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Copyhold
same time, and the same roll serves to record the proceedings of both. In the court baron the suitors are judges. In the customary court the suitors are assistants to the lord, or his steward, who is
Concurrent jurisdictions
jurisdiction of several different tribunals, both authorized to deal with the same subject-matter at the choice of the suitor. Inequity, the jurisdiction was concurrent where no complete relief was obtainable at law. It was exercised in order
Cause of action
s. 20] Cause of action implies a right to sue. The material facts which are imperative for the suitor to allege and prove constitute the cause of action. It has, been judicially interpreted inter alia to mean
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Report Office
Report Office, was a department of the Court of Chancery. The suitor's account there is dis-continued by 15 & 16 Vict. c. 87, s. 36.
Obtaining
Obtaining, the word 'obtaining' connotes an element of effort on the part of the suitor or the applicant, State of Bihar v. Md. Ismail, AIR 1966 Pat 1 (6) (FB). (Limitation Act, 1963,
Nemo pott esse simul actor et judex
Nemo pott esse simul actor et judex. Broom's Leg. Max, (No one can be at once suitor and judge.)
Injunction
Court might grant them), and injunctions, called 'common injunction,' were frequently granted by that Court to stay a suitor from proceeding in a Court of Common Law to assert a right which it was contrary to equity
Contempt of court
either of the parties or his representative. Among the latter is the attempting by intimidation to cause any suitor to discontinue his action, kidnapping or corrupting witnesses or attempting to do so, corrupting or attempting to corrupt
Common Law
conduct previously existing among the people. This recognition was formerly enshrined in the memory of legal practitioners and suitors in the Courts; it is now recorded in the voluminous series of our law reports which embody the
Court-leet
Municipal Corporations Act of 1835. All offences cognizable in the leet are inquired of and presented by the suitors of the court, sworn and charged as a jury for that purpose; and all presentments may be removed,
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