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Leave to defend
indorsed with or accompanied by a statement of claim under Ord. III., r. 6, the plaintiff may on affidavit made by himself or by any other person who can swear positively to the facts, verifying the cause
Interrogatories
cause, before the trial thereof, to the other party, who is bound to answer them in writing upon oath. In the Courts of Equity either party could from very early times interrogate the other. In the Courts
Judiciary
by providing for (i) immunity from outside influence, (ii) security of tenure, (iii) favourable conditions of service; (iv) oath of Office, (v) the judicial decision binding on the executive, and (vi) the power to punish for its
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Juramentum est indivisibile, et non est admittendum in parte verum et in parte falsum
Juramentum est indivisibile, et non est admittendum in parte verum et in parte falsum [Lat.], An oath is indivisible, and is not to be received as partly true and partly false.
Juration
Juration, the act of swearing; the administration of an oath.
Jusjurandum inter alios factum nec nocere nec prodese debet
Jusjurandum inter alios factum nec nocere nec prodese debet [Lat.], An oath made by others ought neither to hurt nor profit.
Justificators
Justificators, a kind of compurgators, or those who by oath justified the innocence or oaths of others, as in the case of WAGER OF LAW, q.v.
Justifying security
by the Court of Probate to give justifying security-i.e., the sureties to the administration bond must, in an affidavit, swear that they are, after the payment of their debts, worth a sum specified. Justifying security is required
King's widow
King's widow, a widow of the King's tenant-in-chief, who was obliged to take oath in Chancery that she would not marry without the King's leave.
Lada
broadway. Means purgation, exculpation. There were three kinds: (1) That wherein the accused cleared himself by his own oath, supported by the oaths of his consacramentals (compurgators), according to the number of which the lada was said
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