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Boni judicis est judicium sine dilation mandare executioni

dilation mandare executioni [Lat.], It is the duty of a good judge to order judgment to be executed without delay.

Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854

to abstain from giving an undue preference to any particular person or traffic; and (3) to forward traffic without delay in cases of continuous communication. The object of the Act, which was amended in 1873 and 1888, was

Replevin

an action of replevin to be forthwith commenced by him against the distrainer, and prosecuted with effect and without delay either in the County Court or in the High Court, and to restore it if the right be

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As soon as may be

concerned is provided, can be achieved. The representation must, therefore, be considered with due promptitude or expedition and without avoidable delay in other words with reasonable dispatch, Durga Pada Ghosh v. State of West Bengal, (1972) 2

Duty to report defective plant

which he is required to use in the course of dock operations which he cannot rectify, he must, without unreasonable delay, report that defect to the person in control of that plant, or in the case of

One eighty day (180-day) rule

a felony to be released on personal recognisance if the person has been in jail for 180 days without being brought to trial, and if the delay has not, resulted from the defendant's own actions, Black's Law

Burial

Burial. Burial in some part of the parish churchyard without payment is a Common Law right, but not burial in any particular part of it. In order to … refusing to bury a dissenter or other person, for by the 68th canon 'no minister shall refuse or delay to bury any corpse that is brought to the church or churchyard (convenient warning being given him before),

dismissal

action by the plaintiff NOTE: Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a), a plaintiff may dismiss an action without a court order anytime before the defendant serves an answer or moves for summary judgment, or by stipulation … indictment, information, or complaint with the court's approval. The court may also dismiss it if there is unnecessary delay in the government's prosecution of the case. c : a document setting forth the request for a dismissal

Voluntary conveyance

Voluntary conveyance. A conveyance by way of gift or otherwise without valuable consideration. Liable to be defeated, under 27 Eliz. c. 4, by a subsequent sale for value, but … 4, as amended by the (English) Voluntary Conveyances Act, 1893. Any conveyance made with intent to defeat or delay creditors may be set aside under 13 Eliz. c. 5; see Twyne's Case, (1601) 3 Rep. 80; 1

Conditions of sale

offer for sale. Conditions of sale will be construed so as to collect the meaning of the parties without incumbering them with the technical meaning of words; for, as Lord Hardwicke declared, 'there is no magic in … of deposit, date of completion, possession, and apportionment of outgoings, rights to interest or rents and profits, upon delay or completion after the fixed day, delivery of the abstract, commencement of title, time for making the purchaser's

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