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Local actions
Matched in: Term Local actions
local action
Matched in: Term local action
Venue
a jury are to come for trial of causes. See Co. Litt. 125 a, and Hargrave's note (2). Local actions must, before the Jud. Act, have been brought in the county in which the cause of action
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Public Authorities, Protection of
of. Very numerous statues have from time to time protected justices of the peace, constables, surveyors of highways, local boards and other public authorities from vexatious actions for things done in pursuance of the Acts. This protection … time protected justices of the peace, constables, surveyors of highways, local boards and other public authorities from vexatious actions for things done in pursuance of the Acts. This protection was given by requiring the plaintiff to give
bar
from bringing a claim or action [plaintiffs are barred by the judgment…from relitigating their claims "Roach v. Teamsters Local Union No. 688, 595 F.2d 446 (1979)"] see also estop compare merge bar·ra·ble adj
Joinder of causes of action
Matched in: Term Joinder of causes of action
transitory action
Matched in: Term transitory action
preclude
[they are precluded only because they failed to assert…the grounds for recovery they now assert "Roach v. Teamsters Local Union No. 688, 595 F.2d 446 (1979)"] b : to prevent (a claim or action) from being litigated
Improvement area
out the area by agreement or compulsorily; see ss. 38 and 39 of the 1936 Act. Before taking action under the resolution the local authority must give an undertaking to find suitable accommodation for persons who may … Improvement area. Local authorities who have passed a resolution under the provisions of the (English) Housing Act, 1930, s. 7, declaring
Nisi prius
to be sent into every county once a year to take these assizes there, 1 Reeves, 246. These local trials being convenient, were applied to other actions: for by the statute of Nisi Prius, 13 Edw. 1, … Nisi prius, a Common Law phrase, which originated thus: An action was formerly triable only in the Court where it was brought. But it was provided by Magna Charta,
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