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Habere facias possessionem

may be sued out. The officer, if necessary, may break open outer doors, in order to give possession, or he may … be entitled to sue out the writ on filing an affidavit showing service of the judgment and disobedience thereto. An unsuccessful

Misrepresentation

it were upon a matter of opinion or fact equally open to the inquiries of both parties, and in regard to

Newspaper

Act of 1881 also establishes a register of newspaper proprietors, open to public search, defining 'newspaper' in the Act as meaning, … names, addresses, and occupations of parties and witnesses; a concise statement of the charges, defences countercharges; submissions on points of law;

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Record

is a large building in Chancery Lane, London, and was opened in 1902. There are three kinds of records, viz.: (1) … or proceeding, anything entered in the roll of court, particularly statements or pleadings of parties in a case, Superintendent and Remembrancer

Reply

Reply, the response of the opening counsel on a trial, which is only allowed when evidence … Also the pleading of the plaintiff which follows the defendant's statement of his defence or counter-claim (see R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXIII.),

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