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Ireland
Ireland was a distinct kingdom until 1801, when the Union with Ireland Act, 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3, c. 67) (see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Union Acts'), formed the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.'...
court of appeals
court of appeals often cap C&A : a court hearing appeals from the decisions of lower courts: as a : an intermediate court of the U.S. federal judicial system b : a state appellate court called...
party
party pl: parties 1 a : one (as a person, group, or entity) constituting alone or with others one of the sides of a proceeding, transaction, or agreement [the parties to a contract] [a person who...
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Arches, Court of
Arches, Court of [fr. curia de arcubus, Lat.], a court of appeal belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the judge of which is called the Dean of the Arches, because his Court was anciently held in...
Australia, Commonwealth of.
Australia, Commonwealth of. The association of the people of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, and Western Australia in a federal Commonwealth comprising also Papua, the Northern Territory, and Norfolk, Ashmore and Cantier Island...
final
appeal has been exhausted and concerning which a writ of certiorari has been denied or the time to petition for certiorari has expired b : being a decision of the Supreme Court of the U.S. that terminates
Certify
Certify, The word 'certify' in the Article 134 (1) (C) of the Constitution of India has a clear meaning. It requires that when giving the leave to appeal, the High Court must first determine the issue...
Court
Court, compensation officer appointed under (English) Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 is not a 'Court' within the meaning of s. 195(1)(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure Code 1973, Keshab Moroyan Banerjee v. State of Bihar,...
Decree
Decree [fr. decretum, Lat.], an edict, a law. The term was also used for the judgment of a Court of Equity. But by the (English) Judicature Acts, 1873 and 1875, the expression judgment, which was formerly...
Exchequer Chamber, Court of
Exchequer Chamber, Court of, a tribunal of error and appeal. First, it existed in former times as a Court of mere debate, such causes from the other Courts being sometimes adjourned into it as the judges...
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