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initial appearance : the first appearance of a criminal defendant before a judge or usually a magistrate called also arraignment on the warrant initial presentment ...
Appearance
Appearance, means a coming into court as a party or interested person, or as a lawyer on behalf of a party or interested person, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 95.An appearance may be expressly made by formal written or oral declaration, or record entry, or it may be implied from some act done with the intention of appearing and submitting to the court's jurisdiction. 4 Am. Jur. 2d Appearance 1, at 620 (1995).Means physical appearance and not appearance through advocate, State of West Bengal v. Pranab Ranjan Roy, (1998) 3 SCC 209. [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, ss. 167(5)(ii), 436 & 437]The word appearance is capable of having different connotations, when it is employed in different contexts. For instance where the summons or the notice issued to a party, at the initial stage, in civil proceedings, requires his appearance, it can certainly be through a recognized agent or counsel, as provided for under sub-rule (1) of Rule 1 of Order III of Civil Procedure Code. However, where the...
Initials
Initials, the first letters of names. By the (English) Civil Procedure Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 42), s. 12, it was directed that in all actions upon bills of exchange, promissory notes, or other written instruments, any of the parties to which were designated by the initial letter or letters, or some contraction of the Christian or first name or names, it should be sufficient to designate such persons by the same initial letter or letters, instead of stating them in full.Signature by initials is a good signature within the Statute of Frauds, Phillimore v. Barry, (1808) 1 Camp 513; a good signature of a will [In the goods of Wingrove, (1851) 15 Jur. 91; In the goods of Hinds, (1851) 16 Jur 1161]; and a good subscription as regards interlineations in a will [In the goods of Blewitt, (1880) 5 PD 116]. Under the Companies Act, 1929,s. 145, 'initials' includes a recognised abbreviation of a Christian name....
initiative
initiative 1 : the esp. introductory series of steps taken to cause a desired result [the deposing party would ordinarily be required to take the in arranging a deposition "Andrews v. Bradshaw, 895 P.2d 973 (1995)"] 2 a : the right to initiate legislative action b : a procedure enabling a specified number of voters by petition to propose a law and secure its submission to the electorate or to the legislature for approval see also referendum on one's own initiative : at one's own discretion : independently of outside influence, suggestion, or control [the court may reduce a sentence on its own initiative "Ghrist v. People, 897 P.2d 809 (1995)"] ...
arraignment on the warrant
arraignment on the warrant :initial appearance ...
Which initiates any disciplinary proceedings
Which initiates any disciplinary proceedings, the words 'which initiates any disciplinary proceed-ings' in relation to the Govt. and words 'against whom such proceedings are started' in relation to a member of the Service indicate that the initiation of disciplinary proceedings in the form of inquiry into charges is not the prerequisite of an order of suspension, P.R. Nayak v. Union of India, AIR 1972 SC 554: (1972) 1 SCC 332: (1972) 2 SCR 695....
initialize
to assign an initial value to a variable or set of variables in a computer program as many bugs are caused by a failure to initialize variables...
Initials
The first letters of a persons first and last name and sometimes also the first letters of the middle name or names as sign your initials in the margin people identified only by their initials...
Initiative
Initiative, means an electoral process by which a percentage of voters can propose legislation and compel a vote on it by the legislature or by the full electorate. Recognised in some State Constitutions, the initiative is one of the few methods of direct democracy in an otherwise representative system, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 788....
Initially
In an initial or incipient manner or degree at the beginning...
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