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Bankrupt
the Act of 1883 and of the subsequent statutes are left standing'a most inconvenient method of legislation. the petition of bankruptcy should be registered as a 'lis pendens' and the receiving order and adjudication as 'orders' in
Benevolence
or forced loan, now yielded only with consent of the House of Commons, in pursuance of the (English) Petition of Right, 3 Car. 1, and 1 W. & M. st. 2, s. 2. Also an aid granted
Bill in Chancery, or Bill in Equity
in certain cases by a statement of claim (R.S.C. 1883). See STATEMENT OF CLAIM; WRIT OF SUMMONS; and PLEADING.
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Borough Sessions
County Quarter Sessions, whose powers extend to all boroughs which may not have obtained a separate court by petition under s. 162 of the Act, 1882, and see also (English) Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) Act, 1933 (23 &
Actio non accrevit infra sex annos
Actio non accrevit infra sex annos, the name of the plea of the Statute of Limitations when the defendant alleges that the plaintiff's action has not accrued within six
solicit
solicit 1 : to make petition to [ the court] 2 : to ask, induce, advise, or command (a person) to do something and
Capella
Cape, a judicial writ touching a plea of lands or tenements, divided into cape magnum, or the grand cape, which lay before appearance to summon
Caveat
caution. If a person desired to stop the enrolment for decree in Chancery, in order to present a petition of appeal to the Lord Chancellor, he entered a caveat with his lordship's secretary, which prevented the enrolment
Cepit in alio loco
Cepit in alio loco, a plea in replevin, when the defendant took the goods in another place than that mentioned in the declaration.
Claim of liberty
Claim of liberty, a suit or petition to the king in the Court of Exchequer, to have liberties and franchises confirmed there by the attorney-general.
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