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Adjournment Motion

Business in Council of States 5th Edn. 2000, p. 56. Means the adjournment proposed is not of the proceedings of the day but of the proceedings in regard to the items listed on the agenda in order

Adjournment

SCC 484 (491): AIR 1989 SC 1289. An Adjournment of the House contemplates postponement of the sitting or proceedings of either House to reassemble on another specified date. During currency of a session the House may be

due process

due process 1 : a course of formal proceedings (as judicial proceedings) carried out regularly, fairly, and in accordance with established rules and principles called also procedural

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procedendo

procedendo [Latin, ablative of procedendum, gerund of procedere to proceed] : an extraordinary writ ordering a lower court to proceed to or execute a judgment

juvenile court

juvenile court : a court that has jurisdiction over juvenile delinquency proceedings or other civil proceedings involving minors or juveniles compare family court

immigration judge

an administrative judge within the Executive Office for Immigration Review. They are qualified to conduct specified classes of proceedings, including removal proceedings. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

entrapment

the state or federal government has provided the encouragement or inducement. This defense is sometimes allowed in administrative proceedings (as for the revocation of a license to practice medicine) as well as criminal proceedings. In order to

contempt

: indirect contempt in this entry criminal contempt : contempt consisting of conduct that disrupts or opposes the proceedings or power of the court NOTE: The sanctions for criminal contempt are designed to punish as well as

Appearance

For instance where the summons or the notice issued to a party, at the initial stage, in civil proceedings, requires his appearance, it can certainly be through a recognized agent or counsel, as provided for under sub-rule

Allocato comitatu

Allocato comitatu, in proceedings in outlawry, when there were but two County Courts holden between the delivery of the writ of exigi

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