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Uses
legal seisin of the land. See DOWER. (6) The cestui que use might have been impanelled on a jury, 2 Hen. 5, c. 3. (7) The feoffee to uses, being complete owner of the land at law, … not have been taken in execution for the debts of the cestui que use; for there was no process at Common Law but against legal estates. (9) A use, not being an object of tenure, was therefore
Discharge
a duty. A sheriff is said to be discharged of his prisoner; a prisoner discharged from custody; a jury discharged from the cause. See next title. A rule nisi is discharged when the Court decides that it … different. An order of discharge in a warrant case instituted on complaint, can be made only after the process has been issued and before the charge is framed. S. 253(1) shows that as a general rule there
Regulation
Municipality v. Talcher Regulated Market Committee, (2004) 6 SCC 178 (181). (Orissa Municipalities Act, 1950) The act or process of controlling by rule or restriction, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1289. The word 'free' in Article … 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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Presumption
other proved facts. While inferring the existence of a fact from another, the court is only applying a process of intelligent reasoning which the mind of a prudent man would do under similar circumstances. Presumption is not … a supposition, opinion, or belief pre-viously formed, Wood's Inst. 599. Presumptions have been said to be either: (1) juris et de jure (irrebuttable); or (2) juris (rebuttable); or (3) hominis vel judicis (rebuttable, of fact). (1) The
Extent
extent; issue is then joined, and it is decided either on demurrer or by a trial before a jury. If judgment be given for the Crown, it is that the subject take nothing by his traverse or … of such judgment, etc.), unless a writ of extent, or of diem clausit extremum, or other writ or process of execution, has been issued and registered before the execution of the conveyance or mortgage; See now (English)
Consultation
Jammu & Kashmir, (1982) 3 SCC 412: AIR 1982 SC 1579: (1983) 1 SCR 593. Consultation is a process which requires meeting of minds between the parties involved in the process of consultation on the material facts … Edition, 1960, Volume 9, page 3) to 'consult' is defined as 'to discuss something together, to deliberate'. Corpus Juris Secundum (Volume 16A, Edn. 1956, page 1242) also says that the word 'consult' is frequently defined as meaning
judgment
punishment to be imposed ;specif : sentence 2 : the action of judging : the mental or intellectual process of forming an opinion or making a decision ;also : an opinion or decision so formed business judgment … a motion by a defendant whose motion for a directed verdict was denied and that sets aside the jury's verdict in favor of a judgment in accordance with the motion for directed verdict called also judgment non
jurisdiction
held in a series of decisions that the exercise of personal jurisdiction must meet the requirements of due process and must not violate notions of fair play and substantial justice. The constitutional standard to determine whether a … jurisdiction [Latin jurisdictio, from juris, genitive of jus law + dictio act of saying, from dicere to say] 1
voir dire
prospective jurors to determine which are qualified (as by freedom from bias) and suited for service on a jury vt voir dired voir dir·ing : to examine in a voir dire proceeding [a motion to voir dire … judge admitted the witness's expert testimony after a voir dire by the attorney] ;esp : the act or process of questioning prospective jurors to determine which are qualified (as by freedom from bias) and suited for service
Enforce
shades of meaning and applicability, but it does not necessarily imply actual force or coercion. As applied to process, the term implies execution and embraces all the legal means of collecting a judgment, including proceedings supplemental to … implies execution and embraces all the legal means of collecting a judgment, including proceedings supplemental to execution (corpus juris secundum) Hameed Joharan v. Abdul Salam, (2001) 7 SCC 573.
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