"Hand Down" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

Hand Down LAW AND LEGAL
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An appellate court ls sold to “haud down" Its decislon in a . case, when the opinion ls prepared and filed for transmission to the court below

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Adjournal LAW AND LEGAL

A term applied ln Scotch law and practlce to the records of the criminal courts. The original records of criminal …

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Adjourned Term LAW AND LEGAL

In practice. A continuance, by adjournment, of a regular term. Harris v. Gest, 4 ohio St. 473; Kiugs-ley v. Bagby, …

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Adjournment LAW AND LEGAL

A putting off or post-lining of business or of a session until an-other tlme or place; the act of a …

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Admissible LAW AND LEGAL

Proper to be received. As applied to evidence, the term means that it Is of such a character that the …

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Apply LAW AND LEGAL

1. To make a formal request or petitlon, usually ln writing, to a court, officer, board, or company, for the …

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Caveat LAW AND LEGAL

Lat Let him beware. A formal notice or warning given by a party ln-terested to a court, judge, or ministerial …

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Certiorari LAW AND LEGAL

Lat. (To be Informed of, to be made certain in regard to.) The name of a writ issued by a …

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City Of London Court LAW AND LEGAL

A court havlng a local Jurisdlction within the city of London. It ls to all intents and purposes a county …

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Civil Bill Court LAW AND LEGAL

A tribunal ln Ire-land with a jurisdiction analogous to that of the county courts ln England. The judge of lt …

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Come LAW AND LEGAL

To present oneself; to appear in court In modern practice, though such presence may be constructive only, the word ls …

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Commissaire LAW AND LEGAL

In French law. A person who receives from a meetlug of shareholders a special authority, viz., that of checking and …

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Compensation LAW AND LEGAL

Indemnification; pay-ment of damages; making amends; that which ls necessary to restore an injured par-ty to his former position. An …

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Concur LAW AND LEGAL

To agree; accord; consent In the practice of appellate courts, a “con-curring opinion" ls one filed by one of the …

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Consultation LAW AND LEGAL

A writ whereby a cause which has been wrongfully removed by prohibition out of an ecclesiastical conrt to a temporal …

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Copyhold LAW AND LEGAL

A species of estate at will, or customary estate in England, the only vis-ible title to whlch consists of the …

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Cy-Pres LAW AND LEGAL

As near as [possible.] The rule of cy-prcs is a rule for the construction of instruments in equity, by which …

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Dismiss LAW AND LEGAL

To send away; to discharge; to. cause to be removed. To dismiss au action or suit ls to send it …

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Diversite Des Courts LAW AND LEGAL

A treatise on courts and their jurisdiction, written ln French In the reign of Edward III. as ls supposed, and …

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Division Of Opinion LAW AND LEGAL

In the prac-tice of appellate courts, this term denotes such a disagreement amoug the judges that there ls not a …

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Dominus Litis LAW AND LEGAL

Lat. Tbe master of the suit; i. e., the person who was really and directly lnterested ln the suit as …

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