Merit - Law Dictionary Search Results
Judgment
of the Letters Patent and no appeal lies therefrom under the Letters Patent, as it neither affects the merits of the controversy between the parties in the suit itself, nor does it terminate or dispose of the
De bene esse
but when it comes to be more fully examined or tried, to stand or fall according to the merit of the thing in its own nature (Jac. Law Dict.). in modern times the term is chiefly used
Respondeat ouster
or order that a party who made a dilatory plea that has been denied must now plead on merits, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1313. Means 'let him make further answer'. A judgment or order that
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Entertain
to cl. (b) of Or. 21, r. 90,Civil Procedure Code,1908 means 'adjudicate upon' or 'proceed to consider on merits' and not 'initiation of proceeding', Hindusthan Commercial Bank Ltd. v. Punnu Sahu (1971) 3 SCC 124: AIR 1970
Default
The defendant allows judgment by default either intentionally or through mistake or neglect; intentionally, where he has no merits, or where he does so according to a previous agreement with the plaintiff; through mistake, when he delivers
Bias
SC 2050 (2056). A predisposition to decide for or against one party without proper regard to the true merits of the dispute is bias. Personal bias is one of the three major limbs of bias namely pecuniary
judgment
evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction called also directed verdict directed verdict of acquittal judgment on the merits : a judgment made after consideration of the substantive as distinguished from procedural issues in a case judgment
final
decision that precludes the right to appeal or to continue a case in any other court upon the merits: as a : being a decision for which availability of appeal has been exhausted and concerning which a
Deserve
To earn by service to be worthy of something due either good or evil to merit to be entitled to as the laborer deserves his wages a work of value deserves praise
Old tenures
to landed property in the reign of Edward III. it is a very scanty tract, but has the merit of having led the way to Littleton's famous work, 3 Reeves, 151.
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