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litigious

an excessive degree [a stubbornly defendant] 2 : subject to litigation [acquired only a possible claim "Wells v. Joseph, 95 So.

Procedure

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

Multiplicity

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

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preclude

this jurisdiction]: as a : to prevent (a party) from litigating an action or claim esp. by collateral estoppel or res

relitigate

relitigate -gat·ed -gat·ing vt : to litigate (a case or a matter) again or anew vi :

Cause of action

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

Obdurate legal obscurantism

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

Prejudice, without

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

Increase of Rent and Mortgage (Restrictions) Acts (English)

ambiguous drafting of these Acts has given rise to much litigation: see Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1920

Occasio

tenants for his necessity (2) Hindrance or trouble esp., vexatious litigation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1106.

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