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Costs

Court or a judge thereof, obtains, under any rule of the Supreme Court providing for summary judgment without trial, an order empowering him to sign judgment for a sum of twenty pounds or upwards, either unconditionally or

Jury

Fr.], a number of persons sworn to deliver a verdict upon evidence delivered to them touching the issue. Trial by jury may be traced to the earliest Anglo-Saxon times. One of the judicial customs of the Saxons … of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1933. In Hope v. Great Western Railway Co., (1937) 2 KB 130, the Court of Appeal held that trial by jury upon application of a party under s. 6 of the Act

High Steward, Court of the Lord

High Steward, Court of the Lord, a tribunal instituted for the trial of peers or peeresses indicted for treason or felony, or for misprision of either, but not for any

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Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)

(21 & 22 Geo. 5, c. 24), s. 2. 'A person convicted' includes a person who, upon the trial of an indictment, has been found insane, R. v. Ireland, (1910) 1 KB 654. The Court has power

Suit

action in the Supreme Court, or a proceeding by petition in the Divorce branch of that Court; a prosecution; a petition to a Court, etc. See Jud. Act, 1873, s. 100. By Jud. Act, 1925, s. 225,

Appeal

and thereby passes a decree of its own, and in the event it upsets the decree of the trial court, it would be again passing a decree of its own resulting in merger of decree of the trialcourt, it would be again passing a decree of its own resulting in merger of decree of the trial court with that of the appellate court, Dilip v. Mohd. Azizul Haq, (2000) 3 SCC 607.

verdict

interrogatories on questions of fact [where there exists a conflict between the general verdict and the interrogatories, the trial court may determine that the answers to the interrogatories prevail "Berk v. Matthews, 559 N.E.2d 1301 (1990)"] see also

Venue

Venue [fr. visne, vicinetum, visnetum, Lat.], the place whence a jury are to come for trial of causes. See Co. Litt. 125 a, and Hargrave's note (2). Local actions must, before the Jud. Act, … any county at the plaintiff's option; and no venue could be changed without a special order of the Court or a judge, unless by consent of the parties, R.H.T. 1853, r. 18. It is, however, provided by

Bail

and 216. Bail in criminal cases is given for the appearance of the party bailed to take his trial to attend a further examination of a charge against him. In all cases of felony, and in certain … legal power to deliver him. Means a security such as cash or a bond, especially security required by court for the release of a prisoner who must appear at a further time, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,

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