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Quinto exactus
Quinto exactus, means 'exacted the fifth time'. A sheriff's return made after a defendant had been called to five county...
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,...
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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 The repealed (English) Bills of Exchange Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict.c.67), commonly called 'Keating's Act,' allowed...
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...
Distringas
Distringas (that you distrain), anciently called constringas, a writ addressed to the sheriff, and issued to effect various purposes. The...
prejudice
prejudice [Old French, from Latin praejudicium previous judgment, damage, from prae- before + judicium judgment] 1 : injury or detriment...
Discovery
Discovery, revealing or disclosing matter. The Courts of Common Law were originally unable to compel a litigant to disclose any...
bill
bill 1 : a draft of a law presented to a legislature for enactment ;also : the law itself [the...
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