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King's Counsel
advocates of the revenue, advocati fisci, among the Romans. They must not be employed against the Crown without special licence, which is not refused unless the Crown desires to be represented by the individual in the case. … King's Counsel, barristers appointed counsel to the Crown, and called within the Bar. They answer in some measure to the
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Retainer
to appear for a party, either in some particular suit or action in prospect (which is called a special retainer, or in all matters of litigation in which such party may at any time be involved; this … Retainer. (1) The contract between client and solicitor or between solicitor and counsel for professional services: the contract that such services shall not be given to the opposite party; (2) a
Pains and penalties, Bills of
or felony, or to inflict pains and penalties beyond or contrary to the Common Law, to serve a special purpose. They are in fact new laws, made pro re nataa. It is an incident of such bills … them are entitled by custom to be heard at the Bar of the House in person or by counsel. But on a bill to disfranchise the borough of St. Albans, this claim was disallowed.
Public prosecutor
Public prosecutor, means a Public Prosecutor or an Additional Public Prosecutor or a Special Public Prosecutor appointed under s. 28 and includes any person acting under the directions of the Public Prosecutor. … Prosecutor. [ Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2 (u)] The 'Public Prosecutor' is the counsel for the government for conducting prosecution on behalf of the State Government or the Central Govern-ment as the
High Steward, Court of the Lord
all the proceed-ings. The method and regulation of proceeding differs little from trial by jury, except that no special verdict can be given, because the judges are sufficiently competent to deal with the law. Recent trials before … of Lord de Clifford, 1936 WN 4. A barrister who is also a peer may not appear as counsel to argue before the House of Lords when sitting under the presidency of the Lord High Steward on
Company
either (1) in a charter, as the Bank of England and many insurance companies; or (2) in a special Act of Parliament, with which, as authorizing an undertaking of a public nature such as a railway, the … business here after 1st April, 1909. The meaning of establishing a place of business was discussed in Lord Advocate v. Huron & Erie Loan Co., 1911 SC 612, see also s. 90 as to charges by such
Replevin
a general rule that whoever brings replevin ought to have the property of the goods either general or special in him at the time of the taking, and it lies against him who takes the goods and … to try the right with the distrainer, and to answer him in a course of law, the Pocket Lawyer and Family Conveyancer 105, 3rd Edn., 1833. Replevin, lies, where specific personal property has been wrongfully taken and
Goods
Act, 1985, Ch. 53, Central Excise Act, 1944, ss. 3 and 5A, Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957, s. 3; Customs Act, 1962, s. 25]; Commissioner of Central Excise, Allahabad v. Ginni Filaments … is known to the market as such. It cannot mean the case papers, entitling their retention by the lawyer as his lien for the purpose of realizing his fee, R.D. Saxena v. Balram Prasad Sharma, (2000) 7
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