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Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)

which sat in 1878, made proposals as to criminal appeal on a point of law and on a questionof fact, and these proposals have been adopted by most of our colonies; and Lord James of Hereford said

Closure

(cc)] Closure, in the House of Commons a member may rise in his place and move 'That the question be now put'. That question must be put forthwith, without amendment or debate, unless it appears to the

jurisdiction

in the Important Cases section compare venue NOTE: Jurisdiction determines which court system should properly adjudicate a case. Questions of jurisdiction also arise regarding quasi-judicial bodies (as administrative agencies) in their decision-making capacities. ancillary jurisdiction : jurisdiction

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Good faith

imputation, and a variety of other factors. Good faith, therefore is a matter for evidence. It is a question of fact to be decided on the particular facts and circumstances of each case. So too the question

Parish meeting

parliamentary electors and county council electors of the parish, each having one vote and no more on any question, or in the case of an election for each of any number of persons not exceeding the number

Originating summons

Court. summonses of this description are very frequently issued in the Chancery Division for the determination of particular questions arising in the administration of an estate or trust, without the administration of the whole estate or trust;

New trial

to the rule that in an action of contract, unless some right independent of the damages be in question, the amount in dispute must be 20l. at least for the Court to interfere. (1) Mistakes, etc., of

Intoxicating liquor

Act of 1910. These specified grounds' vary according to whether the licence in respect of the premises in question was in force on (1) 1st May, 1869, called 'old' beer-house licences, (2) 25th June, 1902, or (3)

Debate

becomes unduly protracted the speaker can fix a time limit for its completion. At the appointed hour, the question is put forthwith and thus the debate on the subject is closed, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of

Fact of State

Fact of State, The question whether the Dominion of India was entitled to exercise extra provincial jurisdiction over the Shillong administered areas on

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