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Repugnancy
p. 885. Repugnancy, in India, if a State law is repugnant to the Union law relating to the same subject in the concurrent list, the Union law will prevail and the State law will fail to the extent
Colonial Attorneys Relief Acts (English)
provided for the admission, to practise as solicitors in the Supreme Court in England, of all persons, being subjects of the British Crown, who have been duly admitted and enrolled as attorneys and solicitors in any colony. … the same or any subsequent Order in Council may, as respects that Court and possession, provide for all matters authorized by this s. to be prescribed and for all matters appearing to His Majesty to be necessary
Analogy
Analogy, identity or similarity of proportion: where there is no precedent in point, in cases on the same subject, lawyers have recourse to cases in a different subject-matter but governed by the same general principle. This is
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Equal protection
conditions. In other words, there should be no discrimination between one person and another if as regards the subject-matter of the legislation their position is the same. There can certainly be a law applying to one person
Cause of action estoppel
proceedings, the latter having been litigated between the same parties or their privies and having involved the same subject-matter. Ishwar Dutt v. Land Acquisition Collector, (2005) 7 SCC 190.
in pari materia
in pari materia [Late Latin, in a like matter] : on the same subject or matter : in a similar case NOTE: It is a doctrine in statutory construction that statutes that
special act
only part of a class of persons in the same situation or only part of a more general subject matter or is intended to apply only in a particular subdivision of the entire territory
Fees
II. Even if the meaning is the same, what is 'fees' in a particular case depends on the subject-matter in relation to which fees are imposed. Secretary, Government of Madras, Home Department v. Zenith Lamp and Electrical
cross-claim
the same transaction or occurrence as the original action or a counterclaim, or involves property that is the subject matter of the original action. cross-claim vi
double jeopardy
the back matter compare merger NOTE: The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution states that no person shall “be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb.” The double jeopardy clause
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