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Withdrawal
WithdrawalAn arriving alien’s voluntary retraction of an application for admission to the United States in lieu of a removal hearing before an immigration judge or an expedited removal. Withdrawals are not included in nonimmigrant admission data. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Voluntary Willingly; done with one's consent; negligently. Application The primary step in all divorce proceedings and court order. (the standard forms are available from the court office. Admission In corporations or companies. The act of the corporation or company by which an individual acquires the rights of a member of such corporation or company. States By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general. Lieu Place. Iu lieu of, instead, in the place of. Removal The expulsion of an alien from the United States. This expulsion may be based on grounds of inadmissibility or deportability. 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. Immigration The removing into one place from another. Judge An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law. Nonimmigrant An alien who seeks temporary entry to the United States for a specific purpose. The alien must have a permanent residence abroad (for most classes of admission) and qualify for the nonimmigrant classification sought. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- With prejudice A declaration which dismisses all rights. A judgment barring the right to bring or maintain an action on the same claim or cause. With strong hand Pleading. This is a technical phrase indispensable in describing a forcible entry in an indictment. No other word or circumlocution will answer the same purpose Withdrawing a juror Practice. An agreement made between the parties in a suit to require one of the twelve juror's impanneled to try a cause to leave the jury box; the act of leaving the box by such a juror is also called the withdrawing a juror. Withernam The name of a writ which issues on the return of elon-gata to an alias or pluries writ of replevin, by which the sheriff is commanded to take the defendant's own goods which may be found in his bailiwick, and keep them safely, not to deliver them to the plaintiff until such time as the defendant chooses to submit himself, and allow the distress, and the whole of it, to be reprevied, and he is thereby further commanded that he do return to the court in what manner he shall have executed the writ. Withholding A tax deducted from a salary, wage, or other income on behalf of the government at the time of payment of wages to the person who pays it. Without Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause. Without day This signifies that the cause or thing to which it relates is indefinitely adjourned; as when a case is adjourned without day, it is not again to be inquired into; when the legislature adjourn without day they are not to meet again. This is usually expressed in Latin, sine die. Without impeachment of waste When a tenant for life holds the land without impeachment of waste, he is of course dispunishable for waste whether wilful or otherwise. But still this right must not be wantonly abused so as to destroy the estate, and he will be enjoined from committing malicious waste Without prejudice A statements set onto a written document which qualifies the signatory as exempted from it's content to the extent that they may be interpreted as containing admissions or other interpretations which could later be used against the person signing; or as otherwise affecting any legal rights of the person signing. A lawyer will often send a letter "without prejudice" in case the letter makes admissions which could later prove inconvenient to the client. Without recourse Vide Sans Recours and Indorsement. Without reserve Contracts. These words are frequently used in conditions of sale at public auction, that the property offered, or to be offered for sale, will be sold without reserve. Without this,that Pleading. These are technical words used in a traverse, for the purpose of denying a material fact in the preceding pleadings, whether declaration, plea, replication. In Latin it is called absque hoc. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Wire-tapping An electronic surveillance device which secretly listens in and records conversations held over a phone line. It is usually only allowed with the permission of a judge and if it can be shown to be necessary for the solving of a serious crime. Wista Among the Saxons, this was a measure of land; it contained a half hide, or sixty acres. Wit To wit. That is to say; namely; scilicet; videlicet. With prejudice A declaration which dismisses all rights. A judgment barring the right to bring or maintain an action on the same claim or cause. With strong hand Pleading. This is a technical phrase indispensable in describing a forcible entry in an indictment. No other word or circumlocution will answer the same purpose Withdrawal Withdrawing a juror Practice. An agreement made between the parties in a suit to require one of the twelve juror's impanneled to try a cause to leave the jury box; the act of leaving the box by such a juror is also called the withdrawing a juror. Withernam The name of a writ which issues on the return of elon-gata to an alias or pluries writ of replevin, by which the sheriff is commanded to take the defendant's own goods which may be found in his bailiwick, and keep them safely, not to deliver them to the plaintiff until such time as the defendant chooses to submit himself, and allow the distress, and the whole of it, to be reprevied, and he is thereby further commanded that he do return to the court in what manner he shall have executed the writ. Withholding A tax deducted from a salary, wage, or other income on behalf of the government at the time of payment of wages to the person who pays it. Without Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause. Without day This signifies that the cause or thing to which it relates is indefinitely adjourned; as when a case is adjourned without day, it is not again to be inquired into; when the legislature adjourn without day they are not to meet again. This is usually expressed in Latin, sine die. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Withdrawal. If you have a better definition for Withdrawal than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Withdrawal may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Withdrawal and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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