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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 arose;
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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
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 … : as a : to act as a bar to (as a claim or action) [liberative prescription s actions "Louisiana Civil Code"] [final judgment barred the subsequent claim] b : to prevent (a party) from bringing a
Joinder of causes of action
extend to repelling or ejectment; and where two or more of the causes of action so joined were local, and arose indifferent counties, the venue might be laid in either of such counties, but the court or … Joinder of causes of action, coupling two or more matters in the same suit or proceeding. Under the (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s.
transitory action
an action that may be brought in any venue where there is personal jurisdiction over the defendant compare local action … transitory action : an action that may be brought in any venue where there is personal jurisdiction over the defendant
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 … collateral estoppel or res judicata [the Civil Service Reform Act provides the exclusive address for adverse federal employment actions and thus s claims brought under the Tort Claims Act "National Law Journal"] pre·clu·sion [-klü-zhən] n pre·clu·sive [-klü-siv]
Improvement area
Improvement area. Local authorities who have passed a resolution under the provisions of the (English) Housing Act, 1930, s. 7, declaring … 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
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,
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