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Sederunt, Acts of

Courts. Generally speaking, Acts of Sederunt regulate procedure in Scots litigation, terms of membership of legal Societies, etc. A quorum of

Chose

that a different rule would be the occasion of multiplying litigation: as it would in effect be transferring a lawsuit to

Stare decisis

follow earlier judicial decisions when some points arise again in litigation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1414. Stare decisis is

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Step in aid of execution of the decree

and the present case is indeed a peculiar one with litigation raised on two fronts; the parties with diametrically opposite avowed

Sufficient cause

to determine the cause laid by the State vis-a-vis private litigant could be laid to prove strict standards of sufficient cause,

Suit

proceedings may be various but that if a right is litigated between parties in a court of justice the proceeding by

Suppletory oath

Suppletory oath, the oath of a litigant party in the spiritual and civil law courts

Sacramentum

a thing staked as a wager on the result of litigation, but an oath by each party as to justice of

Temporary restraining order

order, means a court order preserving the status-quo until a litigant's applica-tion for a preliminary or permanent injunction can be heard,

Theory of the case

judgment or decree of a court in favour of a litigant, the particular line of reasoning of either party to a

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