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Poor person

Poor person, includes any poor or indigent person applying for or receiving relief (Poor Law Act, 1930). As litigant, see IN FORM' PAUPERIS.

Post litem motam

Post litem motam (after the commencement of litiga-tion),depositions, etc. Where they relate to the subject of suit, they are not admissible as a rule when made

Preclude

Preclude, means to prevent from litigating an action or claim especially by collateral estoppel or res judicata, Roach v. Teamsters Local Union No. 688,

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gives the occupier a valid and unassilable title, by depriving all claimants of every stale right and deferred litigation, now mainly governed by the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1833, (3 & 4 Wm 4, c. 27);

Proved to the satisfaction of the court

coming to certain terms voluntarily and of a free will so as to put an end to the litigation pending between them in the court, C.K. Chandrahas Shetty v. Jayaram Sasani, AIR 1970 Mys 209.

Reus

Reus, a defendant, properly the debtor to whom the question was put. Rei, the parties or litigants, Cum. C.L. 251. Means a party to a suit, whether plaintiff or defendant, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,

Rambo lawyer

Rambo lawyer, means a lawyer, especially a litigator who uses aggressive, unethical, or illegal tactics in representing a client and who lacks courtesy and professionalism in

Receiver

debtor's property. A receiver may also be appointed by way of 'equitable execution' where the property of a litigant against whom judgment has been obtained cannot be made available by fi. fa., elegit, or other ordinary process

Reconvention

Reconvention, an action by a defendant against a plaintiff in a former action; a cross-bill or litigation, Ibid. The act or process of making counterclaim, Black's Law Dictionary. Means the act or process of making

Related witness and interested witness

witness may be called 'interested' only when he or she derives some benefit from the result of a litigation; in the decree in a civil case, or in seeing an accused person punished. A witness who is

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Poor person

Poor person, includes any poor or indigent person applying for or receiving relief (Poor Law Act, 1930). As litigant, see IN FORM' PAUPERIS.

Post litem motam

Post litem motam (after the commencement of litiga-tion),depositions, etc. Where they relate to the subject of suit, they are not admissible as a rule when made

Preclude

Preclude, means to prevent from litigating an action or claim especially by collateral estoppel or res judicata, Roach v. Teamsters Local Union No. 688,

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Prescription

gives the occupier a valid and unassilable title, by depriving all claimants of every stale right and deferred litigation, now mainly governed by the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1833, (3 & 4 Wm 4, c. 27);

Proved to the satisfaction of the court

coming to certain terms voluntarily and of a free will so as to put an end to the litigation pending between them in the court, C.K. Chandrahas Shetty v. Jayaram Sasani, AIR 1970 Mys 209.

Reus

Reus, a defendant, properly the debtor to whom the question was put. Rei, the parties or litigants, Cum. C.L. 251. Means a party to a suit, whether plaintiff or defendant, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,

Rambo lawyer

Rambo lawyer, means a lawyer, especially a litigator who uses aggressive, unethical, or illegal tactics in representing a client and who lacks courtesy and professionalism in

Receiver

debtor's property. A receiver may also be appointed by way of 'equitable execution' where the property of a litigant against whom judgment has been obtained cannot be made available by fi. fa., elegit, or other ordinary process

Reconvention

Reconvention, an action by a defendant against a plaintiff in a former action; a cross-bill or litigation, Ibid. The act or process of making counterclaim, Black's Law Dictionary. Means the act or process of making

Related witness and interested witness

witness may be called 'interested' only when he or she derives some benefit from the result of a litigation; in the decree in a civil case, or in seeing an accused person punished. A witness who is

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