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controversy

twenty dollars "U.S. Constitution amend. VII"] 2 : a civil action involving a real and immediate dispute between parties with adverse interests NOTE: Article III of the U.S. Constitution gives the judiciary the power to decide cases … Constitution amend. VII"] 2 : a civil action involving a real and immediate dispute between parties with adverse interests NOTE: Article III of the U.S. Constitution gives the judiciary the power to decide cases and controversies. Article

Friendly suit

Friendly suit, any suit instituted by agreement between the parties to obtain the opinion of the Court upon some doubtful question in which they are interested. A consult

confession

an accused party acknowledging the party's guilt (as by admitting commission of a crime) compare admission declaration against interest at declaration, self-incrimination NOTE: Courts differ on how a confession establishes the accused's guilt; for example, in some

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strict foreclosure

right to a deficiency judgment NOTE: Under the U.C.C.'s strict foreclosure provision, notice must be given to other parties having a security interest in the property. If one of these parties objects to the strict foreclosure, there … judgment NOTE: Under the U.C.C.'s strict foreclosure provision, notice must be given to other parties having a security interest in the property. If one of these parties objects to the strict foreclosure, there must be a foreclosure

Sowming and rowming

and rowming, the apportioning or placing of cattle on a common, according to the respective rights of various parties interested. See Bell's Scots Law Dict.

Presumption of fact and presumption in of law

Court, and it is bound to presume the fact as proved until evidence is given by the party interested to rebut or disprove it, Syad Akbar v. State of Karnataka, AIR 1979 SC 1848: (1980) 1 SCC

prescribe

in the civil law of Louisiana : to become unenforceable or invalid by prescription [any party having an interest in a money judgment may have it revived before it s "Louisiana Civil Code"] vt 1 : to

Owelty

no alternative but to resort to the process owelty, according to which, the rights and interests of the parties in the property will be separated, only by allowing one of them to retain the whole of the … specie, there is no alternative but to resort to the process owelty, according to which, the rights and interests of the parties in the property will be separated, only by allowing one of them to retain the

Restraining Order

4, extended the preventive powers of Chancery by giving its judges authority, upon the application of any party interested, by motion or petition, to restrain the Bank of England, or other public company, from permitting the transfer

Serve

make a legal delivery of (a notice or process) of a copy of the pleading on all interested parties, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1373. Serve, to serve means 'to perform function; do what is required

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