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Pardon
a pr'munire (see that title), unpardonable even by the Crown; and (2) that the sovereign cannot pardon where private justice is principally concerned in the prosecution of offenders--'non potest rex gratiam facere cum injuria et damno aliorum.' … concerned in the prosecution of offenders--'non potest rex gratiam facere cum injuria et damno aliorum.' Neither at Common Law could the sovereign pardon an offence against a penal statute after information brought; for thereby the informer had
Public right
Public right. A right enjoyed by the public as distinguished from private or personal rights attached to the personalty of an individual. Public rights exist at Common Law, such as
Foreign judgment
Foreign judgment, it is a well established pro-position in Private International law that unless a foreign Court has jurisdiction in the international sense, a judgment delivered by that
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Public authority
which perform those duties and carries out its transactions for the benefit of the public and not for private profit, Halsbury's Laws of England, 3rd Edn., Vol. 30, p. 682. Means any authority or body established or … duties and carries out its transactions for the benefit of the public and not for private profit, Halsbury's Laws of England, 3rd Edn., Vol. 30, p. 682. Means any authority or body established or con-stituted,-- (i) by
Petty-bag Office
Church Building Acts Amendment Act, 1869, that pews or sittings which are subject to any trust or are private property may be surrendered to the bishop and become 'subject to the same laws as to all rights … Petty-bag Office, an office belonging to the Common Law jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, for suits for and against solicitors and officers of that Court, and
Charity
denoting a giving to some one in necessitous circumstances and in law a giving for public good. A private gift to one's own self or kith and kin may be meritorious and pious but is not a
Certify
circumstances like infringement of essential principles of justice or some difficult question of law of great public or private importance. It is not to be granted so as to convert this Court into an ordinary court of
Discretion
of reason and justice and not according to the rules of reason and justice and not according to private opinion; according to law and not honour. It only gives certain latitude liberty accorded by statute or rules,
Autonomic law
of enacted law that has its source in various forms of subordinate and restricted legislative authority possessed by private persons and bodies of persons, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 130.
By law
A local or subordinate law a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government
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