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Security for costs

position of a plaintiff; or from a person compelled to litigate. Security for costs may extend as well to past as

Multiplicity

a single cause of suit, and thus multiplying subjects of litigation. Equity discourages unreasonable litigation. It would not, therefore, permit a

Procedure

SCR 621. The mode in which the successive steps in litigation are taken. The procedure of the Common Law courts was

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Prize Court

commission under the Great Seal, during war or until the litigations incident to war have been brought to a conclusion. It

Prejudice, without

between parties in the course of negotiate on, or between litigants before action or after action, but before trial or verdict.

Obdurate legal obscurantism

oppose enquiry, enlightenment or reform, '...the obdurate legal obscurantism of litigants leads to protraction of proceedings' [Jas Raj v. Hem Raj,

Collusion

a fictitious cause proposed to him, there is no party litigating ... no real interest brought into question and to use

Cause of action

civil matter means that it should be left to the litigant to institute cases at Lucknow Bench or at Allahabad Bench

settlement

agreement reducing or resolving differences ;esp : an agreement between litigants that concludes the litigation [the states finally agreed upon a

preclude

b : to prevent (a claim or action) from being litigated esp. by collateral estoppel or res judicata [the Civil Service

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