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Leave to defend

defendant should within twelve days obtain leave to appear and defend the action, allowed the plaintiff to sign judgment on proof of service. This procedure was retained by the (English) Judicature Act, 1875, Ord. II., r. 6,

King's Counsel

13 & 14 Vict. c. 25 (repealed by (English) Stat. Law Rev. Act, 1875), they might act as judges of assize when named in the commission, and may, and often do, act as such judges, as being

Juratores sunt judices facti

Juratores sunt judices facti [Lat.], Juries are the judges of fact Juratores sunt judices facti. Jenk. Cent. 61.--(Juries are the judges of fact.)

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Judicial office and Judicial officer

the Constitution for establishing an independent judiciary is very clear. Article 236(b) defines 'judicial service' to mean district Judges and Judges subordinate thereto. Holder of 'judicial office' under Article 217(2)(a) means the person who exercises only judicial

Judicial experience

experience, 'judicial experience' would mean the knowledge or skill gained by a person by actually working as a judge in a court of law. In other words it denotes the experience which a judge obtains by regular

Judicial discretion

Judicial discretion, signifies unrestrained exercise of choice or will; freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of will, the liberty of power of acting without other control than one's own judgment, Reliance

Judicial definitions

not be weighed in golden scales. The tendency is to try to interpret the langu-age implode by the judges in the judicial definition as if it has been transformed into a statutory definition. That is wrong. Always,

Judicial capacity

Judicial capacity, is an ambivalent term which means 'capacity of or proper to a Judge' and is capable of taking in all functional capacities of a Judge whether administrative, adjudicatory or any other,

Judicial and administrative functions

be divided broadly into judical and administrative functions. The judicial functions are to be discharged essentially by the Judges as per the rules of the Court and cannot be delegated. However, administrative functions need not necessarily be

Judicial administration

Judicial administration, is an integrated function of the Judge and cannot suffer any diss. so far as maintenance of high standards of rectitude in judicial administration is

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