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Deliverance, second, writ of

costs. The plaintiff, however, is not prevented by this judgment from proceeding, for he may sue out the judicial writ of second deliverance, in execution of which the sheriff must again take the goods from the defendant … Deliverance, second, writ of. The judgment of non pros. In replevin at Common Law is, that the defendant shall have a

Separation

a husband and wife live apart from each other while remaining married, either by mutual consent or by judicial decree, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. See, further, HUSBAND AND WIFE, and JUDICIAL SEPARATION. … trustee, McGregor v. McGregor, (1888) 21 QBD 424; Sweet v. Sweet, (1895) 1 QB 12. The Court will decree specific performance of an agreement to execute a deed of immediate separation if based upon sufficient consideration, Gibbs

Action

Law of Pleading under the Codes of Civil Procedure, 3 (2nd Edn., 1899). In the sense of a judicial proceeding includes recoupment, counter-claim, set-off, suit in equity, and any other proceedings in which rights are determined, UCC … defined to be any judicial proceeding, which, if conducted to a determination, will result in a judgment or decree. The action is said to be terminate at judgment, 1 Morris M. Estate, Estate's Pleadings, Practice and Forms,

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Deposit

of two sorts, conventional, or such as are made by the mere agreement of the parties, without any judicial act; and judicial, or such as are made by order of a Court in the course of some

Reception order

emergency, etc., and of friends and relatives taking charge. A reception order can only be made by a judicial authority, i.e., a justice of the peace specially appointed, a county court judge, a stipendiary magistrate, or by

Breve

himself, or to the chancellors, judges, sheriffs, or other officers, Skene, de verb. 'Breve.' See WRIT; ORIGINAL WRIT; JUDICIAL WRIT. Breve income-tax act dicitur, quia rem de qua agitur, et intentionem patentis, paucis verbis breviter enarrat. 2 … to answer an action, complaint, etc., or whereby anything is commanded to be done in the courts, in order to do justice, etc. It is called breve, from the brevity of it, and is addressed either to

contempt

disobedience or open disrespect of the orders, authority, or dignity of a court or judge acting in a judicial capacity by disruptive language or conduct or by failure to obey the court's orders ;also : the offense … contempt 1 : willful disobedience or open disrespect of the orders, authority, or dignity of a court or judge acting in a judicial capacity by disruptive language or conduct

Quasi judicial function

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Elegit

Elegit (he has chosen), a judicial writ of execution founded on the statute of Westminster II. (13 Edw. 1, c. 18), by which it … Elegit (he has chosen), a judicial writ of execution founded on the statute of Westminster II. (13 Edw. 1, c. 18), by which it became,

Award

Divisional Court [Re Colman and Watson, 1908 (1) KB 47]. Means to grant by formal process or by judicial decree e.g. to company awarded the contact to the low bidder e.g. the jury awarded punitive damages, Black … delivered: and if the submission direct that it be delivered to the parties by a certain day, in order to be valid it must be so delivered accordingly. It is usual for an arbitrator to keep the

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