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An equitable exception to the general rule that attorney fees are not awarded, and which allows an award of attorney fees as consequential damages.
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An instruction given to a jury which though correct in law, is irrelevant.
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The use of legal process in an improper or unauthorized manner.
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A formal demand to a court of law and of justice to resolve a dispute.
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Professionals uniquely skilled in the application of mathematics to risk management, contingent events and opportunity.
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An attachment to a written document.
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Basic, core facts that must be proven by a party.
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Latin: some evidence tendered to support something else
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The personnel, activity and structure of the justice system - courts and police - in the detection, investigation, apprehension, interviewing and trial of persons suspected of crime.
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The Scottish law term for a barrister; one who argues cases for clients before the Court.
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A person that is sworn to an affidavit; who gives evidence by way of an affidavit.
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A statement which before being signed, the person signing takes an oath that the contents are, to the best of their knowledge, true.
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A reply to a claim which alleges facts from which it results that, notwithstanding the truth of the allegations of the complaint, no cause of action exists.
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Damages awarded by a court to reflect the exceptional harm done to a plaintiff of a tort action.
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A lawyer who purports to act for both sides.
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Latin: friend of the court.
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To ask a more senior court or person to review a decision of a subordinate court or person.
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The person who initiates an appeal of a judicial body's decision.
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An alternate word for lawyers or barrister and solicitor, used mostly in the USA.
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Latin; literally 'hear the other side'.
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An application to a court after judgment seeking to avoid execution of that judgment because of some event intervening between judgment and execution which compromises the judgment creditor's entitlement to execution.
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A back cover page to a legal document designed to show, when folded, what the legal document is and who it is from.
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Intent to deceive. A person who intentionally tries to deceive or mislead another in order to gain some advantage.
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A person acting with legal authority in the seizure of personal property; and, also, the official in each courtroom who attends to security within.
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Burden of proof in civil trials.
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A lawyer that restricts his or her practice to the court room; a litigation specialist.
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A judge in court session.
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When a document is proposed as evidence, the original must be produced.
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A formal itemized memorandum presented by the successful party to concluded litigation, to the other, as a proposal of costs and disbursements that the issuing party claims.
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A jury consisting of highly qualified persons.
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A written guarantee in regards to the fulfillment of a legal obligation.
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A statutory charge against real property by those who have contributed material or manpower to its improvement.
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A rule of evidence that makes a person prove a certain thing or the contrary will be assumed by the court.
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A species of settlement offer delivered in the form of a letter and which can be used in the event that it is rejected and subsequent to trial or hearing of the litigation which results in terms similar to the rejected offer, costs are spoken to.
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The official moment that an individual is sworn or entered into a law society or state bar or court and thereafter licensed to practise law in that jurisdiction.
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The power to acquire and assert legal rights.
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A letter which advises a person to stop (cease and desist) using specified legal rights which are asserted by another.
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A registration or/of a notice or warning that litigation is ongoing as to ownership of a particular piece of land or other real property.
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A formal request to a court challenging a legal decision of an administrative tribunal, judicial office or organization (eg. government) alleging that the decision has been irregular or incomplete or if there has been an error of law.
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A challenge of a prospective juror for which the cause is disclosed by the challenging party (or their lawyer), and submitted to the Court for decision.
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A court which sits to dispose of procedural matters.
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Evidence which may allow a judge or jury to deduce a certain fact from other facts which have been proven.
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An order of a court to either do a certain thing or to appear before it to answer charges.
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Any action that is not a criminal proceeding.
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The conduct of a non-criminal matter in a court of law from initial advice to client(s) through to the enforcement of judgment.
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A right that belongs to the client of a lawyer that the latter keep any information or words spoken to him during the provision of the legal services to that client, strictly confidential.
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A family law dispute resolution encouragement process set in writing which includes a promise to negotiate in good faith, to engage in the exchange of private and confidential information on a without prejudice basis, and a motivational commitment that the participating lawyers or law firms would withdraw if the negotiations fail.
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A formal appointment or commission governments give to individuals empowering them to certify the oath of another upon documents, such as affidavits.
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A feature of a group of people seeking to be certified for a class action, that there are questions of law and fact common to the prospective group (class).
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A fund recovered by a litigant or lawyer for the benefit of persons other than himself or his client, and that litigant or lawyer then entitled to a reasonable attorney's fee from the fund as a whole.
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A court to resolve civil disputes between private citizens and not otherwise involving the Crown.
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A term of class action law; a requirement for certification, that members of the proposed group represent a community of interests.
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An individual's ability to understand the nature and object of legal proceedings being presented, and to consult with counsel.
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A jurisdictional requirement of US district courts; that that all persons on one side of the controversy be citizens of different states than all persons on the other side.
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An agreement to settle a previously existing claim with a substituted performance.
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A specialized branch of law which resolves cases which have an element of conflicting foreign law.
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The constitutional guarantee in the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution which requires that an accused person have the right to be confronted with the witnesses against him.
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An order of the court in terms which have been contractually entered into by parties to the litigation.
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A person found to have committed contempt of court.
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Conduct that is disobedient, obstructive or contemptuous to the Court.
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A method of payment of legal fees represented by a percentage of an award.
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Intentional contempt of court.
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A court order that the losing party in litigation must pay the successful party's expenses plus an additional allowance, the latter as a contribution towards the winner's legal fees.
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An award of costs will generally flow with the result of litigation; the successful party being entitled to an order for costs against the unsuccessful party.
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An award of costs which is explicitly left to the discretion of the party to whom costs are awarded.
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An entitlement to costs of an interlocutory application regardless of the ultimate result of the main action.
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The general rule in the law of costs that the ultimate victor at trial may get his or her costs against the loser and including all interlocutory applications.
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A defendant's claim against a plaintiff.
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A court of law which retains written records of its proceedings and which has the ability to fine or imprison.
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Contumacious behaviour or behaviour which tends to publicly depreciate the authority of the court or the administration of justice.
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The examination of a witness called by the other side at trial and for which leading questions are permitted.
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A cash compensation ordered by a court to offset losses or suffering caused by another’s fault or negligence.
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To take something for what it is worth, such as evidence collected for the time being, in the absence of, but in anticipation of, litigation, admissibility to be determined when such thing is sought to be used against another at trial.
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To accept a document or an event as conclusive of a certain status in the absence of evidence or facts which would normally be required to prove that status.
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An order of the Court striking a claim because no appearance, answer, reply or defence has been filed within the applicable deadlines.
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The individual, company or organization who defends a legal action taken by a plaintiff and against whom the court has been asked to order damages or specific corrective action redress some type of unlawful or improper action alleged by the plaintiff.
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French for outside. In the context of legal proceedings, it refers to that which is irrelevant or outside the scope of the debate.
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The intentional concealment of the process of cogitating, consulting or other private methods of arriving at a judicial decision.
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A letter from a lawyer, on behalf of a client, that demands payment or some other action, which is allegedly due or in default.
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A mostly obsolete motion put to a trial judge after the plaintiff has completed his or her case, in which the defendant, while not objecting to the facts presented, and rather than responding by a full defence, asks the court to reject the petition right then and there because of a lack of basis in law or insufficiency of the evidence.
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A person who gives evidence verified by oath, as within an affidavit.
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The official statement by a witness taken in writing (as opposed to testimony which where a witnesses give their perception of the facts verbally).
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A formal challenge which questions not the cause of action, but the propriety of the suit, or the mode in which the remedy is sought.
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Contempt of Court which is aimed expressly against the dignity or authority of the Court itself in the person of its Judges or officers.
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A formal notice filed with the Court and served on the defendant, ending active litigation.
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The making known to the other side of a law suit, of all relevant evidence.
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A dismissal of an action before it is judges on the merits and leaves the parties as though the action had never been filed, subject to limitations in local Court rules.
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An official court record book which lists all the cases before the court and which may also note the status or action required for each case.
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Any written thing capable of being made evidence.
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A punitive measure against a litigant for that party’s failure, in all of the circumstances, to have accepted an offer to settle that should have been accepted.
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Recitals of statements of others within a statement that is itself hearsay; an out-of-court declaration containing another out-of-court declaration.
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Exception to the hearsay rule: a statement of fact made by a dying victim relating to the cause and circumstances of a homicide.
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Improper influence on a juror.
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Also, "impanel"; the official call to duty of a jury, usually as called by the clerk of the Court in which the jury is to act, and just before the jurors are sworn in.
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(French) As a full bench.
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A bar to a party from asserting a legal claim or defense that is contrary or inconsistent with his or her prior action of conduct.
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A maxim of equity that once invoked successfully, equity will, fully and with finality, resolve the dispute between the parties.
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A mostly informal title associated with those who practice law.
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A valid excuse for not appearing in Court when summoned.
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Proof of fact(s) presented at a judicial hearing such as a trial.
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A recorded oral examination of the other side to litigation before trial and under oath, but not before a judge, with a view to obtaining admissions or discovering facts.
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The questioning of your own witness under oath.
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An examination under oath of the deponent of an affidavit.
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A court of law designed to determine claims by the Crown.
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Contempt committed outside the court.
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A document or object shown to the court as evidence.
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Latin: outside of the jurisdiction.
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Latin: outside the awareness of a party; for one party only.
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A witness with a defined area of expertise and on that basis and strictly within that area, is allowed to give opinion evidence to the Court (or jury, as the case may be).
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An identification technique which distinguishes unique facial characteristics of an individual.
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The written summary of a litigant's position to be taken and expounded upon in a judicial proceeding, including a concise summary of relevant facts and law and brief arguments with reference to authorities where applicable.
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Latin: that you cause to be made. Mostly used to refer to a writ of judgment enforcement obtained under the old common law of England.
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An order or judgment of the Court that finally disposes of the rights of the parties.
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A speculative demand for information without any real expectation about the outcome of the demand or its relevance to the litigation.
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The court or forum most suitable for the ends of justice.
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Evidence that existed at the time of the trial, but for various reasons could not be put before the court.
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When a lawyer is hired to draft an official court document on behalf of a self-represented litigant.
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A guardian appointed to direct litigation on behalf and in the interests of a person otherwise incapable of managing their affairs.
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A regular response to a specific situation.
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An error which beyond a reasonable doubt, did not contribute to a decision.
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The presentation of evidence before an adjudicating body as may be required for a full disclosure and challenge of alleged facts.
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Evidence that is offered by a witness of which they do not have direct knowledge but, rather, their testimony is based on what others have said to them.
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An expert with a bias or who adapts his or her expert evidence to the requirements of the party that calls him/her as a witness.
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A party's witness who demonstrates such adversity to answering questions that the trial judge allows leading questions to be put to that witness.
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A special right that married persons have to keep communications between them secret and even inaccessible to a court of law.
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Also, "empanel"; the official call to duty of a jury, usually as called by the clerk of the Court in which the jury is to act, and just before the jurors are sworn in.
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A party to whom documents are produced within litigation will not use them for collateral or ulterior purposes.
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A closed and private session of Court or some other deliberating body.
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A term of statute of costs which are in excess of party and party costs and which may equal or come close to completely indemnify the successful litigant.
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A poor person; not penniless but in need and who has no financial support from any other.
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Contempt of court which occurs not in the presence of a judge acting judicially, but which tend to degrade the court or to obstruct or embarrass the administration of justice by the court.
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Contempt of court that occurs in the face of the Court.
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The residual, automatic and ex officio authority of a court of law to regulate proceedings before it including punishing contempt.
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A legal procedure to prevent a debtor from compromising property upon which a creditor holds a charge.
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A court order that prohibits a party from doing something (restrictive injunction) or compels them to do something (mandatory injunction).
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Latin: at the beginning or on the threshold.
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The several professional associations of barristers, to which all barristers in England or Wales must belong to one, to wit, Lincoln's Inn, Middle Temple, Gray's Inn or Inner Temple.
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Latin: regarding a person; a right, action, judgment or entitlement that is attached to a specific person(s).
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Latin: regarding a thing; proprietary in nature; a right or judgment related to the use or ownership of an item of property.
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Latin: in the interest of society as a whole, litigation must come to an end.
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A person who, without legal right, runs a business (eg. without mandatory licenses), or who wrongfully interferes or intercepts another's business.
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Pre-trial numbered and written questions on relevant matters to the litigation, sent to the other side of litigation, and for which reply is mandatory.
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Latin: as between or amongst themselves.
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One who is given standing in litigation even though they were not originally a party.
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The power the law gives the Court or a judge to choose among two or more alternatives, each being lawful.
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Absolute immunity from civil liability for official decisions or acts.
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A lien obtained by judgment or other judicial proceeding.
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Conduct on the part of a judge that is prohibited and which could lead to a form of discipline.
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A doctrine which enables a judge to accept a fact without the need of a party to prove it through evidence.
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A process where a court of law is asked to rule on the appropriateness of the decision of an administrative agency or tribunal.
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The written certification by a judicial officer that a deponent or affiant recognizes and endorses all parts of an affidavit he or she proposes to sign, and confirms that an oath has been administered in this regard to the affiant.
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The private or commercial acts of a state.
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Latin: imperial authority.
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Legal authority to judge or to act in a given situation or case.
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A member of a jury; a person who has taken an oath to serve on a jury.
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A group of citizens randomly selected from the general population and brought together to assist justice by deciding which version, in their opinion, constitutes 'the truth' given different evidence by opposing parties.
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The extraordinary power of a jury to issue a verdict contrary to the law as applied to the proven facts.
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A rule of law which prohibits the disclosure, by a member of a jury, of statements or opinions voiced during jury deliberations.
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To unlawfully disrupt the independence of a jury member with a view to influencing that juror otherwise than by the production of evidence in open court.
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A necessary prerequisite of a matter put to a court of law for resolution; that an actual and substantial controversy be at hand.
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A judicial proceeding or trial which has a predetermined outcome or where the basic legal rights of a party are jumped over.
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Originally, the common criminal court of the common law; later, the general superior court.
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When a court decides upon a rule of law, that decision should continue to govern the same issues in subsequent stages in the same case.
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An individual trained in the law and that has been certified to give legal advice or to represent others in litigation.
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A question which suggests an answer; usually answerable by yes or no.
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A shield against disclosure of communications between a solicitor and his/her client.
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Broad, general facts that are not unique and relate indirectly to the parties to litigation.
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A seizure of specified property for the purposes of conversion into money.
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Latin for the law of the forum.
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A conflict of law rule that selects the applicable law based on the venue or location of something.
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A legal obligation, either due now or at some time in the future.
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A property right which remains attached to an object that has been sold, but not totally paid for, until complete payment has been made.
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Loss of a legal right or cause of action because of the passage of time.
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Latin: a dispute or matter which is the subject of ongoing or pending litigation.
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A person who is a party to a legal action.
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A dispute is in 'litigation' (or being 'litigated') when it has become the subject of a formal court action or law suit.
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A loan made by a third-party to litigation, typically a finance company, to a litigant to finance the litigation, and often on harsh terms.
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Non-disclosure protection imposed on documents which come into existence after litigation commenced or in contemplation, and where they have been made with a view to such litigation, either for the purpose of obtaining advice as to such litigation, or of obtaining evidence to be used in such litigation, or of obtaining information which might lead to the obtaining of such evidence.
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Latin: The law of the place where the facts occurred.
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Latin: legal standing before a court.
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A writ which commands an individual, organization (eg. government), administrative tribunal or court to perform a certain action, usually to correct a prior illegal action or a failure to act in the first place.
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An inferior court has no power or authority to deviate from the mandate issued by an appellate court.
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An American standard of judicial review: discretion exercised improvidently or thoughtlessly and without due consideration.
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A temporary injunction that freezes the assets of a party pending further order or final resolution by the Court.
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A partial settlement to litigation where some defendants settle by accepting a term of which is a loan by the settling defendant to the plaintiff, to be repaid by any monies recovered from the remaining defendant(s).
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A partly-empowered superior-level court judge, used mostly for interlocutory and procedural civil hearings.
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A witness tendered to offer opinion evidence within the confines of his or her area of medical expertise.
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A formal record of a contract which settles one or more live issues before a Court.
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A substantial wrong which occurs during a trial which so infects the proceedings as to merit quashing the result on appeal.
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When a person has been named as a party to a law suit when that person should not have been added.
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A matter where the issue raised concerns a hypothetical or abstract question
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A trial on a fictional or hypothetical issue, usually hosted by law schools, as training for future barristers or litigators.
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A motion put to the Court to strike a pleading or evidence of a witness.
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Basic or fundamental judicial rights extended to a person with rights at issue.
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Latin: No-one shall be tried or punished twice in regards to the same event.
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Latin: no person can judge a case in which he or she is party or in which he/she has an interest.
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Evidence of matters that occurred subsequent to the order appealed from.
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When a person, who should have been made a party to a legal proceedings, has been forgotten or omitted.
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Pre-action third party discovery to an intended plaintiff without notice to the intended defendant.
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A formal notice to participants in litigation of an intent to seek specific relief in an action.
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A religious or solemn affirmation to tell the truth or to take a certain action.
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Latin: an observation by a judge on a matter not specifically before the court or not necessary in determining the issue before the court.
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An act which tends to impede or thwart the administration of justice.
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A lawyer or litigant's initial remarks at trial, to the finder of fact, either a judge or jury, setting out their road-map or case theory.
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A principle of the common law that proceedings ought to be open to the public, including the contents of court files and public viewing of trials.
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An agreement between two litigants to settle a matter privately before the Court has rendered its decision.
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A standard of appellate review, an error that must have altered the result or may well have altered the result.
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A standard of appellate review, an error that is readily or plainly seen.
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The material facts which a party to litigation alleges are true and which that party will seek to prove at trial in support of the relief claimed.
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The standard award of costs being, in the result, a partial indemnity to the successful party to litigation for his or her litigation expenses.
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An exception to the hearsay rule, whereby evidence of which a witness has no current recall can nonetheless be admitted for the truth of its contents as it was recorded at a time when the witness was able to verify its accuracy.
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An affidavit of indigence, of poverty.
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Latin: during litigation.
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A period of time fixed by law for the existence of a right.
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Also "preemptory challenge"; a party's challenge of a prospective juror for which no reason or justification need be given.
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Latin: through want of care.
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An interest in either the subject matter or a relationship with the parties before a judicial body.
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The court's authority to determine a claim affecting a specific person.
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Something a witness actually saw or heard.
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A decision of a jury which runs altogether contrary to the evidence presented before it.
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The formal, written document submitted to a court, and which asks for the court to redress what is described in the petition as being an injustice of some kind.
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An action in maritime law in which a person seeks to obtain a judgment as to title of a vessel independently of possession.
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Circumstances in which more than one court is seized of the adjudication of the same issue.
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A proportionate share settlement agreement
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The person who initiates, who brings or files a case with a court; who sues.
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That core document(s) of a party to litigation in which he or she formally sets out the facts and the law which support that party's position.
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A preliminary challenge to a court's authority to decide the action before it.
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Scottish law: The seizure of a judgment debtor's personal property to satisfy the terms of the judgment.
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Where a party entitled to possession of a vessel seeks to recover that vessel.
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The giving of legal advice or of representation of another as agent in a court of law or through rules of court, or in the preparation of legal documents or in dispute or contractual negotiation.
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Latin: an initiating document presented to a court clerk to be officially issued on behalf of the court or a the covering memo or letter from the lawyer (or plaintiff) which accompanies and formally asks for the writ to be issued by the court officer.
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Also "peremptory challenge"; a party's challenge of a prospective juror for which no reason or justification need be given.
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Evidence that persuades a judge or jury to lean to one side as opposed to the other, during the course of litigation.
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A method of acquiring or extinguishing rights through the inaction of the legal owner.
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A facilitative mechanism used at trial to assist a witness in recalling his or her memory, thus revived.
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A privilege suggesting the exclusion from evidence of matters discussed during a confession between a Roman Catholic priest and a penitent.
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(USA) A rule of procedure which deems that any court document mailed by a self-represented inmate is deemed filed on the date of delivery to prison authorities for mailing.
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Latin: on one’s own behalf.
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To apologize or the taking of such other action as may be deemed by a court of law to suffice for the purposes of vacating a charge of contempt of court.
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Administrative tribunals or government officials which, in their decision-making process, are subject to the rules of natural justice.
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Originally, the common criminal court of the common law; later, the general superior court.
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Where an appeal predominantly takes issue with the lower court's exercise of judicial discretion.
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Questions about what actually took place between the parties.
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Questions touching the scope, effect or application of a rule of law which the courts apply in determining the rights of parties.
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An appellate standard of review of a lower court's order where the appeal issues are divided between question(s) of fact and question(s) of law.
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Latin: legal procedure taken to stop a person or organization from doing something for which it may not have the legal authority, by demanding to know by what right they exercise the controversial authority.
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Latin: reasons for a decision.
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A rule of jurisdiction which enables a counterclaim against another who, although otherwise beyond the jurisdiction of the court, has voluntarily submitted to jurisdiction by iniating the principal action.
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The resumption of cross-examination by the original cross-examiner in order to respond to matters that may have arisen during the re-examination of a witness.
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An application made to a judge that he/she not hear a particular case because of a real or perceived conflict of interest; that the judge recuse himself (abstain) from the case.
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An irrelevant legal issue.
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The re-opening of an examination-in-chief after cross-examination, to cover matters that may have arisen during cross-examination.
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Remedial judicial action to right a wrong or to prevent a infringement upon a legal right.
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A legal action taken to reclaim goods which have been distrained.
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Latin: already subject to judicial determination.
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Latin: Fact(s) newly coming to knowledge.
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The party that responds to a claim filed in court against them by a plaintiff.
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Latin: a withdrawal of a legal action.
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A payment by a patent holder to an infringer in consideration of the infringer's cease and desist.
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Rules of procedure and conduct during the sitting of a court of law uniformly applicable to litigants and their lawyers, and governing the hearings of claims and motions, and defences or responses thereto.
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A witness who, while under cross-examination, is unresponsive.
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Personal scurrilous abuse of a judge as a judge.
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A Court order that restricts access to or disclosure of any record or document filed in a proceeding.
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Payment or deposit of money or some form of security in lieu thereof, into court, by a litigant to secure the payment of such costs if such person does not prevail.
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A jury which has been confined to a location where they can be shielded from outside distractions while their deliberations are ongoing.
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The taking of someones property, voluntarily (by deposit) or involuntarily (by seizure), by court officers or into the possession of a third party, awaiting the outcome of a trial in which ownership of that property is at issue.
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Prohibited conduct by a licensed lawyer in taking, or attempting to take advantage of a slip or overlooked technical matter by the other side to litigation, and to agree to reasonable requests which either prejudice his client or the interests of justice.
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Latin: without a day. Taken to mean without fixing a day for continuation.
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An award of all costs associated with litigation.
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One of the most punitive awards of costs, requiring a party to pay the other's legal bill.
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A scale of costs generally equivalent to solicitor and client costs and also approaching complete indemnity to the successful litigant.
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A jury drawn to certain specifications given the alleged complexities of the matter to be tried.
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The applicable threshold of an appeallable error; often distinguishable as between questions of law, of fact, or mixed questions of fact and law.
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The ability to sue and speak to the Court on a controversy based on personal interest in the outcome.
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Latin: stay with what has been decided.
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The document which sets out the plaintiff's allegations of fact and thus, engages the judicial process by seeking trial.
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A defendant's written answer or reply to a statement of claim, admitting or denying each and every one of the facts contained in the statement of claim and alleging such facts as the defendant wishes to assert at trial in opposition to the plaintiff's case.
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A procedural rule which limits the time in which a party may bring an action for a right which has already accrued.
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The deadline set by statute on the assertion of a right by litigation.
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A lien arising solely by force of a statute on specified circumstances or conditions.
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To stop; to suspend; also known as a stay of proceedings; when a law suit is suspended either indefinitely or until the occurrence of a condition imposed by the court.
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An individual employed to receive and transcribe dictation.
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(USA law) An agreement between the parties with respect to an issue before the court.
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The formal title of the proceedings in a court of law, usually the action number, the name of the court and the full, formal and complete name(s) of the plaintiff(s) and that of all defendant(s).
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Latin: under judicial consideration.
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Latin: an order of a court which requires a person to be present at a certain time and place or suffer a penalty (subpoena means, literally, under penalty).
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Core law which determines rights and obligations, as opposed to procedural law.
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A court order dismissing a claim summarily, upon application, and based on the allegation that there is no claim or defence with a reasonable prospect of success.
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The trial of an action by way of affidavit evidence only or by use of truncated process.
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In the USA, this is one of the initial documents issued in a civil suit; giving the defendant notice of the claim and an opportunity to defend it.
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An injunction obtained in a secret convening of the court where in the result, the court file, the names of the parties and even the terms of the injunction order are secret except as between the parties, counsel, the judge and the court staff.
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An application to a court to stay proceedings; most frequently, to stay enforcement or collection proceedings upon a judgment.
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A contract by which a surety obligates itself to pay a final judgment rendered against its principal under the conditions stated in the bond.
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Superfluous allegations, especially in regards to pleadings.
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The act of supplementing a jury otherwise incomplete.
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Additional jurors summoned to complete a jury.
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The formal quasi-judicial review of a bill of costs or other determination of costs payable by one litigant to another.
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Jurisdiction of a state or of a court of law over a legal action as it may be affected by the effects or passage of time.
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The oral evidence of a witness in a judicial proceeding, such as a trial.
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A short, succinct statement of the theme of an action as evidence will be presented, organized and support at trial.
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A person who is not privy to a contract or a party in a lawsuit.
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Latin: The cause of action is changed into matter of record, which is of a higher nature, and the inferior remedy is merged in the higher.
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The resolution of a dispute by examination of evidence submitted by opposing litigants by a tribunal or Court of law, and determination of (1) guilt (in a criminal trial) or (2) of a civil dispute of fact or law.
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Latin: For every wrong, the law provides a remedy.
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Latin: beyond that which is sought.
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Latin: without authority.
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When a witness called by a party merely gives unfavorable answers to questions posed during examination in chief, that party may not cross examine the witness but may still lead evidence in contradiction.
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Location or proposed district of a judicial hearing.
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French: truth told; the decision of a jury.
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The displacement of a judge and jury to the location of events which are being described at trial.
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A mini-hearing held during a trial on the eligibility of prospective jurors or the admissibility of contested evidence.
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An application to a judge to dismiss a law suit alleging that the litigant has inexcusably delayed moving the litigation along and that under the circumstances, the litigation ought to be dismissed.
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A document giving a person legal authority to do a certain thing.
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A cancellation of a statement of defence or counterclaim by a defendant.
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A reservation made on a statement that it cannot be used against in future dealings or litigation.
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A person who perceives an event (by seeing, hearing, smelling or other sensory perception).
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An official court document, signed by a judge or bearing an official court seal, which commands the person to whom it is addressed, to do something specific.
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A witness who demonstrates disproportionate enthusiasm while testifying.
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