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Habere facias possessionem
first writ be not executed, an alias, etc., may be sued out. The officer, if necessary, may break open outer doors, in order to give possession, or he may take the posse comitatus with him if he … other person, the person prosecuting such judgment shall be entitled to sue out the writ on filing an affidavit showing service of the judgment and disobedience thereto. An unsuccessful defendant can be ordered to pay to the
Misrepresentation
and inconclusive in its own nature, or if it were upon a matter of opinion or fact equally open to the inquiries of both parties, and in regard to which neither could be presumed to have confided
Chancellor, Lord
ministry by which he was appointed, but is entitled to a pension. When royal commissions are issued for opening the session, for giving the royal assent to bills, or for proroguing Parliament, the Lord Chancellor is always … Lord Chancellor and the excessive work entailed by them were fully dwelt upon by Lord Herschell in a statement to members of the House of Commons who has called attention to the appointment of Magistrates, which statement
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Preamble
225: (1973) Supp SCR 1. Preamble' has been defined in the Oxford English Dictionary to mean 'a preliminary statement, in speech or writing; and introductory paragraph, section, or clause; a preface, prologue, introduction'. It has further been … a good mean to find out the meaning of the statute, and as it were a key to open the understanding thereof, 1 Inst. 79 a; and see the Sussex Peerage Case, (1844) 11 Cl&F 143; Winn
Vagrants
1930 (20 Geo. 5, c. 17), ss. 151 et seq. (see CASUAL PAUPER); any person making a false statement for the purpose of or committing other offences when obtaining relief out of the poor rate is to … abroad, or lodging in any barn or outhouse, or in any deserted or unoccupied buildings, or in the open air, or under a tent, or in any cart or waggon, and not giving a good account of
Trial
The parties may then challenge the jury. (see CHALLENGE.) The pleading are then (in civil causes and misdemeanours) opened by the junior counsel for the plaintiff; and if it appear that the burden of proof is on … the Annual County Courts Practice. In the Chancery Division of the High Court, when the trial is by affidavit it is commonly called a hearing, and all the counsel on both sides are heard in order, the
Record
Public Record Office (commonly called the Rolls Office) is a large building in Chancery Lane, London, and was opened in 1902. There are three kinds of records, viz.: (1) judicial, as an attainder; (2) ministerial, on oath, … 2(f)] Means a formal writing of any fact or proceeding, anything entered in the roll of court, particularly statements or pleadings of parties in a case, Superintendent and Remembrancer of Legal Affairs v. Sardar Bhahadur Singh, AIR
closing argument
case in which the attorney usually summarizes the evidence and his or her client's position called also closing statement final argument summation summing-up NOTE: Rule 29.1 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure requires the prosecution to … final argument summation summing-up NOTE: Rule 29.1 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure requires the prosecution to open the closing argument after the closing of the evidence. The defense replies, and the prosecution may offer a
Account or Accompt
Account or Accompt [fr. compte, Fr., computo, Lat.], a registry of debts, credits, and charges, or a detailed statement of a series of receipts (credits) and disbursements (debits) of money-which have taken place between two or more … receipts (credits) and disbursements (debits) of money-which have taken place between two or more persons. Accounts are either-(1) open, where the balance is not struck, or it is not accepted by all the parties; (2) stated, where
Account stated
a balance due from one party to another, and that balance being due there is a debt; the statement of the account and the admission of the balance implies a promise in law to pay it; see
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