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• INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE - SECTION 276 OF THE 1979 CONSTITUTION - Interpretation of section 276 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as regards the vesting of the land in the territory of the state in the military governor

  "The Section reads in full: "276(1) Without prejudice to the generality of Section 274 of this Constitution any property, right, privilege, liability or obligation which immediately before the date when…

• EVIDENCE - BURDEN OF PROOF/ONUS OF PROOF - Whether a plaintiff can rely on the weakness of the case of the defendant to prove his own case in an action for declaration of title

  EVIDENCE - BURDEN OF PROOF/ONUS OF PROOF - Whether a plaintiff can rely on the weakness of the case of the defendant to prove his own case in an action for declaration of title

• EVIDENCE - BURDEN OF PROOF/ONUS OF PROOF - On whom lies the burden of proof in a case of wrongful termination of employment; how same is discharged

  "...an employee (as in the instant case), who complains that he was wrongly terminated has the onus to place before the Court the terms and conditions of the contract of…

• EVIDENCE - Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - On whom lies the burden of proving the boundary of the land in dispute

  "They woefully failed to discharge the onus which rested on them, the suit being one for declaration of title. Part of the duty they had to discharge to succeed was…

• JUSTICE - Administration of Justice - Guiding principles in the administration of justice

  "We are of course not oblivious of the rules of principle involved and the case of Regina v. Smith is no less an authority on the principles of intervention on…