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Discretio est discernere per legem quid sit justum
Discretio est discernere per legem quid sit justum [Lat.], Discretion is to know through law what is just
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
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,
Airway
render useless the airway to any mine, is a felony punishable by penal servitude or imprisonment at the discretion of the Court (24 & 25 Vict. c. 97, s. 28).
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