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An appearance may occur when a party physically appears in a court proceeding, or through the filing of a written document with the court. Failure to appear in a timely manner may result in the entry of a default against the non-appearing party. By default, a party's appearance in a court proceeding is unconditional.
Appellate court or court of last resort (vs. iudex a quo) iudex a quo: Lower court from which an appeal originates; originating court (vs. iudex ad quem) iura novit curia: the court knows the law The principle that the parties to a legal dispute do not need to plead or prove the law that applies to their case. ius accrescendi: right of accrual
Affidavit is not treated as "evidence" within the meaning of Section 3 of the Evidence Act. [4] However, it was held by the Supreme Court that an affidavit can be used as evidence only if the court so orders for sufficient reasons, namely, the right of the opposite party to have the deponent produced for cross-examination. [5]
In law in the United States a praecipe is a document that either (A) commands a defendant to appear and show cause why an act or thing should not be done; [6] or (B) requests the clerk of court to issue a writ and to specify its contents; though US Clerks are variously limited to handle minor precepts (typical status adjustments) in the name of ...
Each judge or courtroom in the United States has a law and motion calendar, setting aside the times when only motions and special legal arguments are heard.These items consist of pretrial motions (such as a motion to compel relating to discovery requests) or other legal requests that are not connected to a trial, and do not include trials themselves.
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan: Decided: 31 July 2009: Citations (Supreme Court of Pakistan 31 July 2009), Text. Court membership; Judges sitting: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Javed Iqbal Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday Mian Shakirullah Jan Tassaduq Hussain Jillani Nasir-ul-Mulk Raja Fayyaz Ahmed Chaudhry Ijaz ...
An order to show cause is a type of court order that requires one or more of the parties to a case to justify, explain, or prove something to the court.Courts commonly use orders to show cause when the judge needs more information before deciding whether or not to issue an order requested by one of the parties. [1]
The Pakistan Penal Code (Urdu: مجموعہ تعزیرات پاکستان; Majmū'ah-yi ta'zīrāt-i Pākistān), abbreviated as PPC, is a penal code for all offences charged in Pakistan. It was originally prepared by Lord Macaulay with a great consultation in 1860 on behalf of the Government of British India as the Indian Penal Code .