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Court-leet
the freemen within the liberty who, according to the institution of Alfred, were all mutually pledged for the good behaviour of each other. It was anciently the custom to summon all the king's subjects, as they respectively … of Savoy which meets at St. Clement Danes Vestry Hall, the High Steward of the Manor presiding, a jury being empannelled one month aftr Easter and serving for a year from that date, the court being held
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Sale of goods
Sale of goods, in Entry 48 of List II Sch. VII of the Government of India Act, 1935, 'sale of goods' … which they carry in the Sale of Goods Act, 1930. The expression 'sale of goods' is a nomen juris, its essential ingredient being an agreement to sell movables for a price and property passing therein pursuant to
New trial
of a judge. If a judge misdirect a jury, even in a penal action, it is generally a good ground for a new trial. So if a judge improperly nonsuit a plaintiff. So if a judge should
Presumption
The pr'sumptio juris is a presumption established in law till the contrary be proved, as the property of goods is presumed to be in the possessor; every presumption of this kind must necessarily yield to contrary proof … a supposition, opinion, or belief pre-viously formed, Wood's Inst. 599. Presumptions have been said to be either: (1) juris et de jure (irrebuttable); or (2) juris (rebuttable); or (3) hominis vel judicis (rebuttable, of fact). (1) The
Punishment
value of forty shillings from a dwelling-house, and down to 1832 for forgery. In the former case the jury would falsely find the value of the goods stolen to be thirty-nine shillings; in the latter, a petition … convict, especially where the punishment is death, as it was down to 1810, for the offence of stealing goods to the value of forty shillings from a dwelling-house, and down to 1832 for forgery. In the former
Distringas
the goods or person of the defendant, 1 Rol. Ab. 737. See DETINUE. (4) A distringas juratores, a jury process, abolished by (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 104. In Equity a distringas was issued in these two … s. 17 substituted in its stead. (2) A distringas nuper vicecomitem, to compel the late sheriff to sell goods, etc., or to bring in the body. (3) A distringas in detinue, a special writ of execution to
Bonus judex secundum equum et bonum judicat, et equitatem stricto juri prefert
Bonus judex secundum equum et bonum judicat, et equitatem stricto juri prefert [Lat.], A good judge decides according to justice and right, and prefers equity to strict law. … Bonus judex secundum equum et bonum judicat, et equitatem stricto juri prefert [Lat.], A good judge decides according to justice and right, and prefers equity to strict law.
De fide et officio judicis non recipitur questio; sed de scientia, sive error sit juris sive facti
et officio judicis non recipitur questio; sed de scientia, sive error sit juris sive facti [Lat.], Of the good faith and intention of a judge a question cannot be entertained; but it is otherwise as to his … De fide et officio judicis non recipitur questio; sed de scientia, sive error sit juris sive facti [Lat.], Of the good faith and intention of a judge a question cannot be entertained; but
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