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Judicial activism
with the suggestion that adherents of this philosophy tend to find constitutional violations and are willing to ignore precedent, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 850.
Cognizance
of an offence. It is entirely a different thing from initiation of proceedings; rather it is the condition precedent to the initiation of proceedings by the Magistrate or the Judge. Cognizance is taken of cases and not
Muslim law
during the subsistence of one and another though capacity to do justice between co-wives in law is condition precedent. Even under the Muslim Law plurality of marriages is not unconditionally conferred upon the husband, Lily Thomas v.
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Next below rule
proposes to regulate an officiating pay by special order under the second proviso to F.R. 30(1). The condition precedent to the application of the 'Next Below Rule' must, therefore, be fulfilled in each individual case before any
Notice to quit
and expiration of a formal notice to quit on a controlled tenant are as a rule a condition precedent to an action for recovery of the premises or ejectment in the county courts. Consult Foa or Woodfall
Covenant, writ of
by the actionof debt where liquidated; both of these forms of action havenow been abolished. See ACTIONS and preceding title.
Cremation
Williams, (1882) 20 Ch D 659. If burial in consecrated ground and cremation are both desired, cremation should precede and not follow burial, and the Burial Service maybe read in connection with the burial of the ashes;
Days of grace
Christmas Day, or Good Friday, or a public fast or thanksgiving day, the bill is payable on the preceding business day, or on the succeeding business day if the last day of grace is a bank holiday
Delivery of a Deed
date be false or impossible, the delivery ascertains the time of it, 2 Bl. Com. 307. Deeds take precedence according to the time of their delivery, but their effect may vary according to time of registration, notice
Desertion
but as a ground for divorce it must exist for a period of at least three years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition or where the offence appears as a cross-charge, of the answer. Desertion as
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