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misconduct of the officer of the Court. As where a cause is, by mistake, entered in a wrong list, and the cause is tried as undefended in the defendant's absence. (3) Default or misconduct of the jury. … at least for the Court to interfere. (1) Mistakes, etc., of a judge. If a judge misdirect a jury, even in a penal action, it is generally a good ground for a new trial. So if a

Panel

containing the names of such jurors as the sheriff returns to pass upon a trial; and empannelling a jury is nothing but the entering them into the sheriff's roll or book, Jac. Law Dict.; Co. Litt. 158 … the permanent Court or Tribunal established under the Hague Arbitration Convention. The term is often applied to the list of such medical practitioners as have agreed to administer the Medical Benefit under the National Health Insur-ance Acts.

Regulation

Cement and Chemical Industries v. Union of India, AIR 2001 SC 8. [See Constitution of India, Sch. 7, List 1, Entry 54; Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957, s. 2] Means the regulations made by … Regulation, has been defined as a rule or order prescribed for management or governance, Corpus Juris Secundum (Vol. 76, p. 615). Regulation, includes regulation, Constitution of India, Art. 13(3)(a). Means a rule or order

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Sale of goods

Sale of goods, in Entry 48 of List II Sch. VII of the Government of India Act, 1935, 'sale of goods' has the same meaning which … which they carry in the Sale of Goods Act, 1930. The expression 'sale of goods' is a nomen juris, its essential ingredient being an agreement to sell movables for a price and property passing therein pursuant to

Luxury

AIR 1976 SC 182 (190): (1976) 3 SCC 219: (1976) 2 SCR 690. (Constitution of India, Sch VII, List II, Entry 62) (ii) Luxury connotes extravagance or indulgence, as distinguished from the needs and necessities of life. … appetites or tastees; also a mode of life characterized by material abundance and gratification of expensive tastes, (Corpus Juris Secundum, Vol. IV, p. 887). Luxury, could among other meanings be defined as (1) abundance, sumptuous enjoyment; (2)

Magna Carta

of our ancestors that a person accused of crime should be tried by a superior judge and a jury, and not by an inferior magistrate. It has, however, from time to time been necessary and expedient to … London; and one breadth of dyed cloth, russets, and haberjects, that is to say, two yards within the lists, and it shall be of weights as it is of measures.' See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. The 26th, 27th,

return

[the sheriff must the execution…to the proper clerk within sixty days "J. H. Friedenthal et al."] [the grand jury ed six indictments] [ed a verdict of not guilty] 2 : to bring in or produce (as earnings … return 1 a : to give (an official account or report) to a superior (as by a list or statement) [ the names of all residents in the ward] [ a list of jurors] b :

bill

indictment : an instrument that contains the charges against a defendant and that is presented to a grand jury for determination after a preliminary hearing whether there is enough evidence to issue an indictment called also indictment … in the nature of interpleader no longer exists. bill of par·tic·u·lars [-pər-ti-kyə-lərz] : a bill containing a detailed listing and explanation of the claims made by the plaintiff NOTE: Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12, bills

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