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Misjoinder

An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a procedure criminal or civil

Articles

of agreement, preparatory to the execution of a formal deed, whereby it is stipulated that one of the parties shall convey to the other certain lands, or release his right to them, or execute some other disposition

Betting transaction

collection or payment of winning on a bet and any transaction in which one or more of the parties is acting as bookmaker, Halsbury's Laws of England, 4th Vol. 4(1), 4th Edn., Para 45, p. 30.

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Battel, wager of

writ of action. The question at issue was decided by the result of a personal combat between the parties, or, in the case of a writ of right, between their champions. See Ashford v. Thornton, (1818) 1

Barratry

Barratry, 1. Usually called 'common barratry,' the common moving of suits and quarrels in disturbance of the peace, either in courts or elsewhere. The punishment is fine and imprisonment; 'and if the offender belonged to the...

Bar

Bar, (1) a partition running across the courts of law, behind which all outer-barristers and every member of the public must sit

Bailment

concerned. It follows that a bailment may very well exist without the creation of a contract between the parties and it essentially gives rise to remedies which, in truth and substance, cannot be said to be contractual.

Auctioneers

brokers sell by private contract, and auctioneers by public auction. An auctioneer is deemed the agent of both parties; he can bind virtue officii the seller and the purchaser of royalty by his memorandum of the sale

Astipulation

Astipulation [fr. astipulor, Lat.], a mutual agreement, assent, and consent betwen parties; also a witness or record.

Assessors

aid of one or more assessors specially qualified, and try and hear the matter in question wholly or partially with the assistance of such assessors. By the County Courts Act, 1934, s. 88, replacing the County Court

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