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Quo warranto

As to procedure on quo warranto generally, see Crown Office Rules, 1906, rr. 43-48 and 123, 124. An application in the nature of quo warranto must be made by counsel; it cannot be made by an applicant … warranto, a writ issuable out of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, in the nature of a writ of right for the Crown against him who claims or usurps any office, franchise, or

Equitable estates and interests

unaffected in its application and its effects. At the same time the Statute, being based on the elastic nature of trusts, introduced a more flexible disposition of legal interests in land. Under the (English) Statute of Frauds

Scale of Costs

on the higher scale 'may be allowed . . . if on special grounds arising out of the nature and importance or the difficulty or urgency of the case, the Court or a judge shall . . … Court was provided, and these Rules were reenacted in 1883. There is a higher and a lower scale, applicable respectively to the matters specified in the Rules; but costs on the higher scale 'may be allowed .

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Interlocutory order

about what is final and what is interlocutory. It is better to look at the nature of the application and not at the nature of the order eventually made. In general, orders in the nature of summary … and not in any broad or artistic sense. It merely denotes orders of a purely interim or temporary nature which do not decide or touch the important rights or the liabilities of the parties. Any order which

Mandamus

Mandamus [we command). (1) A high prerogative writ of a most extensive remedial nature. In form it is a command issuing in the King's name from the King's Bench Division of the … do a particular act. In order to obtain a writ or order in the nature of mandamus, the applicant has to satisfy that he has a legal rights to the performance of a legal duty by the

Criminal Charge

v. Dover Magistrates' Ct (CA), (2003) 2 WLR 1344. The court concludes as did the chamber that the nature of the charges together with the nature and severity of the penalties, were such that the charges against … the charges together with the nature and severity of the penalties, were such that the charges against the applicants constituted criminal charges with in the meaning of Article 6 of the Convention which article applied to their

Process and processing

to some particular stage. There is nothing in the natural meaning of the word 'process' to exclude its application to handling. There may be a process which consists only in handling and there may be a process … Process and processing, the natural meaning of the word 'process' is a mode of treatment of certain materials in order to produce a

Casuistry

and principles drawn from the Scriptures from the laws of society or the church or from equity and natural reason the application of general moral rules to particular cases

Christian Socialism

Christ with the teachings of socialism in their applications to life Christianized socialism esp the principles of this nature advocated by F D Maurice Charles Kingsley and others in England about 1850 … theory or system that aims to combine the teachings of Christ with the teachings of socialism in their applications to life Christianized socialism esp the principles of this nature advocated by F D Maurice Charles Kingsley and

Caution

a caveat to the effect that the cautioner is entitled to be served with a notice of any application for the registration of an interest in registered land affecting the cautioner. Registration, as a rule, will to … the (English) Land Registration Act, 1925, ss. 54 to 56, is a notice to the Registrar in the nature of a caveat to the effect that the cautioner is entitled to be served with a notice of

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