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Breach of trust

exceeding seven years; but no prosecution can be commenced without the sanction of the Attorney-General, or, if civil proceedings have been started by the prosecutor, without the sanction of the Court before whom the proceedings have been

Dealer, auction

of the dealer (principal) should have his own business within the State of Orissa before he could be proceeded against or assessed under the Act. It would be sufficient if the manager or agent of a non-resident

Commissioners for Oaths

Court or matter in England, etc. But it is provided that a commissioner may not act in any proceedings in which he is solicitor to any of the parties to the proceeding, or in which he is

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Deliverance, second, writ of

return of the goods replevied, and his costs. The plaintiff, however, is not prevented by this judgment from proceeding, for he may sue out the judicial writ of second deliverance, in execution of which the sheriff must

Folio

Folio (abbrev. Fol.): (1) A certain number of words; in conveyances, etc., and proceedings in the High Court [see Ord. LXV., r. 27 (14)] amounting to seventy-two, and in parliamentary proceedings to

Deposition

S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXVII., rr. 1, 5; and EVIDENCE; PERPETUATE TESTIMONY, BILLS TO. As to deposition in criminal proceedings (in connec-tion with which the term is most commonly used), see especially the (English) Indictable Offences Act, 1848

Interest

(English) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Pro-visions) Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 41), s. 3(1): 'In any proceedings tried in any court of record for the recovery of any debt or damages, the court may, if

Inquiry, writ of

is a writ addressed to the sheriff of the county in which the venue is laid, stating the proceedings in an action, and 'because it is unknown what damages the plaintiff has sustained,' commanding the sheriff that,

Holding over

wrongfully holding over premises of which the value does not exceed 100l. a year may be ejected by proceedings in the county Court, under the County Courts Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 53), or

General issue

by statute' (see that title) is abolished by the (English) Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893, as regards any proceeding to which that Act applies. In criminal proceedings the general issue is 'not guilty,' which is pleaded viva

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