Former Adjudication - Law Dictionary Search Results
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former adjudication : a procedural doctrine that bars relitigation by the same parties of the same issues or claims upon which a judgment has already been rendered NOTE: Estoppel by judgment and res judicata are the two branches of former adjudication, although res judicata is often used broadly to mean former adjudication. ...
res judicata
res judicata [Latin, judged matter] 1 : a thing, matter, or determination that is adjudged or final: as a : a claim, issue, or cause of action that is settled by a judgment conclusive as to the rights, questions, and facts involved in the dispute b : a judgment, decree, award, or other determination that is considered final and bars relitigation of the same matter [the trial court interpreted the earlier order as a dismissal with prejudice and thus res judicata as to the subsequent complaint "Southeast Mortg. Co. v. Sinclair, 632 So. 2d 677 (1994)"] ;also : the barring effect of such a determination 2 : a principle or doctrine that generally bars relitigation or reconsideration of matters determined in adjudication [the doctrine of res judicata precludes the presentation of issues in a post-conviction petition which have previously been decided upon direct appeal "Stowers v. State, 657 N.E.2d 194 (1995)"]: as a : a broad doctrine in civil litigation that requires and includes ...
Adjudicating officer
Adjudicating officer, means the officer appointed by the Board as adjudicating officer under section 19H of the Act [Depositories (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalties by Adjudicating Officer) Rules, 2005, R. 2(b)]Means the officer appointed by the securities and Exchange Board of India as adjudicating officer under section 23-I of the Act. [Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalties by Adjudicating Officer) Rules, 2005, R. 2(b)]means an adjudicating officer appointed under sub-s. (1) of s. 46. [Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), s. 2 (1) (c)]...
Adjudication
Adjudication, giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. In Bankruptcy Law, adjudication is the act of the Court declaring a person to be bankrupt. In Scots Law it signifies the 'diligence' by which land is attached in security and payment of debt, or by which a feudal title is made up in a person holding an obligation to convey without a procuratory of resignation or precept of sasine. There are thus (1) the adjudication for debt; (2) the adjudication in security; and (3) the adjudication in implement, Bell's dict....
adjudicate
adjudicate -cat·ed -cat·ing [Latin adjudicare to award in judgment, from ad to, for + judicare to judge see judge ] vt 1 : to settle either finally or temporarily (the rights and duties of the parties to a judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding) on the merits of the issues raised 2 : to pass judgment on as a judge : settle judicially 3 : to pronounce judicially to be [was adjudicated a bankrupt] [was adjudicated the child's father] 4 : to convey by judicial sale vi : to come to a judicial decision : act as judge [the court adjudicated upon the case] ad·ju·di·ca·tion [ə-jü-di-kā-shən] n ad·ju·di·ca·tive [ə-jü-di-kā-tiv, -kə-] n ad·ju·di·ca·tor [-kā-tər] n ...
Abbreviate of Adjudication
Abbreviate of Adjudication (in Scots Law), an abstract of the decree of adjudication, and of the lands adjudged, with the amount of the debt. Adjudication is that diligence (execution) of the law by which the real estate of a debtor is adjudged to belong to his creditor in payment of a debt; and the abbreviate must be recorded in the register of adjudication. See Bell's Dictionary....
estoppel
estoppel [probably from Middle French estoupail plug, stopper, from estouper to stop up see estop ] 1 : a bar to the use of contradictory words or acts in asserting a claim or right against another ;esp : equitable estoppel in this entry compare waiver equitable estoppel : an estoppel that prevents a person from adopting a new position that contradicts a previous position maintained by words, silence, or actions when allowing the new position to be adopted would unfairly harm another person who has relied on the previous position to his or her loss called also estoppel in pais NOTE: Traditionally equitable estoppel required that the original position was a misrepresentation which was being denied in the new position. Some jurisdictions retain the requirement of misrepresentation. estoppel by deed : an estoppel precluding a person from denying the truth of any matter that he or she asserted in a deed esp. regarding his or her title to the property compare after-acquired title a...
Adjudication in implement.
Adjudication in implement. See ADJUDICATION....
Industrial adjudication
Industrial adjudication, In the case of industrial adjudication the claims of the employer based on the freedom of contract have to be adjusted with the claims of industrial employees for social justice, P.B. Diwan Badri Dass v. Industrial Tribunal, AIR 1963 SC 630 (634)...
Pending adjudication
Pending adjudication, the words 'pending adjudication' cannot be read to exclude cases where the proceedings are still pending in appeal, Union of India v. Onkar S. Kanwar, AIR 2002 SC 3563 (3567). [Kar Vivad Samadhan Scheme Removal of Difficulties Order, 1998, para 2]...
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