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Jurisdictional limits

Jurisdictional limits, means the geographic bound-aries or the constitutional or statutory limits within which a court's authority may be exercised, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 857...


Jurisdictional Servitude

Jurisdictional Servitude, a phrase which implies that the court (Supreme Court) is bound by its own jurisdictional limits. 'The bench, with all its limits to breakthrough, is bound by a jurisdictional servitude' [Shiv Mohan Singh v. State of Delhi, AIR 1977 SC 949 (953), para 15]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)...


International Law

International Law. I. Public Law: The law of nations, strictly so called, was in a great measure unknown to antiquity, and is the slow growth of modern times, under the combined influence of Christianity, intercourse, commerce and war.II. Private Law (Conflict of Laws): It is plain that the laws of one country can have no intrinsic force, proprio vigore, except within the territorial limits and jurisdiction of that country. They can bind only its own subjects and others who are within its jurisdictional limits; and the latter only while they remain therein. No other nation, or its subjects, is bound to yield the slightest obedience to those laws. Whatever extra-territorial force they are to have is the result not of any original power to extend them abroad, but of that respect which, from motives of public policy, other nations are disposed to yield to them, giving them effect, as the phrase is, sub mutu' vicissitudinis obtentu, with a wise and liberal regard to common convenience and ...


Jurisdictional fact

Jurisdictional fact, is a fact which must exist before a court, tribunal or an Authority assumes jurisdiction over a particular matter. Jurisdictional fact is one on existence or non-existence of which depends jurisdiction of a court, a tribunal or authority. It is a fact upon which an administrative agency's power to act depends, Arunkumar v. Union of India, (2006) 12 JT 121: (2006) 9 SCALE 320: (2006) 7 Supreme 607.Jurisdictional fact, is one on existence or non-existence of which depends assumption or refusal to assume jurisdiction by a Court, Tribunal or an authority. It can explain as a fact which must exist before a court can properly assume jurisdiction of a particular case, Shrisht Dhawan v. Shaw Brothers, AIR 1992 SC 1555 (1563): (1992) 1 SCC 534...


jurisdictional amount

jurisdictional amount : the amount or value that a matter in controversy must exceed in order for the federal courts to have diversity jurisdiction NOTE: The jurisdictional amount is set by statute and is currently $50,000. ...


jurisdictional strike

jurisdictional strike see strike ...


Jurisdictional

Of or pertaining to jurisdiction as jurisdictional rights...


Concurrent jurisdictions

Concurrent jurisdictions, the jurisdiction of several different tribunals, both authorized to deal with the same subject-matter at the choice of the suitor. Inequity, the jurisdiction was concurrent where no complete relief was obtainable at law. It was exercised in order to avoid circuity of action or multiplicity of suits. See UNSOUND MIND....


Limitation of actions and prosecutions

Limitation of actions and prosecutions. By various statutes, of which the first was 21 Jac. 1, c. 16, the (English) Limitation Act, 1623, and the principal succeeding ones, the Real Property Limitation Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 42), the (English) Civil Procedure Act (3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 27) [see Read v. Price, (1909) 2 KB 724], and 37 & 38 Vict. c. 57, the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1874, certain periods are fixed within which, upon the principle Interest reipublic' ut sit finis litium, particular actions must be brought or proceedings taken.In the case of simple contract the remedy on the contract is barred, leaving the creditor free to enforce his claims by other means which may be still available, such as enforcing a lien, subsequent acknowledgment by the debtor or appropriation of payments, but not by way of set-off (9 Geo. 4, c. 14, s. 3). In regard to land, the right to it is destroyed after the statutory period and neither re-entry nor acknowledgment after the laps...


Period of limitation

Period of limitation, connotes the period of years, months or days prescribed by law impassing limitation. It does not refer to a period after expiry of which no proceedings can be instituted, District Collector, Kottayam v. Cheriyan Marriamna, (1969) Ker LT 748.Means the period of limitation prescribed for any suit, appeal or application by the Schedule, and 'prescribed period' means the period of limitation computed in accordance with the provisions of this Act. [Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963), s. 2 (j)]The 'period of limitation' is defined in s. 2(j) of the Limitation Act, 1963, and 'means the period of limitation prescribed for any suit, appeal or application by the Schedule, and 'prescribed period' means the period of limitation computed in accordance with the provisions of this Act'. Whenever, therefore, under s. 12 a prescribed period of limitation has to be computed certain days are permitted to be excluded in order that a person who desires to appeal is not put to any incon...


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