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Receiving order

Receiving order. An order of the court on the petition of a creditor, or of the debtor himself, granted for the protection of the estate on an act

Nient comprise

Nient comprise (not contained), an exception taken to a petition, because the thing desired was not contained in the deed or proceeding upon which the petition was founded,

Fresh application

if it asked for a relief parties or properties different from those proceeded against in the previous execution petition or asked for a relief substantially different from that asked for in the earlier petition, Pentapati China Venkanna

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Divorce

6, c. 51), amending the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, for (a) adultery, (b) desertion for three years preceding petition, (c) cruelty, (d) incurable unsoundness of mind, and, on the wife's petition, for unnatural offences, subject to the

commitment

case of voluntary commitment, or by someone (as a family member or government agent) authorized by statute to petition for the patient's involuntary commitment. Some form of a hearing and periodic review is required in involuntary commitment

Cruelty

Cruelty, it is contemplated as a conduct of such type which endangers the living of the petitioner with the respondent. Cruelty consists of acts which are dangerous to life, limb or health. Cruelty for the

Criminal conversation

Judicature Act, 1925, s. 189] gives a husband the right to claim damages from adulterer, either in a petition for dissolution of marriage or for judicial separation,or in a petition limited to that object; and the damages

Appropriate proceedings

the exercise of the right. Appropriate proceedings would include the procedure relating to form, conditions of lodgement of petition compliance with all reasonable directions imposed which would conduce to the smooth conduct of proceeding in this Court.

Act of Bankruptcy

act, the commission of which by a debtor renders him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt if the petition is presented within three months thereafter. Under s. 1 of the (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1914 (4 & 5

temporary worker

temporary worker in the U.S. (H, L, O, P, and Q visas), your prospective employer must file a petition with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), USCIS. This petition must be approved by USCIS before you can

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