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judicial confession
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Confessio facta in judicio omni probatione major est
Confessio facta in judicio omni probatione major est [Lat.], A confession made in judicial proceedings if of greater force than all proof.
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decree
of decretus, past participle of decernere to decide] 1 : an order having the force of law [by judicial ] 2 : a judicial decision esp. in an equity or probate court ;broadly : judgment [divorce ] … a decree entered by a court based on a defendant's default and the presumption that the allegations are confessed compare default judgment at judgment final decree : a decree that disposes of an action by determining all
Adultery
a private Act of Parliament) upon the ground of his wife's adultery, and a wife could obtain a judicial separation on the ground of her husband's adultery, or a dissolution of marriage on the ground of his … first transport of passion, he is only guilty of manslaughter, and this has been extended to a sudden confession by a wife of past adultery, R. v. Rothwell, (1871) 12 Cox CC 145; Rex v. Jones, (1908)
Specific performance
cardinal rule of natural justice that a person should perform his agreement enforces, pursuant to a regulated and judicial discretion, the actual accomplishment of a thing stipulated for, on the ground that what is lawfully agreed to … fully set forth in the plaintiff's claim, and the defendant puts in his answer or defence thereto, and confesses the agreement. By the Judicature Act, 1873, s. 34 [see now (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 56 (1)],
Marriage
without any such process. Moreover, the promise must either be proved by writing of the promisor, or by confession of it on oath. The result is that if the promise was not in writing the promise cannot … Burns v. Burns, cited in the Report of the Marriage Commission, 1868), but the question has not been judicially decided. Irregular marriages require to be registered within twenty-one days by appearance before a sheriff and are not
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