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hearing 1 : a proceeding of relative formality at which evidence and arguments may be presented on the matter at issue to be decided by a person or body having decision-making authority compare trial NOTE: The purpose of a hearing is to provide the opportunity for each side of a dispute, and esp. a person who may be deprived of his or her rights, to present its position. A hearing, along with notice, is a fundamental part of procedural due process. Hearings are also held, as for example by a legislature or an administrative agency, for the purpose of gathering information and hearing the testimony of witnesses. administrative hearing : a hearing conducted by an official (as an administrative law judge) or a body (as a review board) of an administrative agency regarding an agency action and esp. an action under dispute confirmation hearing 1 : a hearing conducted by the U.S. Senate to examine a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court NOTE: Article II of the U.S. Constitution provides ...
Hearing
Hearing, an investigation of a controversy. See TRIAL.A judicial session, usu. open to the public, held for purpose of deciding issues of fact or of law, sometimes with witnesses testifying, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 725.Traditionally, testimony that is given by a witness who relates not what he or she knows personals but what others have said, and that is therefore dependent on the credibility of some one other than witness, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 725.Word hearing can admit of a very wide and liberal interpretation. It may include recording of evidence, consideration of arguments on some aspect of suit, examination of various questions relating to suit and so on. The essential perquisite is whether the Judge is applying his mind to some aspect of the case. If he is conducting some routine work or passing interlocutory orders, he can't be said to be 'hearing the suit', Sham Lal v. Rajinder Kumar Modi, AIR 1993 J&K 50. In a suit, 'hearing' can be conducted at va...
ex parte
ex parte [Medieval Latin, on behalf (of)] : on behalf of or involving only one party to a legal matter and in the absence of and usually without notice to the other party [an ex parte motion] [relief granted ex parte] used in citations to indicate the party seeking judicial relief in a case [Ex Parte Jones, 7 U.S. 2 (1866)] compare in re, inter partes ...
hearing impaired
having a hearing impairment making hearing difficult having a defective but functioning sense of hearing...
Tutius semper est errare acquietando quam in puniendo, ex parte misericordia quam ex parte justitia
Tutius semper est errare acquietando quam in puniendo, ex parte misericordia quam ex parte justitia (H.H. P.C. 290), it is always safer to err in acquitting than in punishing: on the side of mercy, then of strict justice....
Hear
To perceive by the ear to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear as to hear sounds to hear a voice to hear one call...
reaffirmation hearing
reaffirmation hearing see hearing ...
When the suit is called for hearing
When the suit is called for hearing, the expression 'when the suit is called for hearing' refers to the date which is stated in the summons issued to the defendant for appearing in the court, Jaspal Singh v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi, AIR 1972 Del 230 (232), (Civil PC 1908, O. 9, R. 8)...
Waring, Ex parte, Rule of
Waring, Ex parte, Rule of. The principle established in Ex parte Waring, (1815) 19 Ves. 345, that securities held by the acceptor of a bill against his acceptances are available to the bill-holders if both acceptor and drawer are insolvent, even though the bill-holders had no knowledge that the securities had been appropriated for the purpose....
First hearing of application
First hearing of application, The word first hearing of the application as used in proviso (i) to sub-s. (2) of s. 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 does not mean the day fixed for return of the summons or the returnable day but the day when the Court applies its mind to the case, Sham Lal v. Atma Nand Jain Sabha, AIR 1987 SC 197: (1987) 1 SCC 222: (1987) 1 SCR 509....
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