Misconduct - Law Dictionary Search Results
impeach
from Latin in- + pedica fetter, from ped- pes foot] 1 : to charge with a crime or misconduct ;specif : to charge (a public official) before a competent tribunal (as the U.S. Senate) with misconduct in
New trial
thereby occasioned by the trial of the action'. [(English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXIX., r. 6] (2) Default or misconduct of the officer of the Court. As where a cause is, by mistake, entered in a wrong list,
Conduct disgraceful in a professional respect
1: (1965) 1 All ER 949 DC, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, para 571, p. 318. When misconduct is proved, the House can impose punishments such as admonition, reprimand, withdrawal from the House, suspension from the
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Misbehaviour
the Act or the statute under consideration. In the context of disciplinary proceedings against a solicitor, the word misconduct was construed as professional misconduct extending to conduct 'which shows him to be unworthy member of the legal
Termination
Prescott Singh v. Uttar Pradesh Government, AIR 1957 SC 886. Termination, in ordinary parlance may include termination for misconduct; but in the light of rules and prevailing practice, the meaning of the word has come to be
Wrong
to be something more than a mere disinclination to agree to an offer of reunion and must be misconduct serious enough to justify denial of the relief to which the husband or the wife is otherwise entitled,
Unclean hands
hands, means an equitable doctrine, a complainant will be denied relief if he or she has engaged in misconduct (as acting in bad faith) directly relating to the complaint. The condition of having engaged in such misconduct
Arbitration
soon as the award is published, the arbitrator's authority is at an end. An arbitrator maybe removed for misconduct, e.g., for refusing to state a case for the High Court, Palmer v. Hosken, 1898 (1) QB 131,
Sufficiency of evidence
Sufficiency of evidence, postulates existence of some evidence which links the charged officer with the misconduct alleged against him. Evidence, however, voluminous it may be, which is neither relevant in abroad sense nor establishes
Intoxicating liquor
prior to that decision the usual practice was to renew such licences in all cases except where actual misconduct on the part of the holder was shown. Since the passing of the Licensing Act, 1904 (4 Edw.
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