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cross-examination
testified in order to check or discredit the witness's testimony, knowledge, or credibility see also confrontation clause compare direct examination, recross-examination, redirect examination NOTE: In accordance with Rule 611 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, cross-examination should
Derived from
words 'derived from' in s. 80HH of the Income-tax Act, 1961 must be understood as something which has direct or immediate nexus with the appellant's industrial undertaking. Although electricity may be required for the purposes of the
knowledge
NOTE: Knowledge fundamentally differs from intent in being grounded in awareness rather than purpose. ac·tu·al knowledge 1 : direct and clear awareness (as of a fact or condition) [the bank had actual knowledge that the name and
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loss
a loss that arises as an indirect result of an act or event called also indirect loss compare direct loss in this entry constructive total loss : a loss in marine insurance in which the cost of
privity
-ties [Old French privité privacy, secret, from Medieval Latin privitat- privitas, from Latin privus private] 1 : the direct connection or relationship between parties to a contract or transaction (as a purchase) [ of contract] see also
Financial interest
Financial interest, in the narrower sense, it implies direct personal benefit of an economic nature. In the wider sense, it may include any interest direct or indirect
Process
cited into a Court, because it is the beginning or principal part thereof, by which the rest is directed, Britt. 138. At Common Law the three superior courts at Westminster, in personal actions, differed greatly, before the
Masters of the Supreme Court
the two Record and Writ Clerks, and the three Associates. Their jurisdiction is mainly to hear summonses for directions (see DIRECTIONS, SUMMONS FOR), to supervise pleadings, and decide as to discovery. There are also Masters in the
Assize, or assise
usually assigned to every circuit. See CIRCUITS. The judges have four several commissions: (1) of oyer and terminer, directed to them and many other gentlemen of the county, by which they are empowered to try treasons, felonies,
judgment
verdict : a judgment that may be granted upon a motion by a defendant whose motion for a directed verdict was denied and that sets aside the jury's verdict in favor of a judgment in accordance with
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