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Report
Report1) Legislation. A statement made by a committee to a legislative assembly, of facts of which they were charged to inquire. 2) Practice. A certificate to the court made by a master in chancery, commissioner or other person appointed by the court, of the facts or matters to be ascertained by him, or of something of which it is his duty to inform the court. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Legislation Written and approved laws. Also known as "statutes" or "acts." In constitutional law, one would talk of the "power to legislate" or the "legislative arm of government" referring to the power of political bodies (eg: house of assembly, Congress, Parliament) to write the laws of the land. Statement Pleading and in practice. In the courts of Pennsylvania, by the act to regulate arbitrations and proceedings in courts of justice, is enacted, "that in all cases where a suit may be brought in any court of record for the recovery of any debt founded on a verbal promise, book account, note, bond, penal or single bill, or all or any of them, and which from the amount thereof may not be cognizable before a justice of the peace, it shall be the duty of the plaintiff, either by himself, his agent or attorney, to file in the office of the pro-thonotary a statement of his, her or their demand, on or before the third day of the term to which the process issued is returnable, particularly specifying the date of the promise, book account, note, bond, penal or single bill or all or any of them, on which the demand is founded, and the whole amount which he, she, or they believe is justly due to him, her or them from the defendant." Committee 1) Legislation. One or more members of a legislative body to whom is specially referred some matter before that body, in order that they may investigate and examine into it and report to those who delegated this authority to them. 2) When a person has been found non compos, the law requires that a guardian should be appointed to take care of his person and estate; this guardian is called the committee. Assembly The union of a number of persons in the same place. Were The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer Practice The form, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts through their various stages, according, to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts. Certificate Practice. A writing made in any court, and properly authenticated, to give notice to another court of anything done therein; or it is a writing by which an officer or other person bears testimony that a fact has or has not taken place. Court A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated. Master "This word has several meanings. 1) Master is one who has control over a servant or apprentice. A master stands in relation to his apprentices, in loco parentis, and is bound to fulfil that relation, which the law generally enforces. He is also entitled to be obeyed by his apprentices, as if they were his children. 2) Master is one who is employed in teaching children, known generally as a schoolmaster; as to his powers 3) Master is the name of an officer: as, the ship Benjamin Franklin, whereof A B is master; the master of the rolls; master in chancery, &c .4) By master is also understood a principal who employs another to perform some act or do something for him. The law having adopted the maxim of the civil law, qui facit per alium facit per se; the agent is but an instrument, and the master is civilly responsible for the act of his agent, as if it were his own, when he either commands him to do an act, or puts him in a condition, of which such act is a result, or by the absence of due care and control, either previously in the choice of his agent, or immediately in the act itself, negligently suffers him to do an injury. Commissioner Officer. One who has a lawful commission to execute a public office. Person This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Repo participant Rrepo participant means an entity that, on any day during the period beginning 90 days before the date of the filing of the petition, has an outstanding repurchase agreement with the debtor. Reporter A person employed in making out and publishing the history of cases decided by the court. Reporters Books which contain court decisions. Reports Law books, containing a statement of the facts and law of each case which has been decided by the courts; they are generally the most certain proof of the judicial decisions of the courts, and contain the most satisfactory evidence, and the most authoritative and precise application of the rules of the common law. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Replevy To re-deliver goods which have been distrained to the original possessor of them, on his giving pledges in all action of replevin. It signifies also the bailing or liberating a man from prison, on his finding bail to answer. Repliant One who makes a replication. Replication Pleading. The plaintiff's answer to the defendant's plea. Reply The response by a party to charges raised in a pleading by the other party. Repo participant Rrepo participant means an entity that, on any day during the period beginning 90 days before the date of the filing of the petition, has an outstanding repurchase agreement with the debtor. Report Reporter A person employed in making out and publishing the history of cases decided by the court. Reporters Books which contain court decisions. Reports Law books, containing a statement of the facts and law of each case which has been decided by the courts; they are generally the most certain proof of the judicial decisions of the courts, and contain the most satisfactory evidence, and the most authoritative and precise application of the rules of the common law. Represent, to To exhibit; to expose before the eyes: to represent a thing is to produce it publicly. Representation 1) Insurances. A representation is a collateral statement, either by writing not inserted in the policy, or by parol, of such facts or circumstances relative to the proposed adventure, as are necessary to be communicated to the underwriters, to enable them to form a just estimate of the risk. 2) Scotch law. The name of a plea or statement presented to a lord ordinary of the court of sessions, when his judgment is brought under review. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Report. If you have a better definition for Report than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Report may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Report and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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