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continuance

continuance : the postponement of the court proceedings in a case to a future day

Remanet

Remanet, means a case or proceeding whose hearing has been postponed; a remainder or remant, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1296. Remanet, the name given to a cause

Trust for sale

prolongation of the powers of sale until sale in favour of purchasers (s. 23); confers a power to postpone sale in the absence of a contrary intention (s. 25); consents, if requisite, are restricted to two in

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Reprieve

pleads her pregnancy. See JURY FMATRONS. Or (4) if the criminal become non compos, 4 Steph. Com. Temporary postponement of execution of a criminal sentence, esp. a death sentence, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1305. Reprieve,

Carry over

Carry over, a term used in the Stock Exchange to denote the process of postponing the completion of a contract, either for the purchase or sale of stocks or shares, to a later

Adjournment

should be applied only to the case of a meeting which has already convened and which is thereafter postponed and not to a case where a notice convening a meeting is cancelled and subsequently, a notice for

Perpetuity

whether limited by deed or will, and may be thus stated: that the vesting of property cannot be postponed, or the alienation of it restricted, beyond any number of lives in being [whether interested or not is

Postponement of Payments Act, 1914 (English)

Postponement of Payments Act, 1914 (English), a temporary Act expiring six months from the date of its passing (3rd

Further advance, or charge

mortgage is to secure a current account or any other further advances, notice of an intervening charge will postpone the further advance to that charge but (by way of exception) in this case notice will not be

Special case

for the judges of the superior courts as a Court of criminal appeal, and in the meantime to postpone the judgment, or respite the execution of it. As to cases stated by justices, see the (English) Summary

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