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Judicial documents

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file

case ;broadly : to conclude (a case) without a determination on its merits 3 : to initiate (a judicial or administrative proceeding) by submitting the proper documents or following proper procedure : bring [threatened to charges] [two

summons

appear in court: as a : a document in a civil suit that is issued by an authorized judicial officer (as a clerk of court) and delivered to a plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney for service on … sum·mons·es [-mən-zəz] : a written notification that one is required to appear in court: as a : a document in a civil suit that is issued by an authorized judicial officer (as a clerk of court) and

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Fabricating false evidence

document containing a false statement intending that such circumstance..... or false statement may appear in evidence in a judicial proceeding..... and that such circumstance......... or false statement, so appearing in evidence, may cause any person who in … the offence of fabricating false evidence. It reads thus: 'Whoever causes any circumstances to exist... or makes any document containing a false statement intending that such circumstance..... or false statement may appear in evidence in a judicial

Precedent

AC 75. The deci-sions of a judge at Nisi Prius are not considered binding. The decisions of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council are not binding on the High Court, though of course treated with great … such as Bullen and Leake's Precedents of Pleadings, or of forms of wills, settlements, leases, mortgages, and other documents in ordinary use which are made and published from time to time as models which a practitioner can

requests for production of documents

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Statute

forth in a formal document, Webster American Dictionary, p. 1425. Statute, is synonymous with Act of Parliament, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Vol. 3, p. 2544. Statute, is the will of the legislature i.e. an edict of the legislature. … Edn., p. 1420. Statute, is a law passed by a legislative body and set forth in a formal document, Webster American Dictionary, p. 1425. Statute, is synonymous with Act of Parliament, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Vol. 3, p.

Public officer

authenticate or keep any document, or to take charge of dispose of any property, or to execute any judicial process, or to administer any oath, or to interpret, or to preserve order, in the Court, and every … to investigate or report on any matter of law or fact, or to make, authenticate or keep any document, or to take charge of dispose of any property, or to execute any judicial process, or to administer

notice

document containing notice [filed a of appeal] 6 : recognition or attention esp. by a court see also judicial notice vt no·ticed no·tic·ing 1 : to make known through notice [appeals noticed for the coming session] [a … cause a reasonable party to inquire further see also implied notice in this entry 5 : a written document containing notice [filed a of appeal] 6 : recognition or attention esp. by a court see also judicial

justice of the peace

justice of the peace :a local judicial official who is empowered chiefly to administer oaths, perform marriage ceremonies, certify documents, and in some states may

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