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jurisdiction

: the jurisdiction granted a court over persons before it that allows the court to issue a binding judgment : personal jurisdiction in this entry in rem jurisdiction [in-rem-] : the jurisdiction granted a court over property … general jurisdiction : jurisdiction that is not limited (as to a particular class of cases) ;specif : the personal jurisdiction granted a court over a party allowing the court to adjudicate a cause of action that does

Judge

the vitals of the poor,' and it was held that no action lay. If a judge has a personal interest in the action, he is incapacitated from officiating, on the principle that Nemo debet esse-judex inpropria sua … also every person who is empowered by law to give, in any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, definitive judgment, or a judgment which, if not appealed against, would be definitive, or a judgment which, is confirmed by

Judgment

Matched in: Term Judgment

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Married women's property

women's property, At Common Law, a woman, by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and personal, present and future, to her husband absolutely, so that he might sell, pay his debts out of, give … Now a married woman shall be subject to the law relating to bankruptcy and to the enforcement of judgments and orders in all respects as if she was a feme sole (Law Reform (M. W. and Tortfeasors)

Judgment in rem

Matched in: Term Judgment in rem

Habere facias possessionem

party recover possession of land may be enforced by writ of possession, and where by any judgment any person therein named is directed to deliver up possession of any lands to some other person, the person prosecuting

Judgments Extension Act, 1868

Matched in: Term Judgments Extension Act, 1868

Arbitration

Arbitration, the determination of a matter in dispute by the judgment of one or more persons, called arbitrators, who in case of difference usually call in an 'umpire' to decide between them. Means a

Bribe

or of honour. A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to pervert the judgment at or influence the action of a person in a position of trust; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. … Bribe, a fit to any person in office or holding a position of trust, with the object of inducing him to disregard his official

Interest

a legal estate under the Law of Property Act, 1925; see s. 205 (x), ibid. 4. Such a personal advantage derivable from his judgment as disqualifies a judge from hearing the cause by virtue of the rule:

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