R. A. 623, 61 Am. St. Rep
Categories: Contracts
Definition (1910 Edition)
30.—Legal notice. Such notice as is adequate in point of law; such notice as the law requires to be given for the specific purpose or in the particular case. See Sanborn v. Piper, 64 N. H. 335, 10 Atl. 63); People’s Bank v. Etting, 17 Phila. (Pa.) 235.—Notice, averment of. In pleading. The allegation in a pleading that notice has been oS prone stig in Meu of service. In lieu of personally serving a writ of summons (or other legal process.) in English practice, the court occasionally allows the plaintiff (or other party) to give natice in lieu of service, such notice being such as will in a robability reach the party. ‘This notice is peculiarly appropriate in the case of a foreigner out of the jurisdiction, whom it is desired to serve with a writ of summons. Sweet.—Notice of action. When it is intended to sue certain particular individuals, as in the case of actions against justices of the peace, it is gered in some jurisdictions to give them notice of the action some time before. -—Notice of appearance. See APPEARANCE, —Notice of dishonor. See DISHONOR.—No= tice of lis pendens. See Lis PENDENS.— Notice of protest. See PROTEST.—Notice of judgment. It is required by statute in several of the states that the party for whom the verdict in an action has been given shall serve upon the other party or his attorney a written notice of the time when judgment is entered. The time allowed for taking an appeal runs from such notice.—Notice of motion. A notice in writing. entitled in a cause, stating that, on a certain day designated, a motion will be made to the court for the purpose or object stated. Field v. Park, 20 Johns. (N. Y.) 140, -Notice of trial. A notice given by one of the parties in an action to the other. after an issue has been reached, that he intends to brin the cause forward for trial at the next term o the court.—Notice to admit. In the practice of the English high court, either party to an action may call on the other party by notice to admit the existence and execution of any document, in order to save the expense of proving it at the trial; and the party refusing to admit must bear the costs of proving it unless
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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