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proceeding
a civil or criminal proceeding in the nature of a trial that is conducted without formalities (as indictment, pleadings, and usually a jury) for the speedy and peremptory disposition of a matter supplementary proceeding : a proceeding
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
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
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Aid prayer
Aid prayer, formerly made use of in pleading for a petition in Court, praying in aid of the tenant for life, etc., from the reversioner or
Alibi
the crime charged against him, offers evidence that he was in a different place at that time. The plea taken should be capable of meaning that having regard to the time and place when and where he
Assign
to set forth, as to assign error, false judgment; to new assign was, under the old practice, a pleading by the plaintiff following the defendant's plea wherein the plaintiff pointed out the exact grievance meant to be
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
Autrefois convict
Autrefois convict (formerly convicted), plea of. The defence of a person charged with any crime that he has been already convicted of 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
Cruelty
and see HUSBAND AND WIFE, and ANIMALS. Since 1923 cruelty is no longer a necessary elementin a divorce petition by a woman; see (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 176, which displaces the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1923
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