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Definition of Motion For Judgment The mode of obtaining the judgment of the High Court in an action in all cases where no other mode of obtaining it is prescribed. (Order XL, r. 1.) At the trial of an action the Judge must now (Order XXXVI, r. 39) direct judgment to be entered as he…

Definition of Motion To Set Aside Judgment A motion made to the Court of Appeal by a party in an action in the High Court on the ground either that the finding of the jury has been wrongly entered, or that the judgment itself is wrong. (Order XL, rr. 3, 4.) Browse You might be…

Definition of Mortuum Vadium A mortgage Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Mortuum Vadium in the Dictionaries, Mortuum Vadium in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal […]

Definition of Mote A meeting or assembly. (Anglo-Saxon.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Mote in the Dictionaries, Mote in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, […]

Definition of Mortuum Vadium A mortgage Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Mortuum Vadium in the Dictionaries, Mortuum Vadium in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal […]

Definition of Moss V. Galli More ((1780), 1 Douglas, 279). Held, that a mortgagee after giving notice of the mortgage -to a tenant in possession under a lease prior to the mortgage, is entitled to the rent in arrear at the time of the notice, as well as to what accrues after, and he may…

Definition of Mostyn V. Fabrigas ((1775), 1 Cowper, 161). An action will lie in an English Court for a tort committed abroad, provided the act is transitory and not local (i. e., not necessarily referred to some particular locality). This was an action of trespass in the Common Pleas by a […]

Definition of Mote A meeting or assembly. (Anglo-Saxon.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Mote in the Dictionaries, Mote in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, […]

Definition of Motion An application to a Court or a Judge for an order directing something to be done in the applicant’s favour. Ordinarily a motion is to be made only after notice has been given to the parties affected (Order LII, r. 3), but in certain cases it may be made ex parte Browse…

Definition of Monson V. Tussaud ([1894] 1 Q. B. 671). Libel consists in publishing defamatory matter in writing, or other permanent form.The plaintiff had been tried in Scotland for murder, and a verdict of not proven had been returned- The defendants placed an effigy in wax in their Chamber […]