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Arrest of judgment, Formerly an unsuccessful defendant might move that the judgment for the plaintiff be arrested or withheld, notwithstanding a verdict given, on the ground that there was some substantial error appearing on the face of the record which vitiated the proceedings. (See now R.S.C. Ords. XXVII. And XXXIX.) Judgment may be arrested for good cause in criminal cases, if the indictment be insufficient. See Archbold's Criminal Pleading.Means the staying of judgment after its entry, especially, a court's refusal to render or enforce a judgment because of a defect apparent from the record. At Common Law, courts have the power to arrest judgment for intrinsic causes appearing on the record, as when the verdict differs materially from the pleading or when the case alleged in the pleadings is legally insufficient. Today, that type of defect must typically be objected to before trial or before judgment is entered, so that the motion in arrest of judgment has been largely superseded, ...
Actio personalis moritur cum persona.
Actio personalis moritur cum persona. A personal action dies with the person, i.e., the right to sue is gone. 'As if battery be done to a man, if he who did the battery or the other die, the action is gone' (Noy, 9th Edn., p. 20). This maxim states the general rule that actions of tort are destroyed by death of either the injured or the injuring party. Besides the statutory exceptions mentioned below, an action may be brought by the personal representatives of a deceased person for injury done to his property in his lifetime. It has also been applied to actions arising out of contracts of a purely personal nature, e.g., promise to marry, Finley v. Chirney, (1880) 20 QBD 494, or to write a book or paint a picture, See Leake on Contracts; Broom's Max.; Twycross v. Grant, (1877) 4 CPD 40; Phillips v. Homfray, (1993) 24 Ch D 439; and Jones v. Simes, (1890) 43 Ch D 607 as to injunction.This rule of the Common Law has been encroached upon by various statutes; by 4 Edw. 3, c. 7, as to trespas...
Abuse of process
Abuse of process, Actions manifestly frivolous or brought against good faith will be stayed as an abuse of the process of the court. See, e.g., Edmunds v. Attorney-General, (1878) 47 LJ Ch 345. As to an action or defence which appears on the Pleadings to be frivolous or vexatious, see R.S.C., Ord. XXV., r. 4, and also VEXATIOUS ACTION and BILL OF PEACE.Second complaint would amount to abuse of process of court where first complaint was dismissed after considering evidence, Pramatha Nath Talukdar v. Saroj Ranjan Sarkar, AIR 1962 SC 876: (1962) 1 Cr LJ 770.Abusing the process of the court is a term generally applied to proceeding which is wanting in bona fides and is frivolous, vexatious, or oppressive. Making use of the process of the Court as a device to help the jurisdiction of a civil court amounts to an abuse of the process of the Court, Narapa Reddy v. Jagarlamudi Chandramouli, AIR 1967 AP 219 (230). (Contempt of Courts Act, 1952, s. 3)...
Absque impetitione vasti
Absque impetitione vasti [Lat.] (without impeachment of waste), a reservation frequently made to a tenant for life, that no man shall proceed against him for waste committed. This reservation does not extend to allow excessive or outrageous acts of waste, such as felling timber planted for ornament, which is called 'equitable waste' and is ground for an injunction. See WASTE...
Lis pendens
Lis pendens (a pending suit). The pendency of another action between the same a parties for the same cause of action might, under the former practice, have been pleaded in abatement, though not in bar; but the pendency of an action in an inferior or foreign court could not be so pleaded. Such matter may now be setup by way of defence, or the action may be stayed by the court, under the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 41, replacing Judicature Act, 1873, s. 24 (5).The actual pendency of a suit in equity was regarded as notice of the suit to all the world, though after a complete decision the public attention may be supposed to be drawn off to other matters, and therefore a person was allowed to be ignorant of a final decree of the court made in a cause in which he was not concerned, see Price v. Price, (1887) 35 Ch D 297. But by the (English) Judgments Act, 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 11), s. 7, it was enacted that no lis pendens shall bind a purchaser or mortgagee without express notice the...
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