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| A friend of the court; a party that does not have a direct interest in a case, but who is requested or offers information to the court in order to clarify an issue before it. |
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| A hostile threat to use physical force. |
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| Physical contact with another person in a violent, rude, and hostile manner. |
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| A test of standard determined by case law. |
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| A body of law created by the compilation of decisions of the judicial branch ofgovernment. |
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| A judicial process whereby a case is moved from a lower court to a higher one for review. The record of all proceedings at the lower court is sent to the higher court. |
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| A system of law in which legal principles are derived from usage and custom as expressed by the courts. |
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| Something trifling; not a significant part of a case. |
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| A course of legal proceedings in accordance with principles of law designed to protect individuals rights. |
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| Law that prescribes the procedures and methods for enforcing rights and duties and for obtaining redress, and that is distinguished from law that creates, defines, or regulates rights. |
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| Law that creates or defines rights, duties, obligations, and causes of action that can be enforced by law. |
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| With all judges or a quorum of judges present; in full court. |
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| A legally sufficient reason; something that brings about an effect or result. |
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| A defamatory statement or representation in the form of written or printed words. |
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| A lack of proper care; failure to exercise prudence, which may result in injury to another. |
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| The party who brings action by filing a complaint. |
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| One who cause an appeal to a higher court; the appellant may be the plaintiff or the defendant. |
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The person who initiates a proceeding. |
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| To send back; the act of an appellate court when it sends a case back to the lower court for further proceedings. |
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| The party against whom an appeal is taken; the defendant. |
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| The party against whom a legal action is brought. |
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| A person or party against whom an appeal is brought. |
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| To stand by a decided case; the doctrine by which courts adhere to precendent on questions of law in order to insure certainty, consistency, and stability in the administration of justice with departure from precedence permitted for compelling reasons. |
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| A security measure for those who successfully perform duties and meet statutory or contractual requirements; a continuous service contract. |
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| An actionable wrong committed against another independent of contract; a civil wrong. |
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| A form of liability in which school districts are held accountable for negligent or intentional wrongdoing of their employees when the act is committed within the scope of the district employment position, even though the district may not be directly at fault. |
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| The Family Educational Records Protection Act; purpose is to guarantee parents free access to student school records. |
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One part of the Act allows "directory" information to be made available to third parties without requiring permission of the student:
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Students name, address, telephone number, and email address
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| Americans with Disabilities Act |
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| Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Goverment for a redress of grievances. |
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| The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. |
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| No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. |
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| The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. |
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| Rights Guaranteed Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship, Due Process and Equal Protection |
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