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Neutral Court
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Contraband
sea from that neutral port to an enemy country. This doctrine was first applied by the American Prize Courts during the American Civil War, and is known as the doctrine of 'Continuous Voyage.' For recent application of … a particular state or by special treaties; also a term applied to designate that class of commodities which neutrals are not allowed to carry during war to a belligerent power. It is a recognized general principle of
Confession
State of Delhi, (2003) 8 SCC 461. Includes a statement intended by the maker to be exculpatory or neutral and which appears to be so on its face, but which becomes damaging to him at the trial … and implies acknowledgment of guilt--its evidentiary value and its acceptability however shall have to be assessed by the Court having due regard to the credibility of the witnesses. In the event, however, the Court is otherwise in
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Arbitration
call in an 'umpire' to decide between them. Means a method of dispute resolution involving one or more neutral third parties who are usually agreed to by the disputing parties and whose decision is binding, Black Law … 3, c.15, which enabled parties to agree that a submission to arbitration might be made a rule of Court, and consequently binding. This and five subsequent amending enactments were further amended by the Arbitration Act, 1889 (52
sequestration
property until judgment is rendered b in the civil law of Louisiana : a deposit in which a neutral person agrees to hold property in dispute and to restore it to the party to whom it is … an official (as a sheriff) to take into custody the property of a defendant usually to enforce a court order, to exercise quasi in rem jurisdiction, or to preserve the property until judgment is rendered b in
Ship's papers
England to be onboard all British ships; (2) those required by the law of nations to be onboard neutral ships, to vindicate their title to that character; they are the passport, sea-brief, or sea-letter, proofs of property, … etc. See a list of them in Form No. 17, Appx. K, of the Rules of the Supreme Court, 1883. They are of two sorts: (1) those required by the law of a particular country, as the
Batson challenge
a prima facie case of discrimination, at which point the other party has the burden of advancing a neutral reason for the strike. … Batson challenge [from Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), the Supreme Court ruling that prohibited the striking of jurors on a racial basis] : an objection in which one party
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