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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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