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Liberum tenementum
Liberum tenementum, a frank tenement or freehold. The plea of liberum tenementum, commonly pleaded by the defendant in an action of trespass, was the only case of
Lis pendens
between the same a parties for the same cause of action might, under the former practice, have been pleaded in abatement, though not in bar; but the pendency of an action in an inferior or foreign court
Living separately
attitude they have been living separately for a period of one year immediately preceding the presentation of the petition, Sureshta Devi v. Om Prakash, AIR 1992 SC 1904 (1907): (1991) 2 SCC 25. [Hindu Marriage Act, (25
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Locus standi
petitioner against a private, provisional order or hybrid bill or special procedure order to be heard upon his petition. A petitioner has locus standi which his interest is directly hit by the bill, if passed into law,
Further maintenance of the action
Further maintenance of the action, plea to the. See PUIS DARREIN CONTINUANCE.
Extent
a third person, if he claim the property set forth in the inquisition, may enter an appearance and plead to the extent; issue is then joined, and it is decided either on demurrer or by a trial
Fiat
by certain Acts before proceedings can be commenced, see Castro v. Murray, (1875) LR 10 Ex 213. See PETITION OF RIGHT. An order or decree esp. an arbitrary one; a court decree esp. one relating to a
Disposition of the company's property
Disposition of the company's property, where a company pays a creditor by cheque between the date of petition and the winding up order against the company, it is illogical to hold that there is an additional
Crown suits
Crown Sutis Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 106), and suits against the Crown by the (English) Petition of Right Act, 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c.34). See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Crown'; Robertson on the Crown.
Custody
a compendious expression referring to the events on the happening of which the Magistrate can entertain a bail petition of an accused, Sunita Devi v. State of Bihar, (2005) 1 SCC 608 (613, 614). (Criminal Procedure Code,
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