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Accusator post rationable tempus non est audiendus, nisi se bene de omissione excusaverit [Lat.], An accuser is not to be heard after a reasonable time unless he can account satisfactorily for the delay....
Accusare nemo se debet, nisi coram Deo
Accusare nemo se debet, nisi coram Deo [Lat.], No one is compelled to accuse himself, except before God....
nisi
nisi [Latin, unless] : taking effect at a later specified time unless previously modified or avoided by cause shown, further proceedings, or a condition fulfilled [an order ] compare absolute ...
judgment nisi
judgment nisi see judgment ...
decree nisi
decree nisi see decree ...
Assize, or assise
Assize, or assise [fr. assideo, Lat., to sit together; whence assire, O. Fr., to set, assis, set, seated, sealed], anciently a statute or ordinance, e.g., Assize of Clarendon; also a jury, who sit together for the purpose of trying a cause, or rather a Court of jurisdiction which summons jury by a commission of assize to take the assizes. Hence the judicial assemblies, held by the king's commission in every county as well to take indictments as to try causes at Nisi Prius, are commonly termed the assizes. There are two commissions. (I.) General, which is issued twice a year to the judges being usually assigned to every circuit. See CIRCUITS. The judges have four several commissions: (1) of oyer and terminer, directed to them and many other gentlemen of the county, by which they are empowered to try treasons, felonies, etc. This is the largest commission. (2) Of gaol delivery, directed to the judges and the clerk of assize or associate, empowering them to try every prisoner in the gaol ...
decree
decree [Old French decré, from Latin decretum, from neuter of decretus, past participle of decernere to decide] 1 : an order having the force of law [by judicial ] 2 : a judicial decision esp. in an equity or probate court ;broadly : judgment [divorce ] [interlocutory ] consent decree : a decree entered by a court that is determined by the parties' agreement : a settlement between the parties that is subject to judicial approval and supervision ;specif : such a decree by which the accused agrees to cease alleged illegal activities without admitting guilt decree nisi pl: decrees nisi : a provisional decree that will become final unless cause is shown why it should not NOTE: Some states grant divorces using decrees nisi. The decree nisi creates a time period (as of 3 months) allowing for possible reconciliation or for completion of various arrangements (as custody). decree pro con·fes·so : a decree entered by a court based on a defendant's default and the pres...
judgment
judgment also judge·ment [jəj-mənt] n 1 a : a formal decision or determination on a matter or case by a court ;esp : final judgment in this entry compare dictum, disposition, finding, holding, opinion, ruling, verdict NOTE: Under Rule 54 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure judgment encompasses a decree and any order from which an appeal lies. cog·no·vit judgment [kÄ g-nō-vit-] : an acknowledgment by a debtor of the existence of a debt with agreement that an adverse judgment may be entered without notice or a hearing : confession of judgment consent judgment : a judgment approved and entered by a court by consent of the parties upon agreement or stipulation : consent decree at decree declaratory judgment : a judgment declaring a right or establishing the legal status or interpretation of a law or instrument [seeking a declaratory judgment that the regulation is unconstitutional] compare damage, injunction specific performance at per...
Absolute
Absolute, means free from restriction, qualification or condition e.g. absolute ownership; conclusive and not liable to revision e.g. absolute delivery, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 7.Absolute, complete, unconditional. A rule or order absolute is a completed judgment of a court, and is so called in contradistinction to a rule or order nisi which is made on the application of one party only without notice to the other (ex parte), to be made absolute unless the other party succeed in showing cause why it should not be made absolute (discharged); but see also DECREE NISI....
Associate
Associate, was an officer in each of the Courts of Common Law, appointed by the chief judge of the Court, and holding his office dum bene se gesserit (15 & 16 Vict. c. 73); his duties being to superintend the entry of causes; to attend the sittings of Nisi Prius, and there receive and enter verdicts; to draw up the posteas (the indorsement of the result on the record), and any orders of Nisi Prius. The associates were made officers of the Supreme Court by the (English) Judicature Act, 1873, and were given by title of 'Masters of the Supreme Court' by the (English) Judicature (Officers) Act, 1879. This latter provision has been repealed clerks of the Associates Department of the Crown Office Department of the Central Office of the Supreme Court now perform these duties. See CLERK OF ASSIZE.A person is an associate of an individual if person is that individual's husband or wife, or is a relative, or the husband or wife of a relative, of the individual or of the individual's husband or wi...
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