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Calling the docket
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Calling the docketThe public calling of the docket or list of causes at commencement of term of court, for setting a time for trial or entering orders.
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Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Docket
Practice. A formal record of judicial proceedings.
List
A table of cases arranged for trial or argument; as, the trial list, the argument list.
Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
Trial
Practice., The examination before a competent tribunal, according to the laws, of the land, of the facts put in issue in a cause, for the purpose of determining such issue.
Orders
1) Rules made by a court or other competent jurisdiction. The formula is generally in those words: It is ordered, &c. 2) Orders also signify the instructions given by the owner to the captain or commander of a ship which he is to follow in the course of the vovage.
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Call the plaintiff
At common law, when counsel for the plaintiff perceives that his client has not made out a case, the client may withdraw from the court room: whereupon, the crier is required to call the plaintiff. If he does not answer the call (made thrice in succession), judgment of nonsuit is entered.
Calling the plaintiff
Practice. When a plaintiff perceives that he has not given evidence to maintain his issue, and intends to become nonsuited, he withdraws himself, when the cryer is ordered to call the plaintiff, and on his failing to appear, he becomes nonsuited.
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Caesarian operation
Med. juris. An incision made through the parietes of the abdomen and uterus to extract the foetus.
Caeterorum
The name of a kind of administration, which, after an administration has been granted for a limited purpose, is granted for the rest of the estate.
Calendar
A list of cases scheduled for hearing in court.
Calender
1) An almanac. 2) Criminal law. A list of prisoners, containing their names, the time when they were committed, and by whom, and the cause of their commitments.
Call the plaintiff
At common law, when counsel for the plaintiff perceives that his client has not made out a case, the client may withdraw from the court room: whereupon, the crier is required to call the plaintiff. If he does not answer the call (made thrice in succession), judgment of nonsuit is entered.
Calling the docket
Calling the plaintiff
Practice. When a plaintiff perceives that he has not given evidence to maintain his issue, and intends to become nonsuited, he withdraws himself, when the cryer is ordered to call the plaintiff, and on his failing to appear, he becomes nonsuited.
Calumniators
Civil law. Persons who accuse others, whom they know to be innocent, of having committed crimes.
Cambist
A person skilled in exchange; one who deals or trades in promissory notes or bills of exchange.
Camera stellata
English law. The court of the Star Chamber, now abolished.
Campartum
A part or portion of a larger field or ground, which would otherwise be in gross or common.
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Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Docket
Practice. A formal record of judicial proceedings.
List
A table of cases arranged for trial or argument; as, the trial list, the argument list.
Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
Trial
Practice., The examination before a competent tribunal, according to the laws, of the land, of the facts put in issue in a cause, for the purpose of determining such issue.
Orders
1) Rules made by a court or other competent jurisdiction. The formula is generally in those words: It is ordered, &c. 2) Orders also signify the instructions given by the owner to the captain or commander of a ship which he is to follow in the course of the vovage.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Call the plaintiff
At common law, when counsel for the plaintiff perceives that his client has not made out a case, the client may withdraw from the court room: whereupon, the crier is required to call the plaintiff. If he does not answer the call (made thrice in succession), judgment of nonsuit is entered.
Calling the plaintiff
Practice. When a plaintiff perceives that he has not given evidence to maintain his issue, and intends to become nonsuited, he withdraws himself, when the cryer is ordered to call the plaintiff, and on his failing to appear, he becomes nonsuited.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Caesarian operation
Med. juris. An incision made through the parietes of the abdomen and uterus to extract the foetus.
Caeterorum
The name of a kind of administration, which, after an administration has been granted for a limited purpose, is granted for the rest of the estate.
Calendar
A list of cases scheduled for hearing in court.
Calender
1) An almanac. 2) Criminal law. A list of prisoners, containing their names, the time when they were committed, and by whom, and the cause of their commitments.
Call the plaintiff
At common law, when counsel for the plaintiff perceives that his client has not made out a case, the client may withdraw from the court room: whereupon, the crier is required to call the plaintiff. If he does not answer the call (made thrice in succession), judgment of nonsuit is entered.
Calling the docket
Calling the plaintiff
Practice. When a plaintiff perceives that he has not given evidence to maintain his issue, and intends to become nonsuited, he withdraws himself, when the cryer is ordered to call the plaintiff, and on his failing to appear, he becomes nonsuited.
Calumniators
Civil law. Persons who accuse others, whom they know to be innocent, of having committed crimes.
Cambist
A person skilled in exchange; one who deals or trades in promissory notes or bills of exchange.
Camera stellata
English law. The court of the Star Chamber, now abolished.
Campartum
A part or portion of a larger field or ground, which would otherwise be in gross or common.
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