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Home Dictionary Name: supplementalsupplemental
supplemental : serving to complete or make an addition [ appropriations] ;specif : of, relating to, or being a supplemental pleading supplemental n ...
Supplemental Bill, Bill in the nature of a
Supplemental Bill, Bill in the nature of a. this bill and the above-named bill were usually confounded together; but a prominent distinction between them seems to have been that a supplemental bill was properly applicable to those cases only where the same parties and the same interest remained before the Court; whereas an original bill, in the nature of a supplemental bill, was properly applicable when new parties with new interests, arising from events which have happened since the institution of the suit, were brought before the Court, 2 Dan. Chan. Pr., 5th Edn. 1396-1401....
supplemental jurisdiction
supplemental jurisdiction see jurisdiction ...
supplemental pleading
supplemental pleading see pleading ...
Supplemental
Supplemental, supply something additional; adding what is lacking, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1452....
Supplemental answer
Supplemental answer, one which was filed in Chancery for the purpose of correcting, adding to, and explaining an answer already filed, Sm. Ch. Pr. 334...
Supplemental Bill
Supplemental Bill, an addition to an original bill in equity, in order to supply some defect in its frame and structure. See BILL INCHANCERY and STATEMENT OF CLAIM....
Supplemental claim
Supplemental claim, a further claim which was filed when further relief was sought after the bringing of a claim, Sm. Ch. Pr. 655....
jurisdiction
jurisdiction [Latin jurisdictio, from juris, genitive of jus law + dictio act of saying, from dicere to say] 1 : the power, right, or authority to interpret, apply, and declare the law (as by rendering a decision) [to be removed to the State having of the crime "U.S. Constitution art. IV"] [a court of competent ] see also situs International Shoe Co. v. Washington in the Important Cases section compare venue NOTE: Jurisdiction determines which court system should properly adjudicate a case. Questions of jurisdiction also arise regarding quasi-judicial bodies (as administrative agencies) in their decision-making capacities. ancillary jurisdiction : jurisdiction giving a court the power to adjudicate claims (as counterclaims and cross-claims) because they arise from a cause of action over which the court has original jurisdiction ;specif : supplemental jurisdiction acquired by a federal court allowing it to adjudicate claims that are based on state law but that form part of a case...
equity
equity pl: -ties [Latin aequitat- aequitas fairness, justice, from aequus equal, fair] 1 a : justice according to fairness esp. as distinguished from mechanical application of rules [prompted by considerations of ] [comity between nations, and require it to be paid for "F. A. Magruder"] b : something that is equitable : an instance of equity [the inequities produced by the system are outnumbered by the equities] 2 a : a system of law originating in the English chancery and comprising a settled and formal body of substantive and procedural rules and doctrines that supplement, aid, or override common and statutory law [the judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and , arising under this Constitution "U.S. Constitution art. III"] see also chancery compare common law, law NOTE: The courts of equity arose in England from a need to provide relief for claims that did not conform to the writ system existing in the courts of law. Originally, the courts of equity exercised great ...
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