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PALM TREE JUSTICE [1 record]

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Record 1 1977-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
DEF

An expression used to describe a form of justice dispensed by a cadi sitting under a palm tree without the advantage of books or precedents. See for an example of the use of the term, Gising v Gising 1969 2 Ch. 85, per Edmund Davies L. J.

OBS

Explanation of the above reference: 1969, volume 2, Chancery Division, case 85 available at the Supreme Court Library of Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
OBS

Traduction proposée par M. Henri Arcache, traducteur à la section judiciaire du Bureau des traductions, Secrétariat d'État.

Spanish

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