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Foreign Attachment
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Act of State doctrine
Act of State doctrine, common law principle that prevents U.S. Courts from questioning the validity of a foreign country's sovereign acts within its own territory; as originally formulated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1897, the … the U.S. Supreme Court in 1897, the doctrine provides that Courts of one country will not sit in judgment on the acts of the Government of another done within its own territory, Underhill v. Hernandez, 168 US
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under the U.S. Constitution or under laws or treaties of the U.S., or when the defendant is a foreign country or its agency or instrumentality. Civil actions and criminal prosecutions brought against an officer or agency of … of the Attorney General "U.S. Code"] c : to take away [should his incapacity be removed by a judgment of a court "Louisiana Civil Code"] re·mov·abil·i·ty [-mü-və-bi-lə-tē] n re·mov·able also re·move·able [-mü-və-bəl] adj re·mov·able·ness n
Barratry
arrest, detention, loss, or forfeiture, etc. It is the practice in most countries to insure against barratry. Many foreign jurists hold that it comprehends every fault which the master and crew can commit, whether it arises from … 3. In Scotland, it is the crime of a judge who is induced, by bribery, to pronounce a judgment; and it is also applied to the simony of clergymen going abroad to purchase benefices from the see
Lis pendens
been pleaded in abatement, though not in bar; but the pendency of an action in an inferior or foreign court could not be so pleaded. Such matter may now be setup by way of defence, or the … which he was not concerned, see Price v. Price, (1887) 35 Ch D 297. But by the (English) Judgments Act, 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 11), s. 7, it was enacted that no lis pendens shall
Maritime law
Law, the laws of Oleron and Wisby the works of juris-consults, the judicial decisions of our own and foreign countries, etc. though still susceptible of amendment, our system corresponds more nearly than any other system of maritime … branches of maritime law. It has,indeed, been alleged that his lordship favoured the claims of belligerents. But his judgments must be regarded, allowing for this bias, as among the noblest monuments of judicial wisdom, McCull Comm. Dict.
Arbitration
and by s. 4 if any party to a submission [including an agreement to refer disputes to a foreign tribunal, Kirchner v. Gruban, (1909) 1 Ch 413], commences any legal proceedings [including those by counterclaim, Chappell v. … Arbitration, the determination of a matter in dispute by the judgment of one or more persons, called arbitrators, who in case of difference usually call in an 'umpire' to
Marriage
the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, 1866 LR 1 P&D 130. Where a marriage in a foreign country complies with these requirements it is immaterial that under the local law dissolution can be obtained by
Garnishee
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 … 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
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