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Appeal

Basu, 6th Edn., Vol. G., pp. 268-269. In India, an appeal lies to the Supreme Court from any judgment, decree or final order of a High Court whether in a civil, criminal or other proceeding, but it … High Court possesses a general appellate jurisdiction, but further appeal lies to the Privy Council. In Canada, the final Court of Appeal is the Supreme Court, Commentary on Constitution of India ' D.D. Basu, 6th Edn., Vol.

Judicial-economy exception

Judicial-economy exception, means an exemption from the final-judgment rule, by which a party may seek immediate appellate review of a non-final order if doing so might

Suit of partition

court in a partition suit which is followed by a preliminary decree cannot be said to be a final judgment in the suit. Proceedings which parties may take pursuant to the preliminary decree are still a part of

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Execution

last state of a suit whereby possession is obtained of anything recovered by a judgment. It is styled final process, and is regulated by R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XLII., r. 17, of which allows immediate execution in ordinary

finality

condition of being final 2 : the principle that appeals may only be taken from final orders or judgments … finality 1 : the state or condition of being final 2 : the principle that appeals may only be

party

: a party to an action who is on the opposing side ;specif : a party to a finally decided action whose interests would be served by having the judgment upheld on appeal and who is entitled

Interim orders/interlocutory orders

(iv) Routine orders which are passed to facilitate the progress of the case till its culmination in the final judgment. (v) Orders which may cause some inconvenience or some prejudice to a party, but which do not finally

open

in summing up or arguing (a case) 3 : to restore or recall (as an order, rule, or judgment) from a finally determined state to a state in which the parties are free to prosecute or oppose … [an mine] [a bench warrant still ] b : available for use [an toll road] c : not finally determined, decided, or settled : subject to further consideration [an question] d : remaining effective or available for

Mesne process

a capias ad satisfaciendum, which was the final process, or process of execution. See IMPRISONMENT. By the (English) Judgments Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 110), s. 1, the power of arrest upon mesne process was … in the progress of a suit or action between its beginning and end, as contradistinguished from primary and final process. Thus, the capias or mesne process was issued after a writ of summons, which was the primary

Definitive Sentence

Definitive Sentence, the final judgment of a spiritual Court, in opposition to provisional or interlocutory judgment.

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