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jurisdiction
try a case in the first instance, make findings of fact, and render a usually appealable decision [the district courts shall … court to try a case in the first instance, make findings of fact, and render a usually appealable decision [the district
decision
determination (as a decree or judgment) made after consideration of facts or law ;also : a report or document containing such … containing such a determination see also memorandum decision compare disposition, finding, holding, judgment, opinion, ruling, verdict NOTE: A decision, while being
peremptory instruction
that if they agree to the truth of certain stated facts then they must find for a particular party … to the truth of certain stated facts then they must find for a particular party
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investigatory
investigation accomplished by investigation designed to find information or ascertain facts as investigatory committee the investigatory excesses of the prosecutor … or pertaining to an investigation accomplished by investigation designed to find information or ascertain facts as investigatory committee the investigatory excesses
Discover
discovery of an error in law and an error in fact, IRC v. Mackinlay's Trustees, 1938 SC 765: 22 TC 305 … Discover, means simply to find out, and applies to the discovery of an error in
Discovers
in subsequent events which have a material bearing on the facts and circumstances on which assessment had been made or relief … relief granted, and that when the Excess Profits Tax Officer finds that an assessee to whom relief had been granted under
Office found
of a jury in an inquest of office of a fact which entitles the Crown to the possession of lands of … Office found, the finding of a jury in an inquest of office of a
Overruling
assumes that a contrary decision is given on the same facts or law. Where the law, has been changed and is … contrary principle in a later case. Where and How to Find the Law, Frank Hall Childs, 94 (1922). Overruling assumes that
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