Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
case of actual controversy — The phrase in Federal Declaratory Judgment Act connotes controversy of justiciable nature, excluding advisory decree on hypothetical facts. John P. Agnew & Co., Inc. v. Hoage, 69 App.D.C. 116, 99 F.2d 349, 351. See cases and controversies … Black's law dictionary
actual controversy — Declaratory judgment may be rendered only in cases of actual controversy defined as concrete cases touching legal relations of parties having adverse legal interests and susceptible of an immediate and definitive determination of the legal rights … Black's law dictionary
actual controversy — Declaratory judgment may be rendered only in cases of actual controversy defined as concrete cases touching legal relations of parties having adverse legal interests and susceptible of an immediate and definitive determination of the legal rights … Black's law dictionary
controversy — con·tro·ver·sy / kän trə ˌvər sēBrit alsokən trä vər sē/ n pl sies 1: a state of dispute or disagreement suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars U.S. Constitution amend. VII 2: a civil action involving a… … Law dictionary
Case or Controversy clause — The Case or Controversy Clause of Article III of the United States Constitution (found in Art. III, Section 2, Clause 1) has been deemed to impose a requirement that United States federal courts are not permitted to hear cases that do not pose an … Wikipedia
Controversy — Disagree redirects here. For the Malaysian band, see Disagree (band). For other uses, see Controversy (disambiguation). Auseinandersetzung (Controversy), by Karl Henning Seemann Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate,… … Wikipedia
Controversy (law) — In jurisprudence, a controversy differs from a case; while the latter includes all suits, criminal as well as civil, a controversy is a purely civil proceeding. For example, the Case or Controversy Clause of Article Three of the United States… … Wikipedia
controversy — A litigated question; adversary proceeding in a court of law; a civil action or suit, either at law or in equity; a justiciable dispute. To be a controversy under federal constitutional provision limiting exercise of judicial power of United… … Black's law dictionary
controversy — A litigated question; adversary proceeding in a court of law; a civil action or suit, either at law or in equity; a justiciable dispute. To be a controversy under federal constitutional provision limiting exercise of judicial power of United… … Black's law dictionary
case or controversy — AD actual controversy over an issue, not merely a desire for an abstract declaration of the law. Re Summers, 325 US 561, 89 L Ed 1795, 65 S Ct 1307. A case was defined by Chief Justice Marshall to be a suit instituted according to the regular… … Ballentine's law dictionary
