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Cognizance, or conusance

Cognizance, or conusance, the hearing of a thing judicially; also an acknowledgment of a fine; and in replevin it was, before the Judicature Acts the name for … of a thing judicially; also an acknowledgment of a fine; and in replevin it was, before the Judicature Acts the name for the pleading of a defendant who acted as bailiff, etc., to another in making a

Cooumlrdination

in the same order class rank dignity etc as the cooumlrdination of the executive the legislative and the judicial authority in forming a government the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results harmonious

All acts theretofore

All acts theretofore, occurring under section 37(1) of the Provincial Insolvency Act will not include the judicial order passed by the court, Tukaram Ramchandra Mane v. Rajaram Bapu Lakule, (1998) 4 SCC 317.

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Actus Judiciarius coram non judice irritus habetur, de ministeriali autem a quocunque provenit ratum esto

Actus Judiciarius coram non judice irritus habetur, de ministeriali autem a quocunque provenit ratum esto [Lat.], A judicial act done in excess of authority is not binding; otherwise as to a ministerial act.

piercing the corporate veil

piercing the corporate veil The judicial act of imposing personal liability on otherwise immune corporate officers, directors and shareholders for a corporation's fraudulent or wrongful

In the opinion of the custodian

not intended to invest the Custodian with arbitrary authority. In forming his opinion, he was bound to act judicially, Custodian of Evacuee Property v. Rabia Bai, (1976) 4 SCC 270: AIR 1976 SC 2557. [Administration of Evacuee

A mensa et thoro

the marriage, so that neither of them could marry during the life of the other. A decree of judicial separation has been substituted for this kind of divorce by the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857 (20 & 21

elisor

stead), elector, from eslire to select, from Old French, ultimately from Latin eligere to choose, elect] : a judicial officer appointed to act in the stead of a sheriff when the sheriff and any other authorized official

Compassing

design to effect; but this compassing or imagining, being an act of the mind, cannot fall under any judicial cognizance unless it be demonstrated by some open, or overt, act, See 4 Bl. Com. 78.

Manufacture, Production

Manufacture, Production, the words 'manufacture' and 'production' have received extensive judicial attention both under this Act as well as Central Excise Act and the various Sales Tax Laws. The

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