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Pronounce judgment, the phrase 'pronounce judg-ment' would indicate judicial determination by reasoned order for arriving at the conclusion that decree in terms of award be passed, Union of India v. Manager Jain & Associates, (2001) 3 SCC 277: AIR 2001 SC 809. [Civil PC, 1908, O. 20, R. 4(2)]...
Judgment
Judgment [fr. judgment, Fr.], judicial determination; decision of a Court.Under the former practice of the superior Courts, this term was usually applied only to the Common Law Courts, the term 'decree' being in general use in the Court of Chancery. The expression 'Judg-ment,' however, is now used generally except in matrimonial causes, the term 'judgment' including 'decree' [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 225, replacing Jud. Act,1873, s. 100].The several species of judgments are either:-(a) Interlocutory, given in the course of a cause, upon some plea, proceeding, or default, which is only intermediate, and does not finally determine or complete the action. See INQUIRY; SUMMONSES; and ORDERS; and the various titles of the subjects of such judgments as MANDAMUS; INJUNC-TION, etc.(b) Final, putting an end to the action by an award of redress to one party, or discharge of the other, as the case may be.By the (English) C.L.P. Act,1852, s. 120, a plaintiff or defendant having obtained a verd...
Award
Award [the primitive sense of ward is shown in the It. Guardare, Fr. regarder, to look. Hence, Prov. Fr. eswarder (answering in form to award), to inspect goods, and, incidentally, to pronounce them good and marketable; eswardenur, an inspector, Hecart. An award is accordingly, in the first place, the taking a matter into consideration and pronouncing judgment upon it; but in later times the designation has been transferred exclusively to the consequent judgment, Wedgw.], a document containing the determination of commissioners, under an Inclosure Act or other public statute; also an instrument embodying an arbitrator's decision on a matter submitted to him. It must follow the submission, but need not necessarily be in writing, unless so prescribed. An award is generally considered as published as soon as the arbitrator has done some act where by he becomes functus officio, and has declared, and can no longer change, his final mind. As soon as the award is executed, notice thereof shou...
In other cases before the judgment is pronounced
In other cases before the judgment is pronounced, the phrase 'in other cases before the judgement is pronounced' in s. 494, Criminal P.C. would in the context, clearly apply to all cases other than those tried by jury, State of Bihar v. Ram Naresh, AIR 1957 SC 389 (394): 1957 SCR 279. [Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, s. 494]...
Rem, Judgment in
Rem, Judgment in, is an adjudication pronounced upon the status of some particular subject-matter by a tribunal having competent jurisdiction and concluding all persons (not merely the parties to the proceedings) from saying that the status of the thing adjudicated upon was not such as declared by the adjudication, Rex. v. Hartington, 4 E&B 780; and see Castrique v. Imrie, 8 CBNS (1) 405 and LR 4 HL 414. Where a Court rei sit' has control over the thing and jurisdiction to decide as to its dis-position, the adjudication is conclusive against the world, see opinion of judges, per Blackburn J., in the House of Lords, supra. The chief instances are in the Admiralty Courts; foreign judgments, declar-ing status of a ship; or in the matrimonial causes, etc.; grants of probate or administration; con-demnation of goods by a competent tribunal, Geyer v. Aquilar, 7 TR 696; and as to highways, Wakefield Corporation v. Cooke, 1904 AC 31. See The Duchess of Kingston's case, and notes thereto, 2 Sm....
Cross cases
Cross cases, it is a salutary practice, when two criminal cases relate to the same incident, they are tried and disposed of by the same court by pronouncing judgments on the same day. Such two different versions of the same incident resulting in two criminal cases are compendiously called 'case and counter case' by some High Court and 'cross cases' by some other High Courts, Sudhir v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2001) 2 SCC 688: AIR 2001 SC 826 (827). [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, s. 408]...
Due course of law
Due course of law, Due course of law in each par-ticular case means such an exercise of the powers by duly constituted tribunal or court in accordance with the procedure established by law under such safeguards for the protection of individual rights. A course of legal proceedings according to the rules and principles which have been established in our system of jurisprudence for the enforcement and protection of private rights. To give such proceedings any validity, there must thus be a tribunal competent by its constitution, that is by law of its creation, to pass upon the subject matter of the suit or proceeding; and, if that involves merely a determination of the personal liability of the defendant, it must be brought within its jurisdiction by service of process within the State, or his voluntary appearance. Due course of law implies the right of the person affected thereby to be present before the tribunal which pronounces judgment upon the question of life, liberty or property i...
judgment
judgment also judge·ment [jəj-mənt] n 1 a : a formal decision or determination on a matter or case by a court ;esp : final judgment in this entry compare dictum, disposition, finding, holding, opinion, ruling, verdict NOTE: Under Rule 54 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure judgment encompasses a decree and any order from which an appeal lies. cog·no·vit judgment [kÄ g-nō-vit-] : an acknowledgment by a debtor of the existence of a debt with agreement that an adverse judgment may be entered without notice or a hearing : confession of judgment consent judgment : a judgment approved and entered by a court by consent of the parties upon agreement or stipulation : consent decree at decree declaratory judgment : a judgment declaring a right or establishing the legal status or interpretation of a law or instrument [seeking a declaratory judgment that the regulation is unconstitutional] compare damage, injunction specific performance at per...
Pronouncer
One who pronounces utters or declares also a pronouncing book...
Pronounce
Pronounce, means to proclaim, to utter formally, to utter rhetorically, to declare, to utter, to articulate, Chambers 20th Century Dictionary, New Edition, p. 1030.The term 'pronounce' means to proclaim, to utter formally, to utter rhetorically, to declare to, utter, to articulate, Shamim Ara v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (2002) 7 SCC 518: AIR 2002 SC 3551 (3557). (Criminal, PC 1973, s. 125)...
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