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Habeas corpora juratorum
s. 104. Is a writ or order requiring that a prisoner be brought before a court at a stated time and place to decide the legality of his detention or imprison-ment, Webster American Dictionary, p. 856. Commands … juratorum, Law Latin (that you have the bodies of the jurors), a process which issued out of the Court of Common Pleas, commanding the sheriff to summon a jury. The practice was similar to the distringas from
court of criminal appeals
court of criminal appeals 1 often cap C&C&A : a court of appeals in some states (as Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas) that hears criminal appeals 2 cap : the intermediate appellate military court … court of criminal appeals 1 often cap C&C&A : a court of appeals in some states (as Alabama, Oklahoma,
For the purpose of enabling the Court to compare
the court to compare' and not for the purpose of enabling the investigating or other agency 'to compare', State of U.P. v. Ram Babu Misra, AIR 1980 SC 791: (1980) 2 SCC 343: (1980) 2 SCR 1067. … For the purpose of enabling the Court to compare, The clear implication of the words 'for the purpose of enabling the court to compare' is
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No appeal has been preferred
unless such a review application was preferred in the High Court before special leave was granted, Kunhayamned v. State of Kerala, (2000) 6 SCC 359: AIR 2000 SC 2587 (2600). (Constitution of India, Article 226) … leave is not granted. Till then there is no appeal in the eye of law before the Superior Court. The review can be preferred in the High Court before special leave is granted, but not after it
Prosecution
contemplated a proceeding of a criminal nature either before a court or a judicial tribunal, Thomas Dana v. State of Punjab, AIR 1959 SC 375: (1959) Supp 1 SCR 274. Means a criminal action; a proceeding instituted … Prosecution, a proceeding either by way of indict-ment or information, in the criminal courts, in order to put an offender upon his trial. In all criminal prosecutions the King is nominally the
Traditions
has in the Court that the Court would, on his 'illness slip', adjourn the case, Rais Ahmad v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1999) 6 SCC 391: AIR 1999 SC 3080 (3083). 1. Past customs and usages that … and usages which are handed down from generation to generation. One of the traditions of the Allahabad High Court, which is now more than 130 years old and has seen many generations of lawyers, is that a
Writ
in actions, see CERTIORARI, MANDAMUS, PROHIBITION, and QUO WARRANTO. A court's written order, in the name of a state or other competent legal authority, commanding addressee to do or refrain from doing some specified act, Black's Law … is summoned as an offender; a legal instrument to enforce obedience to the orders and sentences of the courts. For the particular writs, see their distinctive names, as assistance, capias, etc. The (English) Real Property Limitation Act,
Ratio decidendi
facts, Regional Manager v. Pawan Kumar Dubey, AIR 1976 SC 1766: (1976) 3 SCC 334; Jahangir Khan v. State of Bihar, (1998) 1 Pat LJR 912 (Pat). Ratio decidendi, the ground of a judicial decision. The general … the direct facts of an earlier case appear to be identical to those of the case before the court, the Judge is not bound to draw the same inference as drawn in the earlier case, Dalbir Singh
general appearance
party compare special appearance NOTE: General and special appearances are not used in the federal courts or in state courts that follow the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Inter-State Council
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