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Appellate Jurisdiction Acts, 1876, 1887, 1913 and 1929

House of Lords as a Court of Appeal. An appeal lies to the House of Lords from any judgment or order of the Court of Appeal in England, and also from certain Courts in Scotland and Ireland.

Application

Application, a request, a motion to a Court or judge; the disposal of a thing. A prayer made to an authority for relief to set aside an order

Appointment of persons to be and the posting

in article 233 have been held to mean initial appointment by direct recruitment of persons to be District Judges and the posting mentioned there is the initial posting, High Court of Punjab and Haryana v. State of

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Approver, or Prover

vulgarly called 'King's evidence.' This testimony must necessarily be of an unsatisfactory nature, and the practice is for Judges to leave it to juries with the direction not to believe it unless corroborated in some material particular

Advocate

entered in such roll of advocates and whose name continues to be on that roll, Jethanand Betab v. Judges of Punjab High Court, AIR 1962 SC 742 (744): 1962 Supp (1) SCR 961. (Bar Councils Act, 1926,

Administrative warrant

Administrative warrant, means a warrant issued by a judge at the request of an administrative agency. This type of warrant is sought to conduct an administrative search,

Samson

An Israelite of Bible record see Judges xiii distinguished for his great strength hence a man of extraordinary physical strength

Acta exteriora indicant interiora secreta

Acta exteriora indicant interiora secreta [Lat.], External actions show internal secrets. The law, in some cases, judges of a man's previous intentions by his subsequent acts. On this principle, if a man abuse and authority

Shibboleth

the Ephraimites from the Gileadites The Ephraimites not being able to pronounce sh called the word sibboleth See Judges xii

A court immediately below

determining whether an aggrieved party has a right to appeal, other conditions being fulfilled, is not whether the judgment is of a court subordinate to the High Court but whether the judgment is of a court immediately

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