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Home Dictionary Name: final judgment Page: 3 Page 3 of about 55 results (0.003 seconds)Definitive Sentence
Definitive Sentence, the final judgment of a spiritual Court, in opposition to provisional or interlocutory judgment....
Practice
Practice, connotes repeated events but that will not affect the construction to be placed on the words 'unfair labour practice to dismiss or discharge, Hindustan Lever Ltd. v. Ashok V. Kate, AIR 1966 SC 285, p. 301, (see Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971, Sch. IV, item 1).Practice, denotes the mode of proceeding by which a legal right is enforced as distinguished from the law which gives and defines the right, State of Seraikella v. Union of India, AIR 1951 SC 253: 1951 SCR 474: 1951 SCJ 425.Practice, includes any practice relating to the carrying on of any trade by a person or an enterprise. [Competition Act, 2002 (92 of 2003), s. 2(m)]The form and manner of conducting and carrying on suits, actions, or prosecutions at law or in equity, civil or criminal, through their various stages, from the commencement to final judgment and execution, according to principles and rules laid down by the several Courts. As to the precise meani...
bar
bar often attrib 1 a : the railing in a courtroom that encloses the area around the judge where prisoners are stationed in criminal cases or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases compare bench, dock, jury box, stand b : court tribunal [the younger judge brought a fresh viewpoint to the ] 2 a : the whole body of lawyers ;esp : those qualified to practice in the courts of a particular jurisdiction [admitted to the Arizona ] [the bankruptcy ] compare bench b : the profession or occupation of lawyer c : bar examination [passed the ] 3 : something that prevents admission, progress, or action: as a : an intangible impediment, obstacle, or barrier [the restrictive covenant raised a racial ] [consent of the victim is a to conviction] b : the permanent preclusion of a claim or action esp. due to the loss of a previous suit based on the same cause of action and between the same parties [its earlier successful suit against the purchaser for the price was a to...
Non pros
Non pros., abbrev. For non prosequitur (he [the plaintiff] does not pursue [his action]). Where the plaintiff failed to take the proper step in his action in the proper time, the defendant entered what was called a non prosequitur, and signed final judgment against the plaintiff, who was said to be non pros.Under R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXVII., when the plaintiff neglects to proceed, the course is for the defendant to apply for a dismissal of the action for want of prosecution....
Garnishee
Garnishee, a debtor who has been warned to pay his debt not to his own creditor but to some third party who has obtained a final judgment against the creditor. The order thus arresting the debt in the hands of the debtor is called a 'garnishee order.' See (English) R.S.C., Ord. XLV. See ATTACHMENT LESS OF DEBTS; FOREIGN ATTACHMENT.A person or constitution (Such as bank) that is intended to or is bailee for another whose property has been subjected to garnishment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 689....
Cross-action
Cross-action, a claim by the defendant against the plaintiff put forward in a separate action but arising out of the subject-matter of the first actionand before final judgment theein. Procedure by counterclaim (q.v.) has now practically superseded cross-actions, except in Admiralty cases. Cross-actions are generally consolidated and tried together. See R.S.C., Ord. XIX, r. 3....
Counter-claim
Counter-claim, the word 'counter-claim' in s. 19(8) to (11) which is equated to a cross-suit, includes a claim if it is made in an independent suit filed earlier, Union of India, v. Abhijit Tea Co. (P.) Ltd., (2000) 7 SCC 357: AIR 2000 SC 2957 (2965). [Recovery of Debts due to Bank and Financial Institutions Act, 1993, s. 19(8) to (ii)]By (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XIX., r. 3, under the (English) Judciature Act, 1873, s. 24 (3); replaced by the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 39 (1) (a), subject to the provisions of Rule 15, Order XXI, (exclusion of counter-claim), a defendant in an action may set off, or set up by way of counterclaim, against the claims of the plaintiff, any right or claim, whether such set-off or counter-claim sound in damages or not, and such set-off or counterclaim shall have the same effect as across action, so as to enable the Court to pronounce a final judgment in the same action, both on the original and on the cross claim. (As amended by (English) R.S.C. N...
Decreet
The final judgment of the Court of Session or of an inferior court by which the question at issue is decided...
provisional
provisional 1 : provided for a temporary need : suitable or acceptable in the existing situation but subject to change or nullification [a government] [ custody of a minor] 2 : of, relating to, or being temporary judicial acts or proceedings (as of attachment, injunction, or sequestration) allowed before final judgment to protect the interests of one or more parties to an action [a remedy] pro·vi·sion·al·ly adv ...
honorable discharge
honorable discharge A formal final judgment passed by the government upon the entire military record of a soldier. An authoritative declaration by the government that a soldier has left the service in a status of honor. Source: FindLaw ...
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