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Letter rogatory
Rogatory' is a formal communication in writing sent by a Court in which action is pending to a foreign Court or Judge requesting that the testimony of a witness residing within the jurisdiction of that foreign Court … Letter rogatory, 'Letter Rogatory' is a formal communication in writing sent by a Court in which action is pending to a foreign Court or Judge requesting that the testimony of a witness
Foreign Jurisdiction Acts (English)
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Renvoi
Bate on the Doctrine of Renvoi. Means 'sending back'. The doctrine under which a court in resorting to foreign law adopts as well the foreign law's conflict-of-laws principles, which may in turn refer the court back to … to or according to the law of a tribunal outside the jurisdiction where the question arose. Apparently, the Courts of France, Italy and Germany will apply the law of nationality, as in England, applies the law of
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Judgment
of Judgments, Chit. Stat., tit. 'Judgment and Execution' and 'Land Charges'; and see ESTOPPEL; CONTRACTS OF RECORD; ELEC-TION; FOREIGN JUDGMENT. The word 'judgment' is also used to denote the reasons given by the court for its decision. … Judgment [fr. judgment, Fr.], judicial determination; decision of a Court. Under the former practice of the superior Courts, this term was usually applied only to the Common Law Courts, the term 'decree' being in general use
Sea
of seven judges to six that the Central Criminal Court had no jurisdiction to try for manslaughter the foreign captain of a foreign ship--the Franconia--which, in passing within three miles of the British shore, ran into a … See FOUR SEAS. The main or high seas are part of the realm of England, for thereon the Courts of Admiralty have jurisdiction, but they are not subject to the Common Law. The main sea begins at
Letters of request
of a commission,' which may be made under R.S.C., Ord. XXXVII., r. (6) (a), to the courts of foreign countries and the Colonies. It is the only method of obtaining evidence in some countries. See notes to
Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum
writ of habeas corpus shall issue out of any of the courts in England into any colony or foreign dominion of the Crown where his Majesty has a lawfully established Court of justice, having authority to grant
Private International law
common rules have been adopted to adjudicate upon disputes involving a foreign element and to effectuate judgments of foreign courts in certain matters, or as a result of international conventions, R. Vishwanthan v. Rukh-ul Mulk Syeb Abdul Wajid,
Res judicata
between the parties, and the issue cannot be raised again. The judgment may have been given by a foreign Court, Tarleton v. Tarleton, 4 M&S 21. A matter which is res judicata cannot be further gone into; … judgment already decided between the same parties or their privies on the same question by a legally constituted Court having jurisdiction is conclusive between the parties, and the issue cannot be raised again. The judgment may have
Neutral Court
Neutral Court, the parties to a contract may agree to have their disputes resolved by a foreign Court termed as a 'neutral Court' or 'Court of choice' creating exclusive or non-exclusive jurisdiction in it, Modi … Neutral Court, the parties to a contract may agree to have their disputes resolved by a foreign Court termed as
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