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G suit
Matched in: Term G suit
Judgment
used to denote the reasons given by the court for its decision. An order for transfer of a suit made under clause 13 of the Letters Patent of the Calcutta High Court is not a 'judgment' within … superior Courts, this term was usually applied only to the Common Law Courts, the term 'decree' being in general use in the Court of Chancery. The expression 'Judg-ment,' however, is now used generally except in matrimonial causes,
Void and voidable
has to be made. Voidable act is that which is a good act unless avoided, e.g., if a suit is filed for a declaration that a document is fraudulent and/or forged and fabricated, it is voidable as … act or confirmation of him who could take advantage of it. Thus, while acceptance of rent will make good a voidable lease, it will not affirm a void lease. See NULL AND VOID. The expression 'void' has
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litigate
legal contest by judicial process [chose to rather than settle] vt : to make the subject of a suit [ a claim] ;broadly : to contest or resolve in court [ an insanity defense] lit·i·ga·ble [li-tə-gə-bəl] adj
Domesmen
Domesmen, judges of men appointed to doom and determine suits and controversies, hence, 'g deme, I deem or judge, Jac. Law Dict. see DAYSMEN
Secta facienda per illam qu' habt eniciam partem
eniciam partem, a writ to compel the heir, who has the elder's part of the co-heirs, to perform suit and services for all the coparcenrs.--e.g. Brev. 177.
Anti-suit injunction
Matched in: Term Anti-suit injunction
Domicile
A.-G. of Alberta v. Cook, 1926 AC 444. For the English Courts to have jurisdiction to entertain a suit for dissolution of marriage the parties must be domiciled in England or Wales, though in the case of … establish a domicile in a place except it be animo et facto. From these considerations and rules the general conclusion may be deduced, that domicile is of three sorts: domicile by birth, domicile by choice, and domicile
Camera
It has recently been decided (contrary to what was commonly supposed to be the law) that no nullity suit or other matrimonial cause, whatever its nature, can be heard in camera unless justice cannot otherwise be administered; … Camera [fr. kam'pa, Gk.], the judge's chamber in Serjeants' Inn, Ken. Glos. --means room, chamber, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. The judge's
Extinguishment
Extinguishment, the annihilation of a collateral interest, or the supersedure of one interest by another and greater interest in that out of which it is derived. It is of various natures as applied to various … to him his seignorial rights, an enfranchisement was effected. (4) Extinguishment of Manorial incidents: and enfranchisement of customary suits and services. See COPYHOLD. (5) Extinguishment of debt. A creditor, by accepting a higher security than he had
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