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Order to show cause
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Order to show causeA court order requiring a party to a civil action to appear in court on a specific date and time. this is scheduled to explain why the court should not take a particular action in the case.
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Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Order
An instruction rightfully given by someone superior in hyerarchy. Also, a social state of civil coexistance without widespread public violence.
Party
Practice, contracts. When applied to practice, by party is understood either the plaintiff or defendant. In contracts, a party is one or more persons who engage to perform or receive the performance of some agreement.
Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Date
Latin datum, a thing given. The primary signification is time "given" or specified, - in some way ascertained and fixed. In the ancient form the clause ran: datum apud, etc., specifying the place and time; thence called the datum clause, afterward shortened to "date".
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.
Take
This is a technical expression which signifies to be entitled to; as, a devisee will take under the will. To take also signifies to seize, as to take and carry away.
Case
1) Practice. A contested question before a court of justicea suit or action a cause. 2) An agreement in writing, between a plaintiff and defendant, that the facts in dispute between them are as there agreed upon and mentioned
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Ordeal
An ancient superstitious mode of tribal. When in a criminal case the accused was arraigned, be might select the mode of trial either by God and his country, that is, by jury; or by God only, that is by ordeal.
Order
An instruction rightfully given by someone superior in hyerarchy. Also, a social state of civil coexistance without widespread public violence.
Order after hearing
A written order issued after a hearing and signed by a judge.
Order nisi
A conditional order which is to be confirmed unless something be done, which has been required, by a time specified.
Order of examination
A court proceeding during which a judgment debtor is questioned about his or her assets. the questioning is done under oath.
Order of filiation
The name of a judgment tendered by two justices, having jurisdiction in such case, in which a man therein named is adjudged to be the putative father of a bastard child; and it is farther adjudged that he pay a certain sum for its support.
Order of proof
The order (arrangement) in which a number of facts must first be proven by the claimant, followed by other facts proven by the defendant and finally, the counterproof by the claimant. The order of proof, for example, of a cargo claim under the Hague or Hague/Visby Rules must be distinguished from the conduct of a trial, supra. The order of proof of the Hague or Hague/Visby Rules is a part of those Rules and must be recognized as part of the substantive proper law of all contracts of carriage subject to those Rules. The conduct of the trial and formalities of the forum court, on the other hand, are purely of questions of practice of the lex fori. See additionally burden of proof, conduct of the trial and formalities of the forum court, supra.
Order of protection
An order assigned by the court to prevent one spouse from doing something. typically, this is assigned in cases where one spouse is harassing the other. if the spouse refuses to abide by the order, he or she may be arrested and end up in jail.
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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Order nisi
A conditional order which is to be confirmed unless something be done, which has been required, by a time specified.
Order of examination
A court proceeding during which a judgment debtor is questioned about his or her assets. the questioning is done under oath.
Order of filiation
The name of a judgment tendered by two justices, having jurisdiction in such case, in which a man therein named is adjudged to be the putative father of a bastard child; and it is farther adjudged that he pay a certain sum for its support.
Order of proof
The order (arrangement) in which a number of facts must first be proven by the claimant, followed by other facts proven by the defendant and finally, the counterproof by the claimant. The order of proof, for example, of a cargo claim under the Hague or Hague/Visby Rules must be distinguished from the conduct of a trial, supra. The order of proof of the Hague or Hague/Visby Rules is a part of those Rules and must be recognized as part of the substantive proper law of all contracts of carriage subject to those Rules. The conduct of the trial and formalities of the forum court, on the other hand, are purely of questions of practice of the lex fori. See additionally burden of proof, conduct of the trial and formalities of the forum court, supra.
Order of protection
An order assigned by the court to prevent one spouse from doing something. typically, this is assigned in cases where one spouse is harassing the other. if the spouse refuses to abide by the order, he or she may be arrested and end up in jail.
Order to show cause
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.
Ordinance
Legislation. A law, a statute, a decree.
Ordinance of 1787
An act of congress which regulates the territories of the United States. Some parts of this ordinance were designed for the temporary government of the territory north-west of the river Ohio while other parts were intended to be permanent, and are now in force.
Ordinary
Civil and Ecclesiastical law. An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right and not by deputation.
Ordinary resolution
A resolution passed by a simple majority of members present at a general meeting of a company is known as an Ordinary Resolution.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Order
An instruction rightfully given by someone superior in hyerarchy. Also, a social state of civil coexistance without widespread public violence.
Party
Practice, contracts. When applied to practice, by party is understood either the plaintiff or defendant. In contracts, a party is one or more persons who engage to perform or receive the performance of some agreement.
Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Date
Latin datum, a thing given. The primary signification is time "given" or specified, - in some way ascertained and fixed. In the ancient form the clause ran: datum apud, etc., specifying the place and time; thence called the datum clause, afterward shortened to "date".
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.
Take
This is a technical expression which signifies to be entitled to; as, a devisee will take under the will. To take also signifies to seize, as to take and carry away.
Case
1) Practice. A contested question before a court of justicea suit or action a cause. 2) An agreement in writing, between a plaintiff and defendant, that the facts in dispute between them are as there agreed upon and mentioned
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Ordeal
An ancient superstitious mode of tribal. When in a criminal case the accused was arraigned, be might select the mode of trial either by God and his country, that is, by jury; or by God only, that is by ordeal.
Order
An instruction rightfully given by someone superior in hyerarchy. Also, a social state of civil coexistance without widespread public violence.
Order after hearing
A written order issued after a hearing and signed by a judge.
Order nisi
A conditional order which is to be confirmed unless something be done, which has been required, by a time specified.
Order of examination
A court proceeding during which a judgment debtor is questioned about his or her assets. the questioning is done under oath.
Order of filiation
The name of a judgment tendered by two justices, having jurisdiction in such case, in which a man therein named is adjudged to be the putative father of a bastard child; and it is farther adjudged that he pay a certain sum for its support.
Order of proof
The order (arrangement) in which a number of facts must first be proven by the claimant, followed by other facts proven by the defendant and finally, the counterproof by the claimant. The order of proof, for example, of a cargo claim under the Hague or Hague/Visby Rules must be distinguished from the conduct of a trial, supra. The order of proof of the Hague or Hague/Visby Rules is a part of those Rules and must be recognized as part of the substantive proper law of all contracts of carriage subject to those Rules. The conduct of the trial and formalities of the forum court, on the other hand, are purely of questions of practice of the lex fori. See additionally burden of proof, conduct of the trial and formalities of the forum court, supra.
Order of protection
An order assigned by the court to prevent one spouse from doing something. typically, this is assigned in cases where one spouse is harassing the other. if the spouse refuses to abide by the order, he or she may be arrested and end up in jail.
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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Order nisi
A conditional order which is to be confirmed unless something be done, which has been required, by a time specified.
Order of examination
A court proceeding during which a judgment debtor is questioned about his or her assets. the questioning is done under oath.
Order of filiation
The name of a judgment tendered by two justices, having jurisdiction in such case, in which a man therein named is adjudged to be the putative father of a bastard child; and it is farther adjudged that he pay a certain sum for its support.
Order of proof
The order (arrangement) in which a number of facts must first be proven by the claimant, followed by other facts proven by the defendant and finally, the counterproof by the claimant. The order of proof, for example, of a cargo claim under the Hague or Hague/Visby Rules must be distinguished from the conduct of a trial, supra. The order of proof of the Hague or Hague/Visby Rules is a part of those Rules and must be recognized as part of the substantive proper law of all contracts of carriage subject to those Rules. The conduct of the trial and formalities of the forum court, on the other hand, are purely of questions of practice of the lex fori. See additionally burden of proof, conduct of the trial and formalities of the forum court, supra.
Order of protection
An order assigned by the court to prevent one spouse from doing something. typically, this is assigned in cases where one spouse is harassing the other. if the spouse refuses to abide by the order, he or she may be arrested and end up in jail.
Order to show cause
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.
Ordinance
Legislation. A law, a statute, a decree.
Ordinance of 1787
An act of congress which regulates the territories of the United States. Some parts of this ordinance were designed for the temporary government of the territory north-west of the river Ohio while other parts were intended to be permanent, and are now in force.
Ordinary
Civil and Ecclesiastical law. An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right and not by deputation.
Ordinary resolution
A resolution passed by a simple majority of members present at a general meeting of a company is known as an Ordinary Resolution.
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