final order or decree
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 67 U.S. 541 - Callan v. May · 1862Most cited · 6 citing opinions
The order of the Court directing process to issue is not such a final order or decree in a case as the Act of 1789 contemplates. It is nothing more than an order of process to carry into execution a final decree already passed in a case.
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