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follow : to be in accordance with (a prior decision) : accept as authoritative see also precedent compare overrule ...


follow through

Carrying a process plan or project to full completion as I appreciated his follow through on his promise The term usually is used in reference to the period after some point in time at which the actor is given freedom to pursue the project...


follow up

a second or subsequent action to increase the effectiveness of an initial action Also used attributively as a follow up visit...


Camp followers

Camp followers, Civilian employees of Armed Forces, such as carpenters, tailors, boot-makers, gardeners, sweepers, cooks, messengers etc., who are required to follow or accompany armed personnel 'on active service, in camp, on the march or at any frontier post'. These 'Camp followers' fall within s. 2(1)(i) and are subject to the Army Act and the rules made thereunder, Gopal Upadhyaya v. Union of India, 1986 Supp SCC 501: AIR 1987 SC 413 (414). [Army Act (46 of 1950), s. 2(1)(i)]...


Possession follows title

Possession follows title, is a well-recognised one. It means that when a rightful owner is not in actual physical possession, he would, in the eye of the law, be deemed to be in possession. The benefit of such a presumption can accrue only in favour of a rightful owner and not in favour of a wrongdoer. The latter can acquire a title only by actual physical possession, Nagorao v. Jageshwar, AIR 1944 Nag 20: (1942) Nag LJ 375....


Following

Ones followers adherents or dependents collectively...


Follower

One who follows a pursuer an attendant a disciple a dependent associate a retainer...


following to join

following to join A type of derivative visa status when the family member gets a visa after the principal applicant. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...


Precedent

Precedent, a decision is a precedent of its own features. Further, the enunciation of the reason or principle on which a question before a court has been decided is alone binding as a precedent, Uttaranchal Road Transport Corporation v. Mansaram Nainwal, (2000) 6 SCC 366.A precedent acquirers added authority from lapse of time, the longer a precedent has remained unquestioned, the more hard it becomes to reverse it. The courts has to adopt a construction of law, which would inevitably result in upsetting titles long founded on the contrary view, Pratap Bahadur Sahi v. Lakshmidhar Singh, AIR 1946 PC 189: 73 IA 231; Vijaya Charari v. Khubchand, AIR 1964 SC 1099.Precedent, are not an immutable dogma. Courts may evolve principles which are applicable to the facts involved in each case, Rumana Begum v. Government of Andhra Pradesh, 1992 Cr LJ 3512.Means every judgment must be based upon facts, declared by the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 to be relevant and duly proved. But when a Judge, in dec...


Execution

Execution, the 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 cases. See PR'CIPE.The ordinary writs of execution are capia ad satisfaciendum; fieri facias; elegit; and habere facias possessionem. See these titles respectively, especially FIERI FACIAS.As to the protection of vendor or purchaser on a sale under an execution, see Bankruptcy and Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1913, s. 15.As to the writ of capias ad satisfaciendum, see Hulbert v. Cathcart, 1896 AC 470; and it is to be borne in mind that by the (English) Debtors Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 62), imprisonment for debt has been abolished, except as specified in s. 4. See IMPRISONMENT.By (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XLII., r. 17(b), the Court or a judge may, at or after the time of giving judgment or making an order, stay execution until such time as they or he shall ...


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