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Preferred
first payment, as to prefer one creditor over others. Thus it may mean 'prosecute' or effectively pursue a proceeding or merely institute it. Purposefully interpreted, pre-ferring an appeal mean more than formally filing it but effectively pursuing
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy, refers to proceedings of which bankruptcy was the principal subject-matter and does not include a property claim brought by a trustee
Preventive detention
TLR 693. Preventive detention is an anticipatory measure and does not relate to an offence while the criminal proceedings are to punish a person for an offence committed by him. They are not parallel proceed-ings. In the
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Procedendo
proceed to judgment, but without specifying any particular judgment; for that, if erroneous, might be set aside by proceedings in error, or by writ of false judgment; and upon further neglect or refusal, the judges of the
Reasonable and probable cause
Reasonable and probable cause, means genuine belief based on reasonable grounds that the proceedings are justified, ST Sahib v. Hassan Ghani Sahib, AIR 1957 Mad 646. Reasonable and probable cause, such grounds
Recovery
right to suffer a common recovery was considered as an incident of an estate-tail. In later times the proceedings became more complicated; it was found inexpedient that the action should be brought against the tenant-in-tail himself, and
Rem, Action in
Rem, Action in, in the Admiralty Court. By proceedings in rem the property in relation to which the claim is made, or the proceeds of such property
Review, Bill of
Review, Bill of, was in the nature of proceedings in error, and its object was to procure an examination and alteration or reversal of a final decree
Litigation
Litigation, judicial contest; law-suit. The expression 'litigation' means a legal action including all proceedings therein, initiated in a court of law with the purpose of enforcing a right or seeking a remedy,
Scire facias for the Crown
Scire facias for the Crown. The summary proceed-ing by extent is only resorted to when a Crown debtor is insolvent, or there is good ground for
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