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Tenure
liberty, which were left untouched by the oppressive hand of the Norman. Included among free socage tenures were petit serjeanty tenure in burgage, and gavelkind. (1) Petit serjeanty [parva serjeantia, Lat.] greatly resembles grand serjeanty, for as
Poor Prisoners, Defence of
Poor Prisoners, Defence of. The (English) Poor Prisoners Defence Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 32), repealing the Poor Prisoners' Defence Act, 1903, entitles any person to free legal aid in the preparation and...
Costs
that the Crown neither receives nor pays costs, but thee are many statutory exceptions, as, for example, in petitions of right [(English) Petitions of Right Act, 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 34), s. 12] and in
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County Courts
County Courts. The old County Court was a tribunal inident to the jurisdiction of a sheriff, but was not a Court of Record. Proceedings were removable into a superior court by recordari facias loquelam, or writ...
Chancery
Chancery [fr. Cancelli, lattice-work, Lat.; chancellerie, Fr.]. the Court of Chancery, which administered equity (see that title) so far as distinct from law, was the highest court of judicature in this kingdom next to Parliament. Its...
error
error : an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done [procedural s] ;esp : a mistake made by a lower court in conducting judicial proceedings or...
bond
bond 1 a : a usually formal written agreement by which a person undertakes to perform a certain act (as appear in court or fulfill the obligations of a contract) or abstain from performing an act...
Proceeding
Proceeding, includes administrative proceeding, Nathibai v. Maheshwari Samaj Ramola Trust, AIR 1997 MP 19. It includes execution proceedings also, Specific Relief Act, 1963, s. 22. Proceeding, is a term of wide amplitude. It means a prescribed...
Special case
Special case. By (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXIV., the parties may, after writ issued, concur in stating the questions of law arising in the action in the form of a special case for the opinion of...
Shorthand Notes
Shorthand Notes. The only statutory provision for the taking of shorthand notes is in s. 16 of the Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (see that title). Such notes of the evidence are usually made in important cases;...
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