Code Civ. Proc. Mont
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
1895, § 3469.—Judicial separation. A separation of man and wife by decree of court, less complete than an absolute divorce: otherwise called a “limited divorce.” —Judicial statistics. In English law. Statistics, puplsnee by authority, of the civil and criminal business of the United Kingdom, and matters appertaining thereto. Annual reports are published separately for England and Wales, for Ireland, and for Scotland.—Quasi judicial. A term applied to the action, discretion, etc., of public administrative officers, who are required to investigate facts, or ascertain the existence of facts, and draw conclusions from them, as a basis for their official action, and to exercise discretion of a judicial nature. See Bair vy. Struck. 29 Mont. 45, 74 Pac. 69, L. R. oa 481; Mitchell v. Clay County, 69 Neb. 779, 678; De Weese v. Smith (C. C.) 97 Fed.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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