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Nil debet

the old form of the general issue in all actions of debt not founded on a specialty. This plea was not allowed after Reg. Gen. T.T. 1853 r. 11.

Non cepi

Non cepi (he took not). This was a plea by way of traverse, which occurred in the action of replevin. It applied to the case where the

Court file

file, relating to the proceedings in the consistory court mean the totality of the documentation relating to a petition notwithstanding that for practical reasons some of the items may be kept in separate folders, Emmanuel Church (in

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Memorialize

To address or petition by a memorial to present a memorial to as to memorialize the legislature

Counter-claim

made in an independent suit and a claim for damages based on same transaction as being broadly a plea of set-off falling u/s. 19(6) & (7), State Bank of India v. Ranjan Chemicals Ltd., 2006 (10) SCALE

matter

form : a matter concerning form or details often of a relatively inessential nature rather than substance [a petition invalid because of a matter of form] matter of law : a matter involving or consisting of the

habeas corpus

d-sb-yi-kē-en-dm] [New Latin, literally, you should have the body for submitting] : an extraordinary writ issued upon a petition challenging the lawfulness of restraining a person who is imprisoned or otherwise in another's custody called also the

illusory

illusory : likely to mislead or deceive : false deceptive [an plea bargain leading to a longer sentence than expected]

impleader

impleader : the act or procedural device of impleading a third party ;specif : a petition or complaint brought in a lawsuit by a plaintiff or defendant against a third party who may be

in limine

: before a particular procedure or proceeding takes place adj : of, relating to, or being a motion, petition, or order regarding the admissibility of evidence whose exclusion is sought esp. on the ground that it is

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