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Petition of Right

execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrongs and oppressions contrary to their just rights and liberties, the preservation whereof he holds himself in conscience obliged as of his own prerogative.' This

Pignus

thing was transferred to the pledgee, and hypotheca, when the pledgor retained it in his possession. See Sant. Just.; 2 Steph. Com.

Plus petitio, or Pluris petitio

demand (in the intentio of the formula) more than his due. It happens in four ways. See Sand. Just.

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Possessio

necessary to usucapio, is called possessio civilis, and all other possessio as opposed to civilis is naturalis, Sand. Just.

Post-obit Bond

the person dealing with such heir can prove satisfactorily that the stipulated payment is not more than a just indemnity for the hazard. Even the sale of a post-obit bond at public auction will not necessarily give

Prescription

a quiet and uninterrupted possession of anything for a long period of years is supposed to have a just right, without which he would not have been suffered to continue in the enjoyment of it. For a

Public nuisance

it is necessary to show that a substantive section of the public has been affected, as opposed to just a few individuals, Strouds Judicial Dictionary, Vol. 2, p. 212

Public prosecutor

and like every advocate practicing before court, he owes an obligation to the court to be fair and just, Sheonandan Paswan v. State of Bihar, AIR 1987 SC 877: (1987) 1 SCC 288: (1987) 1 SCR 702.

Reasonable

or absurd, it must he held to be reasonable. 'The action is called reasonable which an informed, intelligent, just minded, civilized man could rationally favour. The concept of reasonable-ness does not exclude notions of morality and ethics.

Reasonable action

Reasonable action, means which is an informed, intelligent just minded, civilized man could rationally favour, R.K. Garg v. Union of India, 1982 SCC (Tax) 30.

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