Search results for: “Competent jurisdiction/”
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Jurisdiction
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Jurisdiction Meaning of Jurisdiction The extent of legal authority and power . A term of large and comprehensive import , it generally denotes the lawful authority of a body to exercise power. The term […]
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Resolution
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Resolution Meaning of Resolution A solemn judgment or decision of a court . A formal statement of the opinion or intention of an official body or corporation . See Wiley v Woods, 141 A.2d 844, 393 Pa. […]
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Jeopardy
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Jeopardy Meaning of Jeopardy In this sense, a person is said to be placed in jeopardy when he is put to trial in a court of competent jurisdiction on a valid accusatory pleading , before a trier of fact […]
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Justice of the Peace
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Justice Of The Peace Meaning of Justice Of The Peace A public officer connected with a judicial department of the state government who has both judicial and administrative powers. Justices of the peace are […]
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Receiver
A person duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to collect and receive pending the action in which he is so appointed the rents, issues and profits of land or the produce of personal estate or other things in question , which it does not seem reasonable to the […]
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Prohibition
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Prohibition Meaning of Prohibition In practise , the term refers to a judicial writ issuing out of a court of superior jurisdiction and directed to an inferior court or quasi -judicial tribunal for the […]
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Venue
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Venue Meaning of Venue The county, the city or the town where an action or presecution is brought for trial. Originally, the term indicated only the locality of the crime, that is, where the crime took […]
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Forum Non Conveniens
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forum Non Conveniens Meaning of Forum Non Conveniens Even though adequate grounds for exercise of jurisdiction exist , court may in its discretion refuse to exercise jurisdiction, i.e., it may stay or […]
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Render
In relation to judgments, the same is said to be rendered when a decision is announced upon law and facts by the court in a conclusive manner and with decisive effect . Carter v board of zoning Appeals of City of Nashville, 377 S. W.2d 914, 214 Tenn. 42; when it is reduced to […]
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Judicial
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Judicial Meaning of Judicial Of or pertaining or appropriate to the administration of justice or courts of justice or a judge thereof, or the proceeding therein. […]
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Consent Judgment
A contract of the parties entered upon record of court with the approval and sanction of competent jurisdiction and its provisions cannot be modified or set aside without the consent of the parties except for fraud or mistake. It is not a judicial determination of rights of parties but a […]
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Judicial Sale
A sale made under judgment or order of court of competent jurisdiction by officers legally appointed and commissioned to sell. In such a sale, the court is the vendor and the officer a mere ministerial agent. McNeil v Fouts, (Ind.App.) 218 N.E.2d 138.