Bill For A New Trial
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In equity practice. One filed in a court of equity praying for an injunction after a judgment at law when there is any fact which renders it against conscience to execute such judgment, and of which the injured party could not avail himself in a court of law, or, if he could, was prevented by fraud or accident, unmixed with any fault or negligence of himself or his agents. Mitf. Eq. PI. (Jeremy Ed.) 131; 2 Story, Eq. Jur. i 887. Of late years, bills of this description are not countenanced. 1 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 432; 6 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 479.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
One filed in a court of equity praying for an injunction after a judgment at law when there is any fact which renders it against conscience to execute such judgment, and of which the injured party could not avail himself in a court of law, or, if he could, was prevented by fraud or accident, unmixed with any fault. Bills of this description are not now generally countenanced; Woodworth v. Van Buskerk, 1 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 432; Floyd v. Jayne, 6 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 479.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A bill in equity in which the specific relief asked is an injunction against the execution of a judgment rendered at law and a new trial in the action, on account of some fact which would render it inequitable to enforce the judgment, but which was not available to the party on the trial at law, or which he was prevented from presenting by fraud or accident, without concurrent fraud or negligence on his own part.
Defined under Bill in Black's Law Dictionary.