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Serving of notice, must be presumed to have borne in mind that it means not only a formal intimation but also an informal one, Nikantha v. Kashinath, AIR 1962 SC 666....
Serving
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serve
serve served serv·ing 1 : to deliver, publish, or execute (notice or process) as required by law [no notice of any such request was ever served on the husband "National Law Journal"] 2 : to make legal service upon (the person named in a process) : inform or notify by legal service [unless the city had been served with prior notice of a defect "Gene Mustain"] 3 : to put in (a term of imprisonment) [has served five years of her sentence] ...
Notice to produce
Notice to produce. If one party be in possession of any written instrument which would be evidence for the other if produced, a notice to produce it at the trial may be served either upon him, his solicitor, or agent. The notice must specify the instrument with a particularity sufficient to inform the opposite party what he is called upon to produce. It must be served a reasonable time before trial, so as to enable the party served to make an effectual search, and produce the same at the proper time.It is optional with the party upon whom the notice has been served to produce the instrument required or not. If he does not, then, upon proving the service of the notice by affidavit, permission will be given to prove the contents of the instrument by a copy or other secondary evidence, in the same manner as if it had been lost, 1 Chit. Arch. Prac.Notice may also be given [under (English) R.S.C., 1883, Ord. XXXI.] by any party to an action to any other party in whose pleadings or affidavit...
Pensions, Ministry of
Pensions, Ministry of. Established by the (English) Ministry of Pensions Act, 1916, to take over the powers and duties of (a) the Admiralty with respect to the pensions and grants to persons who have served in H.M. naval forces and their dependants, other than service pensions, so far as the pensions and grants are payable out of moneys provided by Parliament and not provided exclusively for Greenwich Hospital; (b) the Commissioners for the Royal Hospital for Soldiers at Chelsea with respect to the grant and administration of disability pensions and grants other than in-pensions; (c) the Army Council and the Secretary of State for War with respect to the pensions and grants to persons who have served in any of H.M. military forces and their dependants, and to persons who have served in the nursing service of these forces, other than service pensions. The Minister may sit in the House of Commons. See also Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Pension.'...
request for admission
request for admission :a written request served upon another party to an action (as under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 36) asking that the party admit the truth of certain matters relevant to the action called also request for admissions request to admit NOTE: A party upon whom a request for admission has been served must provide an answer for each matter of which an admission is requested by admitting it, denying it, or giving reasons why it can be neither admitted nor denied. A matter admitted does not have to be proven at trial, but it is established for the purpose of the pending action only. ...
Pousse cafeacute
A drink served after coffee at dinner usually one of several liqueurs or cordials of different specific gravities poured so as to remain separate in layers hence such a drink of cordials served at any time...
latte
Same as cafe latte a type of espresso coffee served with foamy steamed milk and usually served in a tall glass or mug...
VerbarRathskeller
Orig in Germany the cellar or basement of the city hall usually rented for use as a restaurant where beer is sold hence a beer saloon of the German type below the street level where usually drinks are served only at tables and simple food may also be had sometimes loosely used in English of what are essentially basement restaurants where liquors are served...
Subp'na
Subp'na [from sub, Lat., under, and p'na, penalty], a writ commanding attendance in court under a penalty. It bears a close analogy to the citation, or vocatio in jus of the Civil and Canon Laws. There are several kinds of subp'na.At Common Law there are two to compel the attendance of witnesses:-(1) Subp'na ad testificandum, the common subp'na, which is personally served upon a witness, in order to compel him to attend the trial or inquiry, to give evidence.(2) Subp'na duces tecum; this is personally served upona person, who has in his possession any written instrument, etc., the production of which in evidence is desired. Such a person need not be sworn, and in that case he cannot be cross-examined. Se DUCES TECUM.These subp'nas are also used in criminal proceedings; four witnesses can be included in one subp'na, whether in civil or criminal cases.For rules as to service, etc., of subp'na see (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXVII., rr. 26-34, and for the different forms of subp'na, see ...
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