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Replevin
Replevin, a personal action to recover possession in specie of goods unlawfully taken (generally, but not exclusively, applicable to the...
Reparation
is taken to mean the making of amends by an offender to his victim, or to victims of crime generally, and
Quinto exactus
Quinto exactus, means 'exacted the fifth time'. A sheriff's return made after a defendant had been called to five county...
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Passing off
Passing off, in action for passing off pray of actual deception is not necessary two marks bear an ovrall similarity...
Mesne process
Mesne process, all those writs which intervene in the progress of a suit or action between its beginning and end,...
McDonnell Douglas test
McDonnell Douglas test, employment law. The principal for applying a shifting burden of proof in employment-discrimination cases, essentially requiring the...
Leave to defend
Leave to defend. The repealed (English) Bills of Exchange Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict.c.67), commonly called 'Keating's Act,' allowed...
Qu' est eadem
Qu' est eadem (which is the same). In trespass and other actions, when the plea necessarily stated the trespass to...
Distringas
Distringas (that you distrain), anciently called constringas, a writ addressed to the sheriff, and issued to effect various purposes. The...
not guilty by reason of insanity
not guilty by reason of insanity 1 : a plea by a criminal defendant who intends to raise an insanity...
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