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Discharge of a jury

or (2) in due course on the termination of the trial by verdict (or sentence); or by the discretion of the judge determining that they are so exhausted as to be incapable of continuing their deliberations, or

Deodand

law made the following extraordinary distinction, that no deodand was due where an infant under the age of discretion was killed by a fall from a cart or horse or the like, not being in motion, whereas

Debtors Act, 1869

punishment of fradulent debtors. The (English) Debtors Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 54), gives a judicial discretion in the case of a defaulting trustee or solicitor. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Debt'; IMPRISONMENT, and as to

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Curate

as his assistant. All curates serve under a licence from the bishop of the diocese, revocable at his discretion, with an appeal against the revocation of the licence to the archbishop only [(English) Pluralities Act, 1838 (1

Court-leet

It was anciently the custom to summon all the king's subjects, as they respectively grew to years of discretion and strength, to come to the Court-leet, and there take the oath of allegiance to theking. The other

Court

provisions invest them with many of the 'trappings' of a court and deprive them of arbitrary or absolute discretion and power, J&K Iron and Steel Co. v. Iron and Steel Mazdoor Union, (1955) 2 SCR 1315: AIR

Contract of service and contract for service

subject to detailed direction and control but exercises profes-sional or technical skill and uses his own know-ledge and discretion. (See: Oxford Companion to law, p. 1134). A 'contract of service, implies relationship of master an servant and

Chancellors of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

according to the Common Law of the land, or according to the University Statutes and customs, at his discretion. The judge of the Chancellor's Court at Oxford is the Vice-Chancellor, or his deputy. By 5 & 26

Challenge

tenus, that to the array in writing. The trial of challenges to the array is entirely in the discretion of the court; sometimes they are tried by two of the coroners, sometimes by two of the jury,

Breach of trust

Acts have relaxed the stringent rules of Equity in regard to trustees; their authority has been extended, their discretion has been widened; indemnities for innocent breaches of trust have been provided, and see generally, the Trustees Act,

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