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Jus
all that took place before the judex (in judicio). Originally, even the magistratus was called judex, as, for instance, the consul and pr'tor (Liv. iii. 55); and under the empire the term 'judex' often designated the pr'ses,
Keeping a brothel
should be evidence of repeated visits by persons to the place for the purpose of prostitution. A single instance coupled with the surrounding circumstances is sufficient to establish both that the place was being used as a
Escape
As to persons of unsound mind, see Lunacy Act, 1890, ss. 85-89. See RESCUE. The act or an instance of breaking free from confine-ments restrain, or an obligation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.
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Letters of request
The mode of commencing an original suit in the Court of Arches, instead of proceeding in the first instance in the Consistory Court. These letters dispense with instituting a suit in an inferior ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and authorize
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
trespass. A trespasser acquires no right of which the rightful owner was not dispossessed by the trespasser, for instance; a trespasser occupying land held under a lease acquires no rights against the reversioner, whatever the length of
Ex officio informations
Ex officio informations, proceedings filed in the King's Bench Division by the Attorney-General, at the direct and proper instance of the Crown, in cases of such enormous misdemeanours as peculiarly tend to disturb or endanger the govern-ment,
De jure
De jure [Lat.] (by right), opposed to de facto. The most striking instance of the recognition by our law of the distinction between things de jure and de facto is found
Error of law on the face of the award
the award, means that you can find in the award or a document actually incorporated thereto, as, for instance, a note appended by the arbitrator stating the reasons for his judgment, some legal proposition which is the
Contracting out of a statute
with others in such a manner as to deprive themselves of the benefit of the statute, as, for instance, the benefit of the Employers Liability Act, 1880; see Griffiths v. Earl of Dudley, (1882) 9 QBD 357.
Bail
1906 applications for bail in felony or misdemeanour, where the party is in custody, must in the first instance be by summons at chambers for a writ of habeas corpus or to show cause why the defendant
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