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Cause of action
relief, Mayor (H.K.) Ltd. v. Owners and Parties Vessel N.B. Fortune Express, (2006) 3 SCC 100. Right to sue. All the facts which are necessary to establish the plaintiff's right to the remedy which he claims. As
Beneficium ordinis, or excussionis, or discussionis
Beneficium ordinis, or excussionis, or discussionis, a privilege by which a creditor was bound to sue the principal debtor first, and could only sue the sureties for that which he could not recover from
Executor
assets, when not otherwise directed, especially if they be of a perishable nature. (6) As an executor cannot sue himself, the law now allows him, when he has been legally invested with his representative character, to retain
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Pretensed right
Pretensed right: where one is in possession of land, and another, who is out of possession claims and sues for it; here the pretensed right is said to be in him who so claims and sues, Mod.
Nullum tempus aut locus occurit regi
3, c. 16], commonly called the (English) 'Nullum Tempus Act', by which the right of the Crown to sue for land, etc., was limited to sixty years; and the (English) Crown Suits Act, 1861 (24 & 25
Outlawry
given or devised to him; and all the property which he held before is forfeited. He can neither sue on his contracts, nor has he any legal rights which can be enforced; while, at the same time,
Pactum de non petendo
agreement the debtor is freed from his obligation, Civ. Law. This is not unlike the covenant not to sue of our Common Law.
Person
the provisions of the Interpretation Act, 1889, a firm of partners is not a person, although partners may sue or be sued in the firm's name (R.S.C. Ord. XLVIIIA, r. 1), and artificial persons are endowed only
Pauper
PAUPER; POOR LAWS; and EDUCA-TION. As to right of a poor person, having reasonable ground for proceeding, to sue without paying Court fees, solicitor, or counsel, see IN FORM' PAUPERIS. Pauper, is a person who is not
Pawn or Pledge
debt or other claim be completely discharged. The possession of the pawn does not suspend the right to sue for the whole debt or other engagement without selling the pawn, for it is only a collateral security.
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