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Under the provisions hereinbefore contained

that the Magistrate must begin over again for the beginning. All that he has to do when he decides that the case ought to be committed is to inform the accused and see that the provisions of

Secondary evidence

good as recite it from memory as to produce a copy. It is the province of the judge to decide whether a document produced be original or not, and until he decides it is not, no secondary evidence

Resolution

(Companies Act, 1929, s. 117). For the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1914, 'ordinary resolution' means a resolution decided by a majority in value of creditors present, personally or by proxy, at a meeting of creditors and

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Res judicata

Res judicata, a final judgment already decided between the same parties or their privies on the same question by a legally constituted Court having jurisdiction

Res integra

Res integra, a point not covered by the authority of a decided case, so that a judge may decide it upon principle alone. An entire thing, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th

Qui aliquid statuerit parte inudita altera, 'quum licet dixerit, haud 'quum fecerit

Qui aliquid statuerit parte inudita altera, 'quum licet dixerit, haud 'quum fecerit. 6 Co. 52, (He who decides anything, one party being unheard, though he should decide right, does wrong.) See AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM.

Decree

An order from one having authority deciding what is to be done by a subordinate also a determination by one having power deciding what is

Proceeding

and in which actions are brought and defended and the manner of conducting them and the mode of deciding them. All these happenings or events before a labour court or industrial tribunal or any other authority on

Partnership

as a partner without the consent of all existing partners'; that differences as to ordinary matters may be decided by a majority, but that 'no change may be made in the nature of the business without the

Irrationality

of accepted moral standards that no sensible person who had applied his mind to the question to be decided could have arrived at it, State of NCT of Delhi v. Sanjeev, (2005) 5 SCC 181. Means what

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