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Audita querela [defendentis]

called because a plaintiff cannot have it) was an equitable action which lay for a person against whom judgment had been given, and who was therefore in danger of execution, or perhaps actually in execution, when he

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

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.

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Adjournment

Scadding v. Lorant, (1851) 3 HLC 418. The adjournment of a trial is in the discretion of the judge. As to adjournment of trial in the High Court, see R.SC. Ord. XXXVI., r. 34; and as to

Affidavit

given viva voce; but this may be altered by agreement of the parties, or the Court or a judge may for sufficient reason order that any particular fact or facts may be proved by affidavit, or that

Adjournment-day

Adjournment-day, a further day appointed by the Judges at the Nisi Prius sittings to try issues in fact which were not then ready for trial. See

Administration

of administration. Orders for administration by the Chancery Division are made on originating summons, and only by the judge in person. see Trist. And Coote, Prob. Pr.; R. S. C. Ord. LV., rr. 3 et seq.; Seton

Administrative act

made in a management capacity; esp. an act made outside the actor's usual field (as and when a judge supervises court personnel); an administrative act is often subject to a greater risk of liabilities than an act

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,

Administrator

powers of such limited or temporary administrators, see Whitehead v. Palmer, 1908 (1) KB 156. A County Court Judge may, in certain cases, when the estate does not exceed 200l., make an order for grant of administration.

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