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- convene to order to appear before a court of law, judge, tribunal, etc.
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convene. to order to appear before a court of law, judge, tribunal, etc. Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006. CONVENE, civil law. This is a technical term, signifying to bring an action. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier.
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Find the legal definition of CONVENE from Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition. In the civil law. To bring an action....
Definition: Convene means to call people together or gather them in one place. It can also mean to bring a legal case against someone or to ask them to respond to a legal action. For example, if you want to have a meeting with your friends, you can convene them by sending them an invitation.
ALFORD PLEA - A special type of guilty plea by which a defendant does not admit guilt but concedes that the State has sufficient evidence to convict; normally made to avoid the threat of greater punishment.
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The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) provides guidance concerning the meaning of “carrying on business” under section 3(b) of Ontario’s Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act (REJA).1 Most Canadian provinces have developed reciprocal enforcement statutes, which set out a process for registration in that particular province of a judgment from a “recip...
In 2007, the Caribbean country of Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) expropriated a beachfront resort property belonging to H.M.B. Holdings Ltd. In May 2014, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ordered Antigua to compensate HMB for the expropriation. In October 2016, HMB brought a common law action in the BC Supreme Court to enforce the Privy Co...
The Ontario Superior Court dismissed HMB’s application, finding that section 3(b) of REJA precluded the registration of the BC judgment because Antigua was not “carrying on business” in BC. HMB had tried to argue that Antigua had carried on business through its CIP and authorized representatives, but the application judge found that the CIP was a g...
“Carrying on business” A majority of the SCC upheld the lower courts’ interpretation of “carrying on business” under section 3(b). The SCC did not consider the section 3(g) argument. Although REJA does not define “carrying on business,” it is an established common law concept. At common law, “carrying on business” is part of the traditional bases o...
The decision signals an approach to how reciprocal enforcement statutes should be interpreted going forward – in particular, the applicability of common law jurisprudence on jurisdiction. This applies not just in Ontario, but across the provinces with similar reciprocal enforcement legislation. Practically, the exclusion of “virtual” presence from ...
convene. to order to appear before a court of law, judge, tribunal, etc. Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006. CONVENE, civil law. This is a technical term, signifying to bring an action. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier.
Aug 14, 2015 · Section 445F (1) of the Corporations Act 2001 confers an obligation on the administrator of a company under a deed of company arrangement to convene a meeting of its creditors at the request of a high-value creditor.
