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Non-summons, wager of law of, the mode in which a tenant or defendant in a real action pleaded, when the summons which followed the original was not served within the proper time, 31 Eliz. c. 3, s. 2....
Special indorsement on summons
Special indorsement on summons. See SUMMONS....
Vendor and purchaser summons
Vendor and purchaser summons. A further innova-tion of the (English) Vendor and Purchaser Act, 1874, s. 9, replaced and extended by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 49, enables any vendor or purchaser or upon a contract for exchange of any interest in land to apply in a summary way in respect of any requisitions or objections or claim for compensation or any other question arising out of or connected with the contract (not affecting the existence or validity), and the Court may make any order that to it may seem just, including costs. See DEPOSIT; SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE; and R.S.C. Ord. LV., r. 14A; ORIGINATING SUMMONS....
Summons-case
Summons-case, means a case relating to an offence, and not being a warrant-case. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2(w)]...
subpoena duces tecum
subpoena duces tecum ...
subpoena ad testificandum
subpoena ad testificandum ...
Process
Process, includes any practice, treatment and mode of manufacture of any article. [Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986), s. 2(o)]Is largely taken for all the proceedings in any action or prosecution, real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end; strictly, the summons by which one is cited into a Court, because it is the beginning or principal part thereof, by which the rest is directed, Britt. 138.At Common Law the three superior courts at Westminster, in personal actions, differed greatly, before the Uniformity of Process Act, 1832, in their modes of process, and even the same court admitted a considerable variety of methods, according to the circumstances of the case. The ordinary process in Chancery suits was service of a copy of the bill or claim, with an endorsed citation, which required the defendant to appear on a certain day.The process now for the commencement of all actions is the same in all the Divisions of the High Court of Justice, and i...
Act of Bankruptcy
Act of Bankruptcy, an act, the commission of which by a debtor renders him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt if the petition is presented within three months thereafter.Under s. 1 of the (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59), any one of the following acts of a debtor is an act of bankruptcy:-(a) Having made an assignment of his property in trust for his creditors generally.(b) Having made a fradulent conveyance, gift, delivery, or transfer of his property, or of any part thereof.(c) Having made a conveyance amounting to a 'fradulent preference.'(d) Having, with intent to defeat or delay his creditors, departed out of England, or being out of England, remained out of England; or having absented himself; or begun to keep house.(e) If execution against him has been levied by seizure of his goods under process in any Court or in any civil proceeding in the High Court, and the goods have been either sold or held by the sheriff for 21 days:Provided that where an interpleader su...
Leave to defend
Leave to defend. The repealed (English) Bills of Exchange Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict.c.67), commonly called 'Keating's Act,' allowed actions on bills or notes commenced within six months after being due, to be by writ of summons in a form provided by the Act, and, unless the defendant should within twelve days obtain leave to appear and defend the action, allowed the plaintiff to sign judgment on proof of service. This procedure was retained by the (English) Judicature Act, 1875, Ord. II., r. 6, but abolished in 1880 by Ord. II., r. 6 (annulled 1917).By (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. III., r. 6, as amended by (English) R.S.C. 1933, in respect of forfeiture for non-payment of rent, it is provided that in all actions where the plaintiff seeks merely to recover a debt or liquidated demand (see QUANTUM MERUIT) in money, or possession where a tenancy has expired or been determined by notice to quit, or has become liable to forfeiture for non-payment of rent, the writ of summons may, at the option...
Step or proceeding
Step or proceeding, explanation (a) to s. 20(4) of the U.P. Act, provides: 'For the purposes of this sub-s.:- (a) the expression 'first hearing' meant the first date for any step or proceedings mentioned in the summons served on the defendant. The step or proceeding mentioned in the summons referred to in the definition should be construed to be a step or proceeding to be taken by the Court for it is, after all, a 'hearing' that is the subject-matter of the definition, unless there be something compelling in the said Act to indicate otherwise. Further, it is not possible to construe the expression 'first date for any step or proceeding' to mean the step of filing the written statement, though the date for that purpose may be mentioned in the summons, for the reason that, it is permissible under the Code for the defendant to file a written statement even thereafter but prior to the first hearing when the Court takes up the case, since there is nothing in the said Act which conflicts wit...
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