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remittitur
back, remit] 1 a : a procedure under which a court may order the reduction of an excessive verdict ;esp : a procedure in which the court requires the plaintiff to remit the portion of the verdict
Minorities
together by ties of common descent, language or religious faith and feeling different in these respects from the majority of the inhabitants of a given political entity, T.M.A. Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka, (2002) 8 SCC
Resolution
3). As regards companies, resolutions are of three kinds: (a) Ordinary, i.e., a resolution passed by a simple majority of members; (b) Extraordinary, i.e., a resolution passed by three-fourths of such members entitled to vote as are
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Entrenched clause
process of amending entrenched clauses varies with each Constitution and may involve a popular referendum, a fixed Parliamentary majority of two-thirds or more a system of delayed legislation or a combination of two or more such factors,
Weight of evidence
evidence, such superiority in the evidence for one side over that for the other as calls for a verdict for the first. When a new trial is asked for on the ground that the verdict is against
Meeting
Meeting, an assembly of persons whose consent is required for anything to decide, by a proper majority of votes, whether or not that thing shall be done; e.g., the meeting of the town council under
Mansfield rule
the doctrine that a Juror's testimony or affidavit about juror misconduct may not be used to challenge the verdict. This Mansfield rule as intended to ensure that jurors are heard through their verdict, not through their post
Inquisition
1. A coroner's inquisition, which is [see (English) Coroners Act,1887, s. 4, sub-s. 3] a certificate of the verdict of the jury, 'setting forth, so far as such particulars have been proved to them, who the deceased
High Steward, Court of the Lord
the proceed-ings. The method and regulation of proceeding differs little from trial by jury, except that no special verdict can be given, because the judges are sufficiently competent to deal with the law. Recent trials before this
Bill of exceptions
party dissatisfied with the ruling of the judge might tender a bill of exceptions at any time before verdict, and require the judge to seal it. By the Judicature Act, 1875, Ord. LVIII., r. 1, bills of
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