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Rule
Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 539. Means an order or directive issued by a court in a particular proceeding especially upon petition of a party to the proceeding that commands an officer or party to perform an
Notice of action
Vict. c. 61 (see PUBLIC AUTHORITIES), so much of any public general Act as enacts that, in any proceeding to which that Act applies (i.e., in any proceeding against any person for any act done in pursuance
Modesty
Modesty, as 'womanly propriety of behaviour; scrupulous chastity of thought, speech and conduct; reserve or sense of shame proceeding from instinctive aversion to impure or coarse suggestions, Oxford English Dictionary (1993 Edn.); Raju Pandurang Mahale v. State
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Maritime lien
or privilege upon a thing to be carried into effect by legal process, that process to be a proceeding in rem ...... This claim or privilege travels with the thing into whosoever possession it may come. It
Inspection of written documents
(English) Evidence Act, 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 99), s. 6, that in any action or other proceeding the court or a judge might, on application by either party, compel the opposite party to allow the
Information
Solicitor-General, and not by way of petition. When a suit immediately concerned the crown or government alone, the proceeding was purely by way of infor-mation, but where it did not do so immediately, a 'relator' was appointed
Feigned issue
Feigned issue, a proceeding whereby an action was supposed to be brought by consent of the parties to determine some disputed right
Extent
is an award of amoveas manus. Error will lie upon the judgment provided the Attorney-General consent to the proceeding. Where there was no judgment it was the rule to issue a commission to ascertain what debt was
Nolle prosequi
Nolle prosequi (to be unwilling to prosecute) was a proceeding in the nature of an undertaking by the plaintiff when he had misconceived the nature of the action,
Winding-up
every attachment, sequestration, distress or execution if made after commencement is void undr s. 174; no action or proceeding shall be proceeded with or commenced against the company except by leave of the Court (s. 177); and
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