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inconvenient forum : an inappropriate or oppressive forum (as one in a distant jurisdiction) for a legal action ;esp : one to which the doctrine of forum non conveniens is applicable ...
unreasonable
unreasonable : not reasonable : beyond what can be accepted: as a : clearly inappropriate, excessive, or harmful in degree or kind [an delay] [an restraint of trade] b : lacking justification in fact or circumstance [an inference] ;esp : irrational [the agency decision was ] c : not supported by a warrant or by a valid exception to a warrant requirement (as when there is reasonable suspicion) and therefore unconstitutional [the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against searches and seizures, shall not be violated "U.S. Constitution amend. IV"] see also search, seizure un·rea·son·able·ness n un·rea·son·ably adv ...
Ill timed
Done attempted or said at an unsuitable or unpropitious time occurring at an inappropriate time as an ill timed intervention...
Improper
Not proper not suitable not fitted to the circumstances design or end unfit not becoming incongruous inappropriate indecent as an improper medicine improper thought behavior language dress...
Inappropriate
Not instrument to not appropriate unbecoming unsuitable not specially fitted followed by to or for...
Incongruous
Not congruous reciprocally disagreeing not capable of harmonizing or readily assimilating inharmonious inappropriate unsuitable not fitting inconsistent improper as an incongruous remark incongruous behavior action dress etc...
Misname
To call by the wrong name to give a wrong or inappropriate name to...
Appointed
Appointed, the word 'appointed' is inappropriate to signify the constitution of any authority but is quit proper to signify the selection or the personnel of the already constituted authority to exercise the appellate powers of that authority, State of Assam v. Sristikar, AIR 1957 SC 414 (424). [Assam Revenue Tribunal (Transfer of Powers) Act, (4 of 1948), s. 3(3)]...
Cinque Ports
Cinque Ports [quinque prtus, Lat.], certain anciently enfranchised havens, lying on the coast towards France. In the time of Edward the Confessor there were only there ports, viz., Dover, Sandwich, and Rommey; but in the time of William the Conqueror Hastings and Hythe were added, making five, whence the name Cinque Ports. Winchelsea and Rye were afterwards added by or before the accession of King John, but the old name, though now become inappropriate, was still retained. The (English) Cinque Ports Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 48), abolishes all jurisdiction and authority of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle, in or in relation to the administration of justice in actions, suits, or other civil proceedings at law or in equity, but with a saving (s. 10) of his Admiralty jurisdiction and certain other rights. The office of Lord Warden is still one of great dignity, and is always held by some person of eminence....
Clause Rolls
Clause Rolls [rotuli clausi, Lat.] contain all such matters of record as were committed to close writs; these rolls are preserved in the Tower. See CLOSE ROLLS.Sealed rolls containing royal writs and other documents that the sovereign deemed inappropriate for the public records, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
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