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Latin: A good and lawful man. A phrase particularly applied to a juror or witness who was free from all exception. 3 Bl. Comm. 102. … [Read more...] about PROBUS ET LEGALIS HOMO

In practice. A writ by which a cause which has been removed from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari or otherwise is sent down again to the same court, to be. proceeded in there, where it appears to the superior court that it was removed on insufficient grounds. Cowell; 1 Tidd, Pr. 408, 410; Yates v. People, 6 Johns. (N. Y.) 446. A writ which issued out of the common … [Read more...] about PROCEDENDO

Laws which establish procedure and rules in court and the court system and the manner in which matters are conducted. … [Read more...] about PROCEDURAL LAW

This word is commonly opposed to the sum of legal principles constituting the substance of the law, and denotes the body of rules, whether of practice or of pleading, whereby rights are effectuated through the successful application of the proper remedies. It is also generally distinguished from the law of evidence. The law of procedure is what is now commonly termed by jurists … [Read more...] about PROCEDURE

A stipulation not to proceed against a party is an agreement not to sue. To sue a man is to proceed against him. … [Read more...] about PROCEED