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Finding
Finding, the word 'finding', will only cover material questions which arise in a particular case for decision by the authority hearing the case or the appeal which,
Usual Covenants
Usual Covenants, covenants usually inserted in deeds having a similar scope to that in respect of which a question arises. The phrase occurs most frequently in connection with agreements for leases stipulating that the lease when granted
Further consideration
Further consideration, the postponed considera-tion by a judge of a cause or of some question in it. In the Chancery Division in actions for administra-tion, partition, and the like, it is usual at
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Obiter dicta
Obiter dicta, in the course of the argument and decision of a case, not infrequently, many incidental questions arise which may be indirectly connected with the main question for considera-tion. The observations on such questions, whether
Decree
or final. It shall be deemed to include the rejection of a plaint and the determination of any question within s. 144, but shall not include' a) any adjudication from which an appeal lies as an appeal
Clumps
A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by
abstention
abstention : the staying of the exercise of federal jurisdiction in a case that involves a question of state law or policy which the federal court prefers to have resolved by a state court or
Court
and including the High Court in exercise of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction, having jursidiction to decide the questions forming the subject matter of suit, but does not incude any civil court of a grade inferior to
challenge
chal·leng·ing 1 : to dispute esp. as being invalid or unjust [counsel challenged this interpretation] 2 : to question formally (as by a suit or motion) the legality or legal qualifications of [ the regulations] ;esp :
class action
action if “(1) the class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable, (2) there are questions of law or fact common to the class, (3) the claims or defenses of the representative parties are
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