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Abatement
amend the indictment or information, and call upon the prisoner or defendant to plead in bar to the merits; and by the (English) Indictments Act, 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 90), the Court has power … in writing by a prisoner or defendant on account of misnomer, wrongful or no addition, annexing thereto an affidavit of its truth. But this plea is now obsolete, since by the (English) Criminal Law Act, 1826 (7 Geo.
Leave to defend
therefore, unless the defendant shall satisfy him that he has a good defence to the action on the merits or shall disclose such facts as may be deemed sufficient to entitle him to defend the action generally, … indorsed with or accompanied by a statement of claim under Ord. III., r. 6, the plaintiff may on affidavit made by himself or by any other person who can swear positively to the facts, verifying the cause
intent to use
to register may file an "intent to use" trademark application. An "intent to use" application must include a sworn statement (usually in the form of a declaration) that applicants have a bona fide intention to use the
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Statutory Declarations Act, 1835
Act, Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 21. As to the punishment if a person 'knowingly and wilfully makes a statement false in a material particular' in a statutory declaration see (English) Perjury Act, 1911, s. 5.
Dying declaration
the man to remember the facts stated had not been impaired at the time he was making the statement by circumstances beyond his control, whether the statement has been consistent throughout if he had several opportunities of
perjury
from per- detrimental to + jur- jus law] : the act or crime of knowingly making a false statement (as about a material matter) while under oath or bound by an affirmation or other officially prescribed declaration
Affirmation
Oaths Act, 1888 (see OATHS) (51 & 52 Vict. c. 46), has allowed every person objecting to be sworn to affirm, instead of taking an oath, in all places and for all purposes where an oath is
Giving away vessel
to state the truth, or being bound by law to make a declaration upon any subject, makes any statement which is false, and which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to
witness
adverse witness : a witness who is called by or associated with an opposing party or who by statement, conduct, or other evidence (as of relationship) shows bias against or is injurious to the case of the
Hearsay evidence
evidence (whether spoken or written) of a fact, therefore, is not admissible. And this rule is extended to affidavits, which, except on interlocutory motions, when statements as to belief with the grounds thereof are admissible, must be
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