Quash: To vacate or void a summons, subpoena, etc.
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Quash definition:
To set aside.
To set aside; to rescind; to vacate; to render null and void.
To quash a conviction means to set it aside as if it never existed.
Quash
(v) Quash is the action by which a judge or the authorized person set aside an order or nullify the earlier actions. By quashing the position prior to the issue of orders is restored.
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Quash: to nullify, void or declare invalid.
Quarters: accommodations.
Quay: a structure attached to land to which a vessel is moored.
Quash. French quasser, to break. Latin quassare, to shatter. To make void or abate. 3 Bl. Com. 303; to overthrow, annul. United States v. Rosenburgh, 7 Wall. 583 (1868).
quash
v. to annul or set aside. In law, a motion to quash asks the judge for an order setting aside or nullifying an action, such as "quashing" service of a summons when the wrong person was served.
Quash To vacate or void a summons, subpoena, etc.
Quasi-contract An obligation created by the law in the absence of an agreement or contract; not based upon the intentions or expressions of the parties.
QuashTo terminate or void something.Quasi-Criminal Offence(see Offence)Questioning(see Examination for Discovery)Quo Warranto(see Prerogative Writs)
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quashReverse or nullify.
quid pro quoTit for tat.
r ratificationConfirming a previous act.
Quash
To annul, void or vacate a prior judicial order or decision.
Question of Fact
A factual issue submitted to the jury or to the judge in a bench trial for determination.
QUASH: To nullify, void or declare invalid.
QUID PRO QUO: Latin phrase that means what for what or something for something. The concept of getting something of value in return for giving something of value.
quash - To overthrow; to abate; to vacate; to annul; to make void; e.g. to quash an indictment.
quash - To overthrow; vacate; to annul or void a summons, indictment, bindover order or subpoena.
quid pro quo - What for what; something for something; giving one valuable thing for another.
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quash: To make void, to vacate, to annul, to set aside. For example, to quash a subpoena means that the court will not enforce the subpoena because it has been voided or set aside.
TO QUASH, practice. To overthrow or annul.
2. When proceedings are clearly irregular and void the courts will quash them, both in civil and criminal cases: for example, when the array is clearly irregular, ...
Term: Quash
Definition: To annul, void or vacate a prior judicial order or decision.
Term: Question Of Fact
Definition: A factual issue submitted to the jury or to the judge in a bench trial for determination.
So, the defendant must appear personally in court, when an order of bastardy is quashed and the reason is, he must enter into a recognizance to abide the order of sessions below.
Abatement in Pleading, or plea in abatement, was the defeating or quashing of a particular action by some matter of fact, such as a defect in form or the personal incompetency of the parties suing, pleaded by the defendant.
abatement of action - A suit which has been quashed and ended.
abstract of record - A short, abbreviated form of the case as found in the
record.
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Quash - To vacate or void a summons, subpoena, etc.
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Real Property - Land, buildings, and other improvements affixed to the land.
An en- tire overthrow or destruction of a suit so that it is quashed and ended.
In connection with judicial review, one of the remedies available - to bring before the court some allegedly unlawful/arbitrary action or decision so that the court might enquire into its legal propriety and decide whether or not it should be quashed.
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