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denial
denial 1 : refusal to grant or allow something [ of due process] [ of a motion] 2 a : an assertion that an allegation is false b : a defense … opposing party's allegations are false compare affirmative defense at defense, traverse NOTE: Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, allegations that are not denied are taken as admitted, and a statement that a party has insufficient knowledge
Due course of law
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Suit
the plaintiff claims on the footing that an account has to be taken to ascertain in the sum due to him, Satyanarayana v. Rajah of Vazianagaram, AIR 1932 Mad 565. Suit, envisaged cannot be stretched to criminal … the provision itself, the content would not admit of any other stretching process, BSI Ltd. v. Gift Holdings Pvt. Ltd., AIR 2000 SC 926. [See … so treated for the purpose of s. 11, Gulab Bai v. Panphool Bai, AIR 1962 SC 214. (Civil Procedure Code, 1908, s. 11) Suit, cannot include in its ambit execution or execution proceedings. The interpretation of word
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lien
: a lien against freight conferring on the carrier the right to retain the property until the amount due is paid charging lien : a lien attaching to a judgment or recovery awarded to a plaintiff and … judgment judicial lien : a lien obtained by a legal or equitable process (as judgment, levy, attachment, or execution) ju·nior lien : a lien that … the property itself 2 : retaining lien in this entry inchoate lien : a lien for which some procedure remains unfinished or some term remains undetermined involuntary lien : a lien that arises other than by the
judgment
of default against a party for failure to appear, to file a pleading, or to take other required procedural steps called also judgment by default compare decree pro confesso at decree deficiency judgment : a judgment in … having authority to act on behalf of a business and usually marked by reasonableness and the exercise of due care ;also : the faculty of making such decisions sub·sti·tut·ed judgment : a decision regarding medical treatment made … sentence 2 : the action of judging : the mental or intellectual process of forming an opinion or making a decision ;also : an opinion
Bill of Exchange
and each of them is liable to be sued upon the bill, if it be not paid in due time. the person who makes or draws the bill is called the drawer, he to whom it is … means of conveying money out of the realm though not as a process in use among English merchants. The earliest English case on the subject … to recover on bills of exchange and promissory notes was much simplified and shortened by the (English) Summary Procedure on Bills of Exchange Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 67), the procedure under which was continued
Bail
arrested or imprisoned is delivered into the hands of those who bind themselves or become bail for his due appearance when required, in order that he may be safely protected from prison, to which they have, if … In civil cases there were, before the abolition of arrest on mesne process by the Debtors Act, 1869:- (1) Common bail, or bail below, given … extinct, but it may still be required in actions of ejectment brought by landlords. See (English) Common Law Procedure Act, 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. 76), ss. 213, 215 and 216. Bail in criminal cases is
bill
bearing it a specific amount of money on a named future date or on demand ;also : draft due bill : a bill given by a bank to the purchaser of a security in place of the … debtor out of the property that is not otherwise reachable by legal process cross bill : an equitable bill by which a party to a … for one's claim against another called also bill in equity 3 a : a form or device of procedure used in civil actions bill in the na·ture of a bill of review : an equitable bill seeking
Imprisonment
of commitment is not to issue if the justices are of opinion that failure to pay was not due to willful refusal or culpable neglect with power to remit all or any of the debt under consideration. … supervision (s. 6). Imprisonment for Debt.--As to this, before 1870, see MESNE PROCESS. The (English) Debtors Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 62) (see … (English) Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 38); this Act now regulates the procedure on appeal to Quarter Sessions; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Justices.' Important alterations in the law relating to imprisonment have
Action
Action, conduct, something done; also the form prescribed by Law for the recovery of one's due, or the lawful demand of one's right. Bracton (Bk. 3, cap. 1) defines it:-Actio nihil aliud est quam … at 1; Carter P. Pomoroy Ed., 3d Edn. 1885. Action is the process of doing something, conduct or behaviour; A thing done, Black Law Dictionary, … remedy which the law affords him, Edwin E. Bryant, the Law of Pleading under the Codes of Civil Procedure, 3 (2nd Edn., 1899). In the sense of a judicial proceeding includes recoupment, counter-claim, set-off, suit in equity,
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