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Litigious

Litigious, means 'inviting controversy, relating to or marked by litigation', that which is the subject of law suit (Black's Law Dictionary).Means disputable or marked by intention to quarrel, (Webster Third New International Dictionary).Means disputed (Oxford Dictionary)...

Questman, or Questmonger

Questman, or Questmonger, means an instigator of a lawsuit or prosecution, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1260.Starter of law-suits or prosecutions; also a person chosen to inquire into abuses, especially such as relate to weights and measures; also a church-warden, See Prid. Churchwarden's Guide....

Third party plaintiff

Third party plaintiff, means a defendant who files a pleading in an effort to bring a third party into the law suit, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1489....

uti possidetis

uti possidetis [Late Latin, as you (now) possess (it); from the wording of an interdict in Roman law enjoining both parties in a suit to maintain the status quo until the decision] : a principle in international law that recognizes a peace treaty between parties as vesting each with the territory and property under its control unless otherwise stipulated ...

Actitation

Actitation, a debating of law suits...

Circuity of action

Circuity of action, a longer course of proceeding to recover a thing sued for than is needful--Terms de la Ley; also a general term denoting inter alia a multiplicity of law suits. Wherever the rights of the litigant parties were such that the defendant would be entitled to recover back from the plaintiff the same sum which the plaintiff sought to recover, the defendant might plead the facts which constitute such right as a defence, in order to avoid circuity of action, Bullen & Leake, Prec. of Plead., 3rd ed., p. 558. Now all the counterclaims may be raised in the defence to an action. See Jud. Act, 1873, s. 24(3), and Judicature Act, 1925, s. 39; see also ss. 59 (2) and 61 of the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882. See COUNTERCLAIM.One of the most beneficial functions of the Chancery Courts was exercised in its concurrent jurisdiction under which all parties concerned were brought before the Court before deciding an action, and see also the third party procedure under R.S.C. Ord. XVI., r. 4...

Compromise, Settlement

Compromise, Settlement, the expression com-promise means settlement of difference by mutual concessions. It is an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims by reciprocal modification of demands. As per Terms de la Ley, 'compromise is a mutual promise of two or more parties that are at controversy'. As per Bouvier it is 'an agreement between two or more persons, who, to avoid a law suit, amicably settle their differences, on such terms as they can agree upon'. The word 'compromise' implies some element of accommodation on each side. It is not apt to describe total surrender. A compromise is always bilateral and means mutual adjustment. 'Settlement' is termination of legal proceeding by mutual consent, State of Punjab v. Phulan Rani, (2004) 7 SCC 555 (557): AIR 2004 SC 4105. [Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, s. 23(3)(5)]...

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