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bond
ensure payment of court costs depository bond : a bond given by a bank often for deposits from state or municipal governments that covers the amount of the deposit in the event of the bank's insolvency fidelity … a usually formal written agreement by which a person undertakes to perform a certain act (as appear in court or fulfill the obligations of a contract) or abstain from performing an act (as committing a crime) with
Appropriate government
or indirectly-- (i) by the Central Government or the Union Territory administration, the Central Government, (ii) by the State Government, the State Government [Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), s. 2(a)] The Appropriate Government means,
Letters of safe-conduct
or forfeiture of any property under sub-sec. (1), and such property is suspected to be in a contracting State, the court may issue a letter of request to a court or an authority in the contracting State … abroad are now more usually obtained, and are allowed to be of equal validity; see ALIEN ENEMY.Where the court has made an order for attachment or forfeiture of any property under sub-sec. (1), and such property is
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bind over
case or defendant) to another forum after a finding of probable cause at a preliminary hearing NOTE: In states that require indictment by a grand jury in felony cases, a case will be bound over to the … bind over 1 : to put under a bond to do something (as appear in court) under court authority 2 : to transfer (a case or defendant) to another forum after a finding of
certify
certificare, from Late Latin, to assure, convince, from Latin certus certain + -ficare to make] 1 : to state authoritatively: as a : to give assurance of the validity of [ corporate records] b : to present … corporate records] b : to present in formal communication (as an order) esp. for review by an appellate court [the court may the question to the Supreme Judicial Court "R. T. Gerwatowski"] see also certification c :
libel
section compare defamation, slander NOTE: Although libel is defined under state case law or statute, the U.S. Supreme Court has enumerated some First Amendment protections that apply to matters of public concern. In New York Times Co. … of liber book] 1 : complaint used esp. in admiralty and divorce cases 2 a : a defamatory statement or representation esp. in the form of written or printed words ;specif : a false published statement that
Code
made the rules made by the High Court subject to the previous approval of the Government of the State. S. 127 provided that the rules as made and approved shall have the same force and effect as … with the provisions of Part X of the Code' (Ss. 121 to 131). S. 122 enabled the High Court to make rules, from time to time 'regulating their own procedure or the procedure of the Civil Code
District Judge
District Judge, includes, among other, an additional district judge, State of West Bengal v. Nripendranath Bagchi AIR 1966 SC 447: (1966) 1 SCR 771. See State of Assam … Assam v. Kuseswar Saikia, AIR 1970 SC 1616. District Judge shall mean the Judge of a principal Civil Court of original Jurisdiction, but shall not include a High Court in the exercise of its ordinary or extraordinary
Judicial review
range of authorities. Judicial review is a protection to the individual and not at weapon, Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab, (1994) 3 SCC 569 (738). Means to look again main object of granting a review of … their constitutionality. The examination of Federal and State Legislative Statutes and the acts of executive officials by the courts to determine their validity according to written Constitution, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 285. In
Status quo as in the High Court
rise to doubt and difficulty. According to the ordinary legal connotation, the term 'status quo' implies the existing state of things at any given point of time. The qualifying words 'as in the High Court' clearly limit … Status quo as in the High Court, the expression 'status quo' is undoubtedly a term of ambiguity and at times gives rise to doubt and
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