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Jews

in the reign of Queen Victoria respecting the Jews. See 8 & 9 Vict. c. 52, giving them relief as to municipal offices; 10 & 11 Vict. c. 58, and 19 & 20 Vict. c. 119, ss.

of damages claimed, if any, apply to a judge for liberty to enter judgment for such remedy or relief or upon the statement of claim the plaintiff may be entitled to. The judge therefore, unless the defendant

Accident

787: 89 LT 314 (HL). The meaning to be attached to the word accident,' in relation to equitable relief, is some unforeseen and undersigned event, productive of disadvantage and not due to negligence or misconduct on the

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Magna Carta

to them and their heirs, of us and our heirs for ever.' The 2nd chapter relates to the relief of the Crown's tenants of full age:-'If any of our earls or barons, or any other, which holdeth

Money lender

that the transaction is harsh and unconscionable, or is 'otherwise such that a Court of Equity would give relief,' the Court may re-open the transaction and relieve the borrower, who may himself institute proceedings and obtain the

Obligation

34 Cal LJ 315: AIR 1921 Cal 129, that the word obligation in s. 54 of the Specific Relief Act may be taken to be a tie or bond which constrains a person to do or suffer

Right to sue

sue, the 'right to sue' means the right to bring a suit asserting a right to the same relief which the deceased plaintiff asserted at the time of his death'. Thus, contracts involving the exercise of special

equity

chancery compare common law, law NOTE: The courts of equity arose in England from a need to provide relief for claims that did not conform to the writ system existing in the courts of law. Originally, the

Plaint

Court-fees Act, 2004, s. 2(c)] Means the statement in writing of a cause of action in which the relief claimed is sketched in detail. Plaintiff is the person presenting a plaint to get a relief from the

In an appropriate case

In an appropriate case, the expression 'in an appro-priate case' in s. 22(1) of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 only indicates that it is not always incumbent on the plaintiff to claim possession or partition

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