Tried - Law Dictionary Search Results
Civil proceeding
the expression 'civil proceeding' only to those proceedings which arise out of civil suits or proceedings which are tried as civil suits, nor is there any rational basis for excluding from its purview proceedings instituted and tried
Co-respondent
damages shall, subject to the provisions of any enactment, relating to trial by jury in the court, be tried on the same principles and manner as actions for criminal conversation were tried before the commencement of the
Revivor
or may order that any issue or question necessary to determine the rights of the parties shall be tried in any of the ways in which any question in an action may be tried. And in either
Keep your definitions linked to case research
Culprit
or not guilty ?' Prisoner, 'Not guilty.' Clerk, 'Qu'il paroit [may it prove so]; how will you be tried ?' Prisoner, 'By God and my country.' These words, being hurried over, came to sound, 'Culprit, how will
De bene esse
allow it as well done for the present; but when it comes to be more fully examined or tried, to stand or fall according to the merit of the thing in its own nature (Jac. Law Dict.).
Feigned issue
Before the Gaming Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 109), s. 19, questions of fact were often tried by means of a pretended wager between the parties interested. But by the last-named Act, in every case,
Felony
has a right to be heard before judgment; and that peers accused of felony are entitled to be tried by their peers (Earl Russell's case, 1901 AC 446). Lord De Clifford was tried on 12th December, 1935,
Jury
for trying causes, but in no case for trying prisoners. An alien is no longer entitled to be tried by a jury de medietate lingu'; see British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, s. 18. See
County Courts
the sum of 500l. (s. 52). By agreement all actions assigned to the King's Bench Division can be tried in any County Court (s. 43). There are also, in addition to the general jurisdiction, varied and extensive
Preferred
Preferred, 'preferred' is a word of dual import; its semantics depend on the scheme and the context; its import must help, not hamper, the object of the enactment even if liberty win language may be necessary....
- ‹ Prev
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- Next ›
- Last »
Try the research workspace - 7 days free