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Merits, affidavit of

Merits, affidavit of. This instrument is necessary when a defendant seeks to set aside, for irregularity, a judgment signed or other proceeding. The term 'merits,' in an affidavit of this nature, is to be read in a technical sense, and is not to be understood to be confined to strictly moral and conscientious defences; and defences of the Statute of Frauds or Limitations, and of Bankruptcy and Infancy, are defences on the merits, 2 Chit. Arch. Prac....

Income statement

Income statement, means a statement of all the revenues, expenses, gains, and losses that a business incurred during a given period, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 768....

Claim, statement of

Claim, statement of. See STATEMENT OF CLAIM....

Defamatory statement

Defamatory statement, is a statement which tends to lower a person in the estimation of right thinking members of society generally or to cause him to be shunned or avoided or to expose him to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or to disparage him in his office, profession, calling, trade or business, Halsbury's Laws of England (28), para 10, p. 8....

Affidavit to hold to bail

Affidavit to hold to bail. By the (English) Judgments Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 110), s. 3, it was provided that upon an affidavit of the existence of a debt to the amount of 20l. or upwards, and that a defendant was about to quit England, the plaintiff might apply to a judge to hold such defendant to bail. The (English) Bankruptcy Repeal and Insolvent Court Act, 1869, s. 20, repealed the above section and substituted other provisions. See ABSCOND....

Affidavit of documents

Affidavit of documents, an affidavit by a party against whom an order for discovery has been made specifying all the documents material to the matters in dispute in the action which are or have been in his possession are power. See DISCOVERY....

Accused, statement of

Accused, statement of. Where an accused person is brought before justices of the peace, the (English) Criminal Justice Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86), s. 12, directs the justices, after the close of the evidence for the prosecution, to ask him whether he wishes to say anything in answer to the charge, telling him that he is not obliged to say anything unless he desires to do so, but that whatever he says will be taken down in writing, and may be given in evidence upon his trial. The justices, before the accused person makes any statement, must make him clearly understand that he has nothing to hope from any promise of favour, and nothing to fear from any threat which may have been held out to him to induce him to make any confession, but that whatever he says may be given in evidence upon his trial, notwithstanding such promise or threat. Whatever the accused states in answer to the charge shall be taken down in the manner shown in the forms prescribed by the rules made under the Ac...

affidavit

affidavit [Medieval Latin, he/she has pledged faith, third singular perfect of affidare see affiant ] : a sworn statement in writing made esp. under oath or on affirmation before an authorized magistrate or officer compare deposition, examination ...

statement of use

statement of use A sworn statement signed by a trademark applicant or a person authorized to sign on behalf of the applicant attesting to use of the mark in commerce. Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ...

collection by affidavit

collection by affidavit :a procedure available for small estates in some states as an alternative to court administration in which a person named in a will may file an affidavit asserting his or her entitlement to payment after a waiting period compare summary distribution ...

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