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Misdirection

amount to a misdirection. But, in either case, every misdirection or non-direction is not in itself sufficient to set aside a verdict, but it must be such that it has occasioned a failure of justice, K.M. Nanavati v.

Nemo debet esse judex in propria causa

his own cause Canal Co., (1852) 3 HLC 759, in which the judgment of Lord Chancellor Cottenham was set aside by the House of Lords on the ground of his having been a shareholder in the defendant company.

Post-obit Bond

whom the obligor expects to derive some property. Post-obit bonds, and other securities of a like nature, are set aside, when made by heirs and expectants, as frauds upon the parents and other ancestors, unless the person dealing

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Procedendo

King's name to proceed to judgment, but without specifying any particular judgment; for that, if erroneous, might be set aside by proceedings in error, or by writ of false judgment; and upon further neglect or refusal, the judges

Quasi judicial

is a free agent in reaching the final decision. If the rules are broken, the determination may be set aside, but it is not sufficient to show that the administration is biasedin favour of a certain policy, or

Queela inofficiosi testamenti

entitled having been gradually widened) might attack the Will as contrary to natural duty (inofficiosum) and get it set aside, A Manual of Roman Private Law, WW Buckland, 199 (2nd End., 1953).

Querela inofficiosi tesamenti

ascendant, or sibling who was unjustly disin-herited or passed over by a parent's Will to have the Will set aside as undutifully made, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1259

Reduction improbation

action of reduction in which falsehood and forgery are alleged against the deed or document sought to be set aside, Scot Law.

Res judicata

res judicata cannot be further gone into; but if the decision was obtained by fraud it can be set aside, Cole v. Langford, (1898) 2 QB 36. Criminal proceedings do not constitute a res judicata as regards civil

Resale

on objections having been raised or because of the necessary deposit having been made by the judgment-debtor, is set aside, it should be regarded as having never taken place, Shri Ram Jogutram v. Dev Barat L. Biharilal, AIR

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