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CPC 1908/ Section 2 · Definitions/ 2(11) legal representative/ 2(12) mesne profits §2(12) ₹ wrongful possession § SECTION 2(12) · CPC 1908 mesne profits What a wrongful possessor must hand back — the profits they made (or should have made)…

CPC 1908/ Section 2 · Definitions/ 2(10) judgment-debtor/ 2(11) legal representative §2(11) ESTATE represents § SECTION 2(11) · CPC 1908 legal representative The person who, in law, stands in the shoes of a deceased — representing the estate so a…

CPC 1908/ Section 2 · Definitions/ 2(9) judgment/ 2(10) judgment-debtor §2(10) DECREE against § SECTION 2(10) · CPC 1908 judgment-debtor The person against whom the decree runs — the one who must comply, and the target of execution. Bare Act…

CPC 1908/ Section 2 · Definitions/ 2(8) Judge/ 2(9) judgment §2(9) JUDGMENT § SECTION 2(9) · CPC 1908 judgment The Judge’s own statement of the grounds — the reasoning behind a decree or an order. Bare Act — Section 2(9),…

CPC 1908/ Section 2 · Definitions/ 2(7) Government Pleader/ 2(8) Judge §2(8) JUDGE § SECTION 2(8) · CPC 1908 Judge Not a rank or a title — in the Code, the “Judge” is simply the presiding officer of a Civil…

CPC 1908/ Section 2 · Definitions/ 2(6) foreign judgment/ 2(7) Government Pleader §2(7) § SECTION 2(7) · CPC 1908 Government Pleader The State’s lawyer in civil litigation — and because the Code says “includes”, the term reaches wider than one…

CPC 1908/ Section 2 · Definitions/ 2(5) foreign Court/ 2(6) foreign judgment §2(6) JUDGMENT § SECTION 2(6) · CPC 1908 foreign judgment Just five words in the Code — the judgment of a foreign Court. Its whole weight comes from…

CPC 1908/ Section 2 · Definitions/ 2(4) district/ 2(5) foreign Court §2(5) INDIA foreign Court outside India § SECTION 2(5) · CPC 1908 foreign Court A court that sits outside India — and is not set up or kept running…

CPC 1908/ Section 2 · Definitions/ 2(3) decree-holder/ 2(4) district §2(4) STATE / REGION District Court its local limits = a “district” § SECTION 2(4) · CPC 1908 district Not the Collector’s revenue district — in the Code a “district”…