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Within such period
Within such period, means within the period which ends with the last day of limitation prescribed. In other wards, in all cases falling under s. 5 what the party has to show is why he did...
Petition
Petition, a supplication made by an inferior to a superior, having jurisdiction to grant redress. The subject has a
Oath
Oath [fr. ath, Sax.], an appeal to God to witness the truth of a statement. It is called a corporal oath, where a witness, when he swears, places his right hand on the Holy Evangelists. The...
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House of Lords
House of Lords, a constituent part of Parliament, being composed of the lords spiritual and temporal. The upper chambers of British parliament, of which the 11 member judicial committee provides judge who serve as the final...
Heard and finally decided
Heard and finally decided, the proceeding either civil or criminal shall be deemed to continue to be pending until it is heard and finally decided, that is to say, in a case where an appeal or...
Designs
Designs. The registration of and rights in designs are governed by the Patents and Designs Act, 1907, as amended by the Patents and Designs Acts,1919, 1928 and 1932 (cited as the Patents and Designs Acts, 1907...
Maritime Courts
Maritime Courts. These were formerly the High Court of Admiralty and its Court of appeal, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. But by the (English) Judicature Act, 1873, s. 16, the jurisdiction of the High...
Vagrants
Vagrants, sturdy beggars; vagabonds. The Act which is now in force, embodying, mitigating, and extending numerous former provisions, is the (English) Vagrancy Act, 1824 (5 Geo. 4, c. 83). It has been extended by the Vagrancy...
Tax admitted
Tax admitted, the expression 'tax admitted' in the proviso to s. 9(1) of the U.P. Sales Tax Act, 1948 means that admitted in the memorandum of appeal, s. 9 can be made wholly useless. All that...
Stannary
Stannary [stannaria, fr. stannum, Lat.; stean, Cornish, tin], a tin mine. From very ancient times there were Stannary Courts in Cornwall for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, such courts being mentioned in charters...
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