Nullity And Irregularity - Law Dictionary Search Results
Nullity and irregularity
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Nullity
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Illegal, incorrect or irregular decree and void decree
fundamental and a decree or order passed by a court or an authority having no jurisdiction is a nullity. Validity of such decree or order can be challenged at any stage, even in execution or collateral proceedings. … Illegal, incorrect or irregular decree and void decree, the distinction between a decree which is void and a decree which is wrong,
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Marriage
217. Previous to 1753 the validity of marriage was regulated by ecclesiastical law, not touched by any statutory nullity but modified by the Common law Courts, which sometimes interfered with the Ecclesiastical Courts, by prohibition, sometimes themselves … clergyman was essential to a lawful marriage, at all events for dower and heirship; but if in an irregular marriage the Ecclesiastical Court could discern a valid promise to marry, it would order the parties to solemnize
Void decree, illegal decree
fundamental and a decree or order passed by a court or an authority having no jurisdiction is a nullity. Validity of such decree or order can be challenged at any stage, even in execution or collateral proceedings, … decree, illegal decree, the distinction between a decree which is void and a decree which is wrong, incorrect, irregular or not in accordance with law cannot be overlooked or ignored. Where a court lacks inherent jurisdiction in
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