Legal Dictionary

Search results for: “common appearance”

  • Group

    Definition of Group The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Group: An aggregate of individuals having some characteristic in common. They may be distinguished from others by appearance, language, socio-economic status or cultural values and practices. A […]

  • Documentary Method of Interpretation

    Definition of Documentary Method of Interpretation The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Documentary Method of Interpretation: This term was used by Karl Mannheim (1893-1947) and Alfred Schutz (1899-1959), but its current meaning derives from Harold […]

  • Pro Forma

    As a matter of form…

  • Central Office

    The central office of the supreme court of judicature in England is the office established in pursuance of the recommendation of the legal department’s commission (2d Rep. 23, 47) in order to consolidate the offices of the masters and associates of the common-law divisions, the crown […]

  • After-born child

    A child born after some happening of legal significance, e.g., the making of a will or execution of a deed, with respect to which the child’s appearance might have significance, e.g., to give him a share of the testator’s estate even though only the earlier born children were mentioned […]

  • Acceptance of service

    Where a solicitor writes on a writ of summons words to the following effect: I accept service of the writ on behalf of the defendant A B, and undertake to enter an appearance for him thereto in due course. If such appearance is not entered, the solicitor is liable to […]