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Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum

any civil suit), any judge of the King's Bench Division of the High Court 'shall, upon probable and reasonable ground for such complaint award in vacation a writ of habeas corpus,'directed to the person in whose custody … supported by an affidavit of the facts. (See (English) Crown Office Rules, 1906, rr. 216-230.) If a probable ground be shown that the party is imprisoned without a cause and has a right to be delivered, this

Directors

14 App Cas 337, that directors making an untrue statement in a prospectus which they honestly, though without reasonable ground, believed to be true, were not liable to a shareholder taking shares on the faith of such … consent, or otherwise by public notice that it was issued without his knowledge or consent and of the grounds for any withdrawal of consent, see s. 37(1)(iii), and to meet the case of statements made on the

Any other sufficient reason

Any other sufficient reason, means a reason sufficient on grounds at least analogous to those specified in the rule, Lily Thomas v.

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Navigable river

Navigable river, a navigable river is a public high-way navigable by all His Majesty's subjects in a reasonable way and for a reasonable purpose. The public right of a free passage extends to the whole of … convenient passage of ships such as the right of stopping for a reasonable time to unload and of grounding and anchoring, Purnendu Bikash Maityi v. Chairman, District Board, AIR 1963 Cal 74. [Land Acquisition Act, s. 17(2)]

Anticipation

order on the ground of anticipation the probability of the matter being brought before the House within a reasonable time is taken into consideration by the Speaker before deciding about the admissibility of discussion. Rules of Procedure … notice has already been given by another member or Minister is not permitted to do so on the ground of anticipation; however, in determining whether a notice is out of order on the ground of anticipation the

Ratio decidendi

of Bihar, (1998) 1 Pat LJR 912 (Pat). Ratio decidendi, the ground of a judicial decision. The general reasons or principles of a judicial decision, as abstracted from any peculiarities of the case, are commonly styled, by … 3 SCC 334; Jahangir Khan v. State of Bihar, (1998) 1 Pat LJR 912 (Pat). Ratio decidendi, the ground of a judicial decision. The general reasons or principles of a judicial decision, as abstracted from any peculiarities

Justified by law

Justified by law, 'justified' according to Black's Legal Dictionary means: Done on adequate reasons sufficiently supported by credible evidence, when weighed by unprejudiced mind, guided by common sense and by correct rules … showing in court that one had sufficient reason for doing that which he is called to answer; the ground for such a plea. Lexically, the sense is clear. An act is justified by law if it is

Continuation clause

to subject-matter of the insurance shall be held covered until the arrival of the ship, or for a reasonable time thereafter not exceeding thirty days. … Edw. 7, c. 7), s. 11,provides that a policy of sea insurance shall not be invalid on the ground only that by reason of such a clause it may become available for a period exceeding twelve months,

Unlawful assembly

to endanger the public peace, or to give firm and courageous persons in the neighbourhood of such assembly reasonable grounds to apprehend a breach of the peace in consequence of it. See Stephen's Digest of Criminal Law, 6th

Such consent, however

amount to a separate or independent covenant by the lessor that he would not refuse consent except upon reasonable grounds in the case of respectable or responsible person, but only limited or qualified the lessees covenant not to

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