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Good faith
v. Union of India, AIR 1971 SC 530 (554): (1971) 1 SCC 65. The expression good faith qualifies prosecuting the proceeding in the Court which ultimately is found to have no jurisdiction. Failure to pay the requisite
Prosecution
Prosecution, a proceeding either by way of indict-ment or information, in the criminal courts, in order to put an
Attorney-General
the Supreme Court. He is also ex-officio head of the bar for the time being. He exhibits informations, prosecutes for the Crown in criminal matters and in revenue causes, and used to grant fiats for writs of
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Costs
namely,-- (a) a court of assize or a court of quarter sessions before which any indictable offence is prosecuted or tried, and (b) a court of summary jurisdiction by which an indictable offence is dealt with summarily
Eleemosynary corporations
and ordinances, and for imparting assistance to the members of those bodies, in order to enable them to prosecute their devotions and studies with greater care and assiduity. These eleemosynary corporations, though in some things partaking of
right of action
right of action 1 : a right to begin and prosecute an action in the courts (as for the purpose of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong) 2
Capias in withernam
those taken by him, and deliver them to the plaintiff, who gave a bond with sureties, conditioned to prosecute his suit and to return the goods, etc., so to be delivered to him, if a return of
Borough Funds Acts
urban districts to apply public funds under their control to promoting or opposing bills in Parliament or to prosecute or defend legal proceedings in the interest of their constituents, but will not allow of their indemnifying the
Borough Courts
prescription, charter, or Act of Parliament, in particular districts for the convenience of the inhabitants, that they may prosecute small suits, and receive justice at home. In boroughs subject to the Municipal Corporations Acts they are termed
Advocate, Lord
of State of Scotland. It is his duty to act as public prosecutor; but private individuals injured may prosecute upon obtaining his concurrence. He is assisted by a Solicitor-General and four junior counsel, termed advocates-depute. He has
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