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Legal Word Game

Page no : 6

SANJAY DIXIT (Advocate)     08 July 2008

De bene esse is a Latin term that means "Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally".


Next Word : palimony


Shree. ( Advocate.)     09 July 2008

 non-legal term coined by journalists to describe the division of property or  alimony like support given by one member of an unmarried couple to the other after they break up.

 


Next word: Res ipsa loquitur

KamalNayanSaxena (lawyer)     09 July 2008

'Res ipsa loquitur'  means the facts speak for themselves.


Next word : "cum duo inter se pugantia reperiuntur in testamenta ultimum ratum est"

arunprakaash.m. (advocate)     09 July 2008

the word DEE BENE ESSEĀ  eivdence is a process an evidence of a witness can be recordedĀ  before he is supposed to be asked for giving evidence in case the witness leaves the country urgently or he is not in a position to give evidence afterwards.

RENUGA DEVI (advocate)     10 July 2008

meaning of Ressubjudice and difference between the Resjudicata nad Ressubjudice


 

arunprakaash.m. (advocate)     10 July 2008

Under section 10 cpc RES SUB JUDICE means a case is under the cognizance of judicial authority which has not been conclusively decided.


Under cpc section 11 RES JUDICATA  means a case has been coclusively decied by the court of competent jurisdiction which operates as a prohibition to file another case under the same dispute or cause of action.

RENUGA DEVI (advocate)     11 July 2008

thank u .do you know  any maxim related to resjudicata

KamalNayanSaxena (lawyer)     11 July 2008

Ok, I am telling the meaning of "cum duo inter se pugantia reperiuntur in testamenta ultimum ratum est" ;


This principle is also contained in Section 88 of the Succession Act 1925 


Where two clauses of gifts in a Will are irreconcilable, so that they cannot possibly stand together, the last shall prevail.

Illustrations

(i) the testator by the first clause of his Will leaves his estate of Ramnagar to "A", and by the last clause of his Will leaves it to "B" and not to "A", B will have it.

(ii) if a man, at the commencement of his Will gives his house to A and at the close of it directs that his house shall be sold and the proceeds invested for the benefit of B, the latter disposition will prevail.


 


 


Next word : casus omissus

Shree. ( Advocate.)     14 July 2008

An omitted case. 

When a statute or an instrument of writing undertakes to foresee and 2. When a statute or an instrument of writing undertakes to foresee and to provide for certain contingencies, and through mistake, or some other to provide for certain contingencies, and through mistake, or some other cause, a case remains to be provided for, it is said to be a casus cause, a case remains to be provided for, it is said to be a casus omissus.


Next word: C0MMON APPENDANT

SANJAY DIXIT (Advocate)     17 July 2008

Common appendant:- (Eng. Law)
A right belonging to the owners or occupiers of arable land to put commonable beasts upon the waste land in the manor where they dwell.


Next Word : Modus Operandi

Ram Varma (Once "a Lawyer")     17 July 2008

Latin term, can be translated as mode of operation


It is used in law enforcement to describe criminal's characteristic's / behavioral patterns in committing crimes.


 


Next phrase: 'Quantum meruit

SANJAY DIXIT (Advocate)     19 July 2008

Quantum meruit : (Latin)

As much as he has deserved.



New Word : REPRISALS

Shree. ( Advocate.)     20 July 2008

REPRISALS :



  1. Retaliation for an injury with the intent of inflicting at least as much injury in return.

  2. Forcible seizure of an enemy's goods or subjects in retaliation for injuries inflicted.

  3. The practice of using political or military force without actually resorting to war.


Next word: repousse

SANJAY DIXIT (Advocate)     20 July 2008

Repousse :

The ancient art of embossing or pressing shapes into metal to create a design.


Next Word : DUBITANTE

Ram Varma (Once "a Lawyer")     21 July 2008

Dubitante is Latin term, which means "doubting the correctness of the decision" ......


Next Phrase: 'Non-recourse' 


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