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Supersede

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supersede

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superseding cause

superseding cause see cause

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Recall

Recall, to supersede a minister, or deprive him of his office; also a revoke a judgment on a matter of fact.

cause

that joins simultaneously with another cause to produce a result called also concurring cause compare intervening cause and superseding cause in this entry di·rect cause : proximate cause in this entry ef·fi·cient in·ter·ven·ing cause : superseding cause

merger

remain distinct. 4 : a doctrine in civil litigation: a judgment in favor of a plaintiff incorporates and supersedes the cause of action and any claims based on it and requires that further litigation in the case

Statutory release

Statutory release, a conveyance which superseded the old compound assurance by lease and release. It was created by 4 & 5 Vict. c. 21

Specific performance

Act, 1854, however, imparted to the Common Law writ of mandamus a little more efficacy by provisions since superseded by s. 24 of the Judicature Act, 1873, now by Judicature Act, 1925, s. 36, and the (English)

Magna Carta

writ of inquisition of life and member, and the old feudal tenures and wager of law, have been superseded by their abolition. The next chapter (29) is so often quoted that it is better to give it

Lighting and Watching Act, 1833

the metropolis by the (English) Sanitary Act, 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 90), s. 35, and is superseded by the (English) Public Health Act in districts where that Act is in fore [see (English) Public Health

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