person, rights, or esp. property of another ;also : the common-law form of action for redress of injuries directly caused by such a wrongful act compare trespass on the case in this entry b : trespass quare … a : a willful act or active negligence as distinguished from a mere omission of a duty that causes an injury to or invasion of the person, rights, or esp. property of another ;also : the common-law
Jurisdiction
hear and determine a cause, and such tribunal cannot exist except by authority of law. Jurisdiction always emanates directly and immediately from the law; it is a power which nobody on whom the law has not conferred
Royal Courts of Justice
the City Common Council, which request having been made, the business was removed accordingly, an Order in Council directing in May, 1883, that London causes were to be tried for ever thereafter at the Royal Courts. But … having been made, the business was removed accordingly, an Order in Council directing in May, 1883, that London causes were to be tried for ever thereafter at the Royal Courts. But in 1891 the Supreme Court of
rule
of a party to the proceeding that commands an officer or party to perform an act or show cause why an act should not be performed [a directing the district court to show cause why its ruling … guide for conduct or action b : a regulating principle or precept 2 a : an order or directive issued by a court in a particular proceeding esp. upon petition of a party to the proceeding that
Copyhold
the money paid for the enfranchisement, and the 'Land Commissioners' were directed (see s. 30) to 'frame and cause to be printed and published such a scale of compensation for the enfranchisement of land as in their … of freehold, or even for a term of years. (5) The efforts of the Legislature have been much directed to the facilitation of enfranchisement, but the (English) Copyhold Act, 1841 (4 & 5 Vict. c. 35), and
Challenge
against things or jurors. In civil actions, when a full jury appear, either party may challenge them for cause, as well the talesmen as the jurors originally returned. Challenges are of two kinds: (1) to the array; … Challenges to the array are, however, seldom restored to, since, for the causes above named, the jury-processes maybe directed to the coroner, or they would be grounds for a new trial. (2) A challenge to the polls,
estoppel
the relitigation of issues litigated by the same parties on a different or the same cause of action direct estoppel : estoppel by judgment barring the relitigation of issues litigated by the same parties on the same
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