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Erroneous in point of law
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Assign
estate, or set over a right to another, or appoint a deputy; to set forth, as to assign error, false judgment; to new assign was, under the old practice, a pleading by the plaintiff following the defendant's … assign was, under the old practice, a pleading by the plaintiff following the defendant's plea wherein the plaintiff pointed out the exact grievance meant to be complained of in his declaration, and not met by the defendant
Marriage
doubtful that in 1843 the House of Lords and the Court appealed from were equally divided on the point in Reg. v. Millis, (1844) 10 Cl&F 534, so that the rule semper pr'sumitur pro negante applied, and … 534, so that the rule semper pr'sumitur pro negante applied, and 'judgment was given for the defendant in error.' In 1753 Lord Hardwicke's Act (26 Geo. 2, c. 33), passed to prevent clandestine marriages, required, under pain
Mistake apparent on the record
process of reasoning on points on which there may conceivably be two opinions. A decision on a debatable point of law is not a mistake apparent from the record. The power of the officers mentioned in s. 154
Stare decisis
by a court of competent jurisdiction authorised to construe it, such declaration, in absence of palpable mistake or error, is itself evidence of the law until changed by competent authority. It requires that rules of law when … of precedent , under which it is necess-ary for a court to follow earlier judicial decisions when some points arise again in litigation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1414. Stare decisis is a well-known doctrine in
Jurisdiction
its colour from its context. Whereas the 'pure' theory of jurisdic-tion would reduce jurisdictional control to a vani-shing point, the adoption of a narrower meaning might result in a more useful legal concept even though the formal … in question'. If there was an entitlement to enter upon an enquiry, into the question, then any subsequent error could only be regarded as an error within the jurisdiction. The question of jurisdiction is determinable at the
Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)
our popylation.' The Criminal Code Commission, which sat in 1878, made proposals as to criminal appeal on a point of law and on a questionof fact, and these proposals have been adopted by most of our colonies; and … the Crown Cases Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 78), is preserved [s. 20 (4)], but writs of error an motions for new trials are abolished [s. 20 (1)]. See NEW TRIAL. Regarding an appeal to the
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