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class action

class members who are not parties to the individual action; (2) where the opposing party has acted or refused to act on grounds that are applicable to the class members as a whole and therefore injunctive or … fit into one of three categories: (1) where individual litigation would have varying results requiring the opposing party to act inconsistently toward the class members or would affect the interests of class members who are not parties to

Hue and Cry

is innocent; and where he takes refuge in a house, may break open the door, if admittance be refused; and by the Sheriffs Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 55), re-enacting 3 Edw. 1, c. 9,

Jesuits

Law Journal Newspaper, 1st Feb., 1902, for judgment of Mr. Kennedy at the Marlborough Street Police Court on refusing a summons, and R. v. Kennedy, (1902) 86 LT 753, in which the High Court held that they … Bull of Paul III. in 1540, its main object being to stem the tide of the Reformation by active propaganda. The Roman Catholic Relief Act, 1829 (10 Geo. 4, c. 7), by ss. 28-37, rendered Jesuits liable

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Quare impedit

his presentee. In cases where there is an appeal to the archbishop and a judge against a bishop's refusal to institute (see BENEFICE), quare impedit is abolished by s. 3 (5) of the (English) Benefices Act, 1898. Quare

Rescission

Act, 1925, the Court can, if it thinks fit, order the return of any deposit where the Court refuses to grant specific performance or in any action for the return of the deposit. A party's unilateral unmaking

In forma pauperis

(English) Appeal (Forma Pauperis) Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 22), which gives the House power to refuse a petition for leave to sue.

Other

LT 46. Other, must mean 'some other person' than the trustee deceased or going abroad or retiring or refusing or becoming incapable to act and also other than a trustee making appointment, that is to say, other … mean 'some other person' than the trustee deceased or going abroad or retiring or refusing or becoming incapable to act and also other than a trustee making appointment, that is to say, other than the appointer himself because

Cremation

Dixon, 1892 p. 394, where an applicationto exhume, after 18 years' burial, for the purpose of cremation, was refused. The (English) Cremation Act, 1902 (3 Edw. 7, c. 8), empowers burial authorities (see BURIAL) to establish crematoria

renunciation

renunciation : the act or practice of renouncing ;specif : the act of refusing to continue to acknowledge, recognize, or be bound by a contract or obligation : repudiation

Coney

as to arrest of trespasser in pursuit of 'game or woodcocks, snipes, quails, landrails, or coneys,' if he refuses to quit or give his name and address; and see GAME; GROUND GAME ACT; and RABBIT.

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