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Non infregit conventionem
Non infregit conventionem, a plea which raised a substantial issue in an action for non-repair according to covenant, whether there was a want
Mandamus
party against whom the mandamus is sought and such right must be subsisting on the date of the petition, Kalyan Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1962 SC 1183; Director of Settlements v. M.R. Apparao, (2004)
Monstrans de droit
Monstrans de droit (manifestation or plea of right), one of the two Common Law methods of obtaining possession or restitution from the Crown of
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Marshalsea, Court of the
domestic servants, that they might not be drawn into other courts, and their service become lost. It held pleas of all trespasses committed within the verge of the Court (twelve miles round the sovereign's residence), where only
Masters of the Common Law Courts
Masters of the Common Law Courts. There were five Masters on the plea side of each of the Courts of King's Bench and Exchequer, and also in the Common Pleas. They
Material facts and material particulars
are essential to clothe the petitioner with a complete cause of action, are 'material facts' which must be pleaded, and failure to plead even a single material fact amounts to disobedience of the mandate of s. 83(1)(a)
Materially affected
materially affected by the improper acceptance of any nomination. It is not intended to provide a convenient technical plea in a case like this where there can be no dispute at all about the election being materially
Mistake apparent on the record
mistake apparent from the record' is undoubtedly not more than of the High Court to entertain a writ petition on the basis of an 'error apparent on the face of the record', T.S. Balram, Income Tax Officer
Mistake or an error apparent on the face of the record
Rule 1 CPC it is not permissible for an erroneous decision to be 'reheard and corrected'. A review petition, has a limited purpose and cannot be allowed to be 'an appeal in disguise', Parsion Devi v. Somitri
Mitigation
in mitigation is a speech made by the defendant or his counsel to the judge, after verdict or plea of guilty, and which may be followed by a speech in aggravation from the prosecuting counsel. By 27
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