Term
Equity
ex. the want to prevent someone from doing a certain act without the judgement of money to be awarded |
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Definition
| "fairfness" -it involves makinga decision in the interest of justice. Almost any remedy except money damages. |
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Term
Judgment
ex. two people go to court and the final judgment is in favor of the plaintiff and the Court issues him 100,000 to be paid by the defendant. |
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Definition
| A judgment is a final determination of matter beffore the court. |
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Term
Writ
ex. after a judgment is made the person who won the case wants to inforce his judgment because the loser is not completing the award so the winner obtains a writ that orders the sheriff to pick up certain items of property and deliver that property to the winner. |
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Definition
| A writ is a court order directed to the sheriff or to another government official directing that person to perform whatever is ordered in the court decree. |
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Term
Decree
ex. someone involved in a trial after it has become very lengthy the court issues a decree ordering the defendant to sell something to the plaintiff. |
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Definition
| Today a decree is the same as a judgment. It is a final deteremination of a matter before the court. |
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