20170701

MUTATION OF LIBEL

    1.7.17  

MUTATION OF LIBEL, practice. An amendment allowed to a libel, by which there is an alteration of the substance of the libel, as by propounding a new cause of action, or asking one thing instead of another. Dunl. Adm. Pr. 213; Law's Eccl. Law, 165-167; 1 Paine's R. 435; 1 Gall. R. 123; 1 Wheat. R. 26l.


, ,
RA-5

About RA-5

Editors of Aboutlaw.com.

Next
Prev Post
Previous
Next Post
No comments:
Write comments

Looking for something else?

======================================

Most read last year

  • MAXIM
    MAXIM.  An established principle or proposition. A principle of law universally admitted,
  • Dictionary: E CONVERSO... EYRE
    E CONVERSO . On the other side or hand; on the contrary. E PLURIBUS  UNUM . One from more. The motto of the arms of the  United States...
  • CONFIRMATION, CONFIRMEE, CONFIRMOR
    CONFIRMATION , contracts, conveyancing. 1 . A contract by which that which was voidable, is made firm and unavoidable. 2. A species of c...
  • significant cases heard before the SCOTUS
    Mathis v. United States Docket Number: 15-6092 Date Argued: 04/26/16 Issue: Whether a predicate prior conviction under the Armed Career Cr...
  • STATE
    STATE:   government. This word is used in various senses. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons...
  • Affordable Vehicle Leasing Agreement
    Affordable Vehicle Leasing Agreement A Vehicle Leasing Agreement is a contract made between a vehicle owner (lessor) and someone who p...
  • Dictionary, KENTUCKY... KNOWLEDGE
    KENTUCKY .  The name of one of the new states of the  United States of America .  2. This state was formerly a part of  Virginia , and t...
  • ABORTION
    ABORTION , med jur. and criminal law. The expulsion of the foetus before the seventh mouth of utero-gestation, or before it is viable....
  • ALIBI
    ALIBI , in evidence. This is a Latin word which signifies, elsewhere. 2. When a person, charged with a crime, proves (se eadem die fui...
  • What is ALIBI?
    ALIBI , in evidence. This is a Latin word which signifies, elsewhere. 2. When a person, charged with a crime, proves (se eadem die fui...

Sponsors Corner

Sponsors Corner