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DISMISS SUIT [4 records]

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Record 1 2014-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

A defense that temporarily obstructs or delays a lawsuit but does not address the merits.

CONT

A dilatory defence is one, the object of which is to dismiss, suspend, or obstruct the suit, without touching the merits, until the impediment or obstacle insisted on shall be removed.

OBS

Examples of dilatory defenses include misjoinder, nonjoinder, res judicata, misnomer, lack of capacity to sue, another action pending, statute of limitations, prematurity, unripeness, release, and settlement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Infractions et crimes
CONT

Tout en étant bien conscient de son obligation de prudence et de l'impératif suggéré par la Cour d'appel de «se hâter lentement» en matière de sanction pour «abus de procédure», le Tribunal estime néanmoins qu'il s'agit ici d'un cas manifeste d'abus, de défense dilatoire et qu'il y a lieu d'accueillir la requête.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
CONT

A bona fide holder of a bond, without assignment, may sue upon it to his own use in the name of the obligee, who has no right to control, direct or dismiss the suit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
Key term(s)
  • détenteur d'obligation de bonne foi
  • détentrice d'obligation de bonne foi

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Courts
CONT

To dismiss an action or suit is to send it out of court without any further consideration or hearing.

OBS

Reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

PHR

Dismiss a party, an action, an appeal, or a claim.

Key term(s)
  • hold harmless

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Tribunaux
OBS

Rejeter une action, par exemple.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Decisiones (Derecho procesal)
  • Tribunales
DEF

Denegar o no recoger un juez o tribunal las peticiones de una o ambas partes.

OBS

desestimar: reproducido del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 4 2008-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)

Spanish

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