Sequela Curi - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: sequela curiSequela curi'
Sequela curi', suit of Court....
Sequela caus'
Sequela caus', the process and depending issue of a cause for trial....
Sequela molendina
Sequela molendina. See SECTA AD MOLENDINUM....
Sequela villanorum
Sequela villanorum, the family retinue and appurtenances to the goods and chattels of villeins, which were at the absolute disposal of the lord, Paroch. Antiq. 216....
Amicus curi'
Amicus curi' (Lat., friend of the Court), a member of the bar or other stander by, who informs the Court when doubtful or mistaken of any fact or decided case...
Auxilium curi'
Auxilium curi', a precept or order of Court citing and convening a party, at the suit and request of another, to warrant something, Ken. Paroch. Antiq. 477...
Consideratio curi-
Consideratio curi-, the judgment of the Court....
Curi' Christianitatis
Curi' Christianitatis, courts of Christianity; ecclesiastical courts....
Extracta curi'
Extracta curi', the issues or profits of holding a Court, arising from the customary fees, etc., Paroch. Antiq. 572....
Nemo debet bis vexari, si constat curi' quod sit pro una et eadem causa
Nemo debet bis vexari, si constat curi' quod sit pro una et eadem causa. 5 Co. 61, (No man ought to be twice put to trouble, if it appear to the Court that it is for one and the same cause.) In civil actions the general rule is, that the judgment of a Court of concurrent jurisdiction directly upon the point, is, as a plea, a bar, or as evidence, conclusive between the same parties upon the same matter directly in question in another Court. the exception to this rule is in the action of ejectment, 2 Selw. N.P. 763.It is also well established in the criminal law, that when a man is indicted for an offence, and acquitted, he cannot afterwards be indicted for the same offence, provided the first indictment were such that he could have been lawfully convicted upon it by proof of the facts contained in the second indictment, Arch. Cr. Plead. For a recent instance of the application of the maxim, see Rex. v. Simpson, (1914) 1 KB 66. See AUTREFOIS CONVICT.But an abortive trial without a verdic...
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