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Beyond or out of the common order or method not usual customary regular or ordinary as extraordinary evils extraordinary remedies...
Extraordinary traffic
Extraordinary traffic means the carriage of articles over a road which is so exceptional in the quality or quantity of the articles carried, or in the mode of user of the road, as substantially to increase the burden imposed by ordinary traffic on the road and to cause damage and expense beyond what is common. The road authority has power to recover expenses caused by extraordinary traffic under s. 23 of the (English) Highways and Locomotives Amendment Act, 1878, now replaced by the (English) Road Traffic Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 43), s. 54. See Hill v. Thomas, (1893) 2 QB 333; Barnsley, etc., Society v. Worsborough U.D.C., 1916 AC 291; Butt v. Weston-super-Mare U.D.C., 1921 AC 340....
extraordinary
extraordinary 1 a : going beyond what is usual, regular, or customary ;specif : of, relating to, or having the nature of a proceeding or action not normally required by law or not prescribed for the regular administration of law [an session of the legislature] [granted relief] compare ordinary b : of or relating to a financial transaction that is not expected to be repeated [an charge against earnings] [an gain] 2 : employed for or sent on a special function or service [an ambassador ] ...
extraordinary dividend
extraordinary dividend see dividend ...
extraordinary remedy
extraordinary remedy : a procedure for obtaining judicial relief allowed when no other method is available, appropriate, or useful see also habeas corpus, mandamus, quo warranto ...
extraordinary writ
extraordinary writ see writ ...
Extraordinariness
The quality of being extraordinary...
Extraordinary General Meeting
Extraordinary General Meeting, means a special meeting of the General Body of a Sports Associa-tion other than an Annual General Meeting, Rajasthan Sports (Registration, Recognition and Regulation of Associations) Act, 2005, s. 2(j)....
Masters extraordinary in Chancery
Masters extraordinary in Chancery, officers of the High Court of Chancery who performed duties similar to those now performed by commissioners for oaths. Now abolished....
writ
writ [Old English, something written] 1 : a letter that was issued in the name of the English monarch from Anglo-Saxon times to declare his grants, wishes, and commands 2 : an order or mandatory process in writing issued in the name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing a specified act NOTE: The writ was a vital official instrument in the old common law of England. A plaintiff commenced a suit at law by choosing the proper form of action and obtaining a writ appropriate to the remedy sought; its issuance forced the defendant to comply or to appear in court and defend. Writs were also in constant use for financial and political purposes of government. While the writ no longer governs civil pleading and has lost many of its applications, the extraordinary writs esp. of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, and certiorari indicate its historical importance as an instrument of judicial auth...
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