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Defect of jurisdiction

Defect of jurisdiction, where the expression as a whole reads 'from defect of jurisdiction or other cause of a like nature, is unable to entertain it', the expression 'cause of a like nature' will have to be read ejusdem generis with the expression 'defect of jurisdiction', Zafar Khan v. Board of Revenue, 1984 (Supp) SCC 505: AIR 1985 SC 39: (1985) 1 SCR 287. (Limitation Act, 1963, s. 14)...


Service out of the jurisdiction

Service out of the jurisdiction of a writ of summons may be allowed by the Court or a judge in certain specified cases, e.g., where the contract sued upon was entered into within the jurisdiction, etc., R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XI. And see ibid. for restriction upon the allowance of such service upon a defendant resident in Scotland or Ireland. As to service of a summons, ordr, or notice, see r. 8A. As to the exercise of discretion in giving leave, see Watson & Sons v. Daily Record, Ltd., (1907) 1 KB 853. There can be no service out of the jurisdiction except in the particular cases mentioned in Ord. XI., which forms a complete code on the subject....


Summary jurisdiction, Court of

Summary jurisdiction, Court of, 'means' in an Act of Parliament 'any justice or justices of the peace, or other magistrate by whatever name called, to whom jurisdiction is given by, or who is authorized to act under, the (English) Summary Jurisdiction Acts' (Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 13, sub-s. 11); but does not include justices at a licensing meeting: see Boulter v. Kent Justices, 1897, AC 556, reversing and overruling decisions of the Court of Appeal....


supplemental jurisdiction

supplemental jurisdiction see jurisdiction ...


quasi in rem jurisdiction

quasi in rem jurisdiction see jurisdiction ...


specific jurisdiction

specific jurisdiction see jurisdiction ...


subject matter jurisdiction

subject matter jurisdiction see jurisdiction ...


Vicountiel jurisdiction

Vicountiel jurisdiction, that jurisdiction which belongs to the officers of a county, as sheriffs, commoners, etc....


territorial jurisdiction

territorial jurisdiction : jurisdiction ...


Contentious jurisdiction

Contentious jurisdiction, jurisdiction to hear and determine any matter in dispute between party and party in an action or other judicial proceeding....



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