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| Adjournment or postponement of proceedings to another date |
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| Dismissal barring plaintiff from bringing another lawsuit for the same claim |
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| Represents the state in criminal cases in a particular judicial district |
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| Trial court for a judicial district |
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| Removal of a conviction from a person's criminal record |
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| Serious crime punishable by >1 year imprisonment or death |
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| Panel which decides whether to issue an indictment against a person |
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| Person appointed by a court to represent a minor or a person who is incompetent |
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| Writ employed to bring a person before a court |
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| A legal claim against a piece of land in relation to some debt, obligation or duty |
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| Less serious than a felony; punishable by fine, forfeiture, or brief confinement |
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| Held to determine if there is sufficient evidence to hold a trial |
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| Order that the defendant not leave the jurisdiction |
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| Prosecutor's decision not to prosecute a criminal case after criminal charges have been brought |
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| Plea indicating the defendant will not contest a criminal charge |
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| Non obstante verdicto (NOV) |
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| Judgment entered by a trial judge that is contrary to the jury verdict |
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| Retroactive decree or judgment |
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| The state as guardian of a minor or mentally incompetent person |
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| Opinion of an appellate court not attributable to any one judge |
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| Used when an injury was caused by someone's negligence, because the accident could not have occurred without negligence |
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| To adhere to a precedent when deciding a case |
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| Subpoena compelling a witness to produce certain documents |
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| Order summoning people to come to court to act as jurors |
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| With greater reason or more convincing force |
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| From cause to effect; deductive |
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| A person with an interest in a particular matter who petitions the court to file a brief |
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| Equitable decision that is contrary to the law governing the controversy |
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| Wrongful acts that harm everyone, not just the injured party |
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| Requirement of consistency in legal argumentation. You can't have it both ways. |
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| Judgment based on considerations of fairness rather than existing law |
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| Principle for defining territorial seas. |
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| Within the law - equitable decision of a court or tribunal that is consistent with governing law. |
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| Law among peoples/nations |
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| Law created within each country |
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| Compelling international law that cannot be overridden by treaties, e.g. re slavery, genocide. |
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| Law of descent - an individual acquiring the nationality of his parents at birth |
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| Law of the soil - Determination of nationality by place of birth |
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| Common law developed by human practice |
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| Substitution of one party for another whose debt the party pays. |
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| Stirring up of vexatious litigation |
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| Violation of a promise/agreement |
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| Recognition of something as being factual |
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| Tacit or passive acceptance; implied consent. |
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| Reduction; the act of eliminating or nullifying |
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| Wrong or evil in itself, as opposed to wrong because it is prohibited |
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| Clear inheritance - interest in land that endures until the current owner dies without heirs |
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| Any interest in a property other than ownership |
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| Personal property; moveable/transferable property. |
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| Used in courts of law or public debate |
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| To punish by a fine; to deprive of by fraud |
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| Conduct prohibited by law |
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| Action by a court on an issue without a request from the parties |
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| On the other hand; by contrast |
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| Into the middle of the matter |
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| Force majeure; extraordinary event |
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| Law of the place; local law |
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| For purposes of the suit; pending the suit |
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| Preliminary; presented only to the judge before trial |
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| Having validity unless the adversely affected party seeks to have (the order) withdrawn |
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| In the same place; Reference to a work cited immediately before. |
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| Bare agreement; An agreement that is not enforceable as a contract |
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| In anticipation of a future need |
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| With the testament or will annexed |
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| Object, interest or status, as opposed to a person |
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| Absence of criminal responsibility due to mental disability |
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| One who commits or participates in a crime |
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| Fighting in a public place |
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| Malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions |
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| Place where the offence was committed |
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| To induce a person to commit a wrongful act or perjury |
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| To stop the running of a time period |
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| Agreeing, for consideration, not to prosecute a felony |
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| Substitution of a lesser punishment for a more severe one |
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| Lawful act performed in a wrong manner |
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| Action to recover property taken unlawfully |
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| Arising from a crime or tort |
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| Notice presumed from the existence of facts and circumstances that a party had a duty to take notice of |
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| Notice communicated directly to a party |
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| Meritorious consideration |
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| Refraining from enforcing a right, obligation or debt |
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| To transfer property to another |
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| Damages specified in a contract |
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| To that extent; as far as it goes |
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| A person primarily liable for payment of another's debt or performance of their obligations |
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| To share a common boundary with |
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