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Court
Sessions, the Court of Arches, the Consistory Court. Courts are either of record, where their acts and judicial proceedings are enrolled for a perpetual memorial and testimony, and they have power to fine and imprison; or not
County palatine
Act, 1925, s. 19]. [See In re Conolly Bros., Wood v. ConollyBros., (1911) 1 Ch 731 CA (concurrent proceedings; injunction).] By a number of statutes the practice and proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas and of
Costs of and incidental to
costs shall be construed as including reference to fees, charges, disbursements, expenses and remunera-tion and in relation to proceedings..... also include references to costs of or incidental to those proceedings, Andrews (in re:), (1999) 1 WLR 1236
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Consolidating actions
parties were brought, and were pending for the same cause, or substantially so, the court may stay the proceedings in all but one. And if two or more actions were brought by the same plaintiff, at the
Debtor
of the Act. See CREDITOR and BANKRUPT. Debtor, in relation to an attachment of earnings order, or to proceedings in which a court has power to make an attachment of earnings order or to proceedings arising out
Common informer
an action to recover penalties, see Forbes v. Samuel, (1913) 3 KB 706. Statutes occasionally provide that no proceedings shall be taken without the leave of the Attorney-General, see, e.g., the (English) Larceny (Advertisements) Act, 1870 (33
Jurisdiction
meant the extent of the power which is conferred upon the court by its constitu-tion to try a proceedings, Raja Soap Factory v. S.P. Shantharaj, AIR 1965 SC 1449 (1451): (1965) 2 SCR 800. The word 'jurisdiction'
Collusion
do some act in order to prejudice a third person, or for some improper purpose. Collusion in judicial proceedings is a secret agreement between two persons that the one should institute a suit against the other, in
Charge
at a trial by jury; the periodical address of a bishop or archdeacon to his clergy; the taking proceedings against a prisoner; a commission. To lay a duty upon any one, to acquaint any with the nature
Character and antecedents
facts which become known to justices when they inquire into the circumstances of a case before deciding to proceed summarily may not be taken into consideration when they come to decide whether to commit for sentence, but
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