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Limitation of actions and prosecutions
fixed within which, upon the principle Interest reipublic' ut sit finis litium, particular actions must be brought or proceedings taken. In the case of simple contract the remedy on the contract is barred, leaving the creditor free
Penalty
[Employees' Provident Fund Act, 1952, s. 14] Means recovery of an amount as a penal measure in civil proceedings, or an exaction which is not compensatory in character, Jagjit Cotton Textile Mills v. Chief Commercial Superintendent, N.R.,
Proviso, Trial by
up the record, carry it down and enter it, and proceed to the trial as if he were proceeding as plaintiff. The right to try by proviso was expressly saved by (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 116,
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service of process
service of process bringing a judicial proceeding to the notice of a person affected by it by delivering to him or her a summons, or
Wrongful restraint
Wrongful restraint, Whoever voluntarily obstructs any person so as the prevent that person from proceeding in any direction in which that person has a right to proceed, is said wrongfully to restrain that
out-of-court
out-of-court 1 : not made under oath or affirmation as part of a judicial proceeding (as a trial or deposition) [an statement] 2 : not made or done as part of a judicial
Act of Bankruptcy
him has been levied by seizure of his goods under process in any Court or in any civil proceeding in the High Court, and the goods have been either sold or held by the sheriff for 21
testimony
orally or in an affidavit or deposition former testimony : testimony that a witness gives at a different proceeding (as another hearing or a deposition) NOTE: Under Federal Rule of Evidence 804, former testimony is admissible as
return day
return is to be made: as a : a day on which the defendant in an action or proceeding is to appear in court (as for arraignment) b : a day on which the defendant in an
recuse
or a conflict of interest 2 : to disqualify (as oneself or another judge or official) for a proceeding by a judicial act because of prejudice or conflict of interest [an order recusing the district attorney from
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