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Audit
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AuditLiterally, he hears; a hearing.
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Hearing
"1) Chwncery practice. The term, hearing is given to the trial of a chancery suit. 2) Criminal law. The examination of a prisoner charged with a crime or misdemeanor, and of the witnesses for the accuser.
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Audi alteram partem
Latin: a principle of natural justice which prohibits a judicial decision which impacts upon individual rights without giving all parties in the dispute a right to be heard. Habeas corpus was an early expression of the audi alteram partem principle. In more recent years, it has been extended to include the right to receive notice of a hearing and to be given an opportunity to be represented or heard.
Audi altoram partem
Hear the other side -- the accused, the defendant.
Audi lawyer
A lawyer representing German multinational car maker Audi.
Audience
A hearing. It is usual for the executive of a country to whom a minister has been sent, to give such minister an audience. And after a minister has been recalled, au audience of leave usually takes place.
Audience court
English. Ecclesiastical law. A court belonging to the archbishop of Canterbury, having the same authority with the court of arches.
Audiendo et terminando
Oyer and terminer. English Criminal law. A writ, or rather a commission, directed to certain persons for the trial and punishment of such persons as have been concerned in a riotous assembly, insurrection or other heinous misdemeanor.
Audire
To hear. Compare Oyer.
Audita querela
The complaint having been heard. An audita querela lies where a defendant, against whom a judgment is recovered and who is therefore in danger of execution, may be relieved upon good matter of discharge which has happened since the judgment: as if the plaintiff has given him a general release, or if the defendant has paid the debt without procuring satisfaction to be entered on the record.
Auditor
An officer whose duty is to examine the accounts of officers who have received and dishursed public moneys by lawful authority.
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Audi altoram partem
Hear the other side -- the accused, the defendant.
Audience
A hearing. It is usual for the executive of a country to whom a minister has been sent, to give such minister an audience. And after a minister has been recalled, au audience of leave usually takes place.
Audience court
English. Ecclesiastical law. A court belonging to the archbishop of Canterbury, having the same authority with the court of arches.
Audiendo et terminando
Oyer and terminer. English Criminal law. A writ, or rather a commission, directed to certain persons for the trial and punishment of such persons as have been concerned in a riotous assembly, insurrection or other heinous misdemeanor.
Audire
To hear. Compare Oyer.
Audit
Audita querela
The complaint having been heard. An audita querela lies where a defendant, against whom a judgment is recovered and who is therefore in danger of execution, may be relieved upon good matter of discharge which has happened since the judgment: as if the plaintiff has given him a general release, or if the defendant has paid the debt without procuring satisfaction to be entered on the record.
Auditor
An officer whose duty is to examine the accounts of officers who have received and dishursed public moneys by lawful authority.
Augmentation
Old English law. The name of a court erected by Henry VIII., which was invested with the power of determining suits and controversies relating to monasteries and abbey lands.
Aula regis
The name of an English court, so called because it was held in the great hall of the king's palace.
Aume
Aume or Awm. An ancient measure, used in measuring Rhenish wines it contained forty gallons.
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Hearing
"1) Chwncery practice. The term, hearing is given to the trial of a chancery suit. 2) Criminal law. The examination of a prisoner charged with a crime or misdemeanor, and of the witnesses for the accuser.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Audi alteram partem
Latin: a principle of natural justice which prohibits a judicial decision which impacts upon individual rights without giving all parties in the dispute a right to be heard. Habeas corpus was an early expression of the audi alteram partem principle. In more recent years, it has been extended to include the right to receive notice of a hearing and to be given an opportunity to be represented or heard.
Audi altoram partem
Hear the other side -- the accused, the defendant.
Audi lawyer
A lawyer representing German multinational car maker Audi.
Audience
A hearing. It is usual for the executive of a country to whom a minister has been sent, to give such minister an audience. And after a minister has been recalled, au audience of leave usually takes place.
Audience court
English. Ecclesiastical law. A court belonging to the archbishop of Canterbury, having the same authority with the court of arches.
Audiendo et terminando
Oyer and terminer. English Criminal law. A writ, or rather a commission, directed to certain persons for the trial and punishment of such persons as have been concerned in a riotous assembly, insurrection or other heinous misdemeanor.
Audire
To hear. Compare Oyer.
Audita querela
The complaint having been heard. An audita querela lies where a defendant, against whom a judgment is recovered and who is therefore in danger of execution, may be relieved upon good matter of discharge which has happened since the judgment: as if the plaintiff has given him a general release, or if the defendant has paid the debt without procuring satisfaction to be entered on the record.
Auditor
An officer whose duty is to examine the accounts of officers who have received and dishursed public moneys by lawful authority.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Audi altoram partem
Hear the other side -- the accused, the defendant.
Audience
A hearing. It is usual for the executive of a country to whom a minister has been sent, to give such minister an audience. And after a minister has been recalled, au audience of leave usually takes place.
Audience court
English. Ecclesiastical law. A court belonging to the archbishop of Canterbury, having the same authority with the court of arches.
Audiendo et terminando
Oyer and terminer. English Criminal law. A writ, or rather a commission, directed to certain persons for the trial and punishment of such persons as have been concerned in a riotous assembly, insurrection or other heinous misdemeanor.
Audire
To hear. Compare Oyer.
Audit
Audita querela
The complaint having been heard. An audita querela lies where a defendant, against whom a judgment is recovered and who is therefore in danger of execution, may be relieved upon good matter of discharge which has happened since the judgment: as if the plaintiff has given him a general release, or if the defendant has paid the debt without procuring satisfaction to be entered on the record.
Auditor
An officer whose duty is to examine the accounts of officers who have received and dishursed public moneys by lawful authority.
Augmentation
Old English law. The name of a court erected by Henry VIII., which was invested with the power of determining suits and controversies relating to monasteries and abbey lands.
Aula regis
The name of an English court, so called because it was held in the great hall of the king's palace.
Aume
Aume or Awm. An ancient measure, used in measuring Rhenish wines it contained forty gallons.
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