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Cum par delictum est duorum semper oneratur petitor et melior habetur possessoris causa

always fail and the cause of him in possession be preferred.

or any other judicial body from which an appeal is preferred to this Court. [Supreme Court Rules, 1966, s. 2 (1)

[Lat.], in an ambiguous law, that signification is to be preferred which is consonant with equity, especially when the spirit of

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feeling of mankind leans to this species of evidence in preference to that which is merely circumstantial. If positive evidence of

and the witness, (2) the charges and specifications, (3) the preferring of charges and their referral to a summary. Special or

to proceed to deliver him until they are discharged. To prefer an accusation against any one. A burden, duty, or trust,

The word 'balance' appears to have been advisedly used in preference to 'deposits' because the intention was that only such amount

of a party in litigation, especially on appeal, a document preferred by counsel as the basis for arguing a case, consisting

judex secundum equum et bonum judicat, et equitatem stricto juri prefert [Lat.], A good judge decides according to justice and right,

of the court, can become an indicting. It may be preferred by directing or with the consent of a High Court

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