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liminality

that temporary state during a rite of passage when the participant lacks social status or rank is required to follow specified forms of conduct and is expected to show obedience and humility

in limine

in limine [Latin, on the threshold] : at the beginning : as a preliminary matter ;specif : before a particular

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motion in limine

motion in limine see motion

In limine

In limine (at the outset), preliminary

Dismissed

(1971) 1 SCC 583: AIR 1971 SC 2242: (1971) 3 SCR 646. Power to dismiss an appeal in limine is a power which must be exercised sparingly and with great circumspection. One would think a conviction for

Rejected

some of the High Courts to dismiss petitions filed under Article 226 or 227 of the Constitution in limine without a speaking order just by the use of a laconic word 'rejected' or 'dismissed'. Quite often the

Voluntary conveyance

grantee,' since an intent to defraud creditors is the gist of the action and must be proved in limine. As to good consideration, see CONSIDERATION (end of title). By the (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1914, s. 42:- (1)

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