Law Ed.
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- Counterclaim
- claim presented by a defendant against the plaintiff following the claim of the plaintiff
- Default judgment
- when the defendant doesn't respond to the complaint essentially assuming guilt
- De Novo
- a trial de novo is a completely new trial held as if the original trial never took place
- Hung jury
- a jury that cannot agree on a verdict
- Information
- an accusation of some criminal offence, in the nature of an indictment which is presented by a states attorney instead of a grand jury
- Mitigating Circumstances
- those which do not constitute a justification or excuse for an offense but which may be considered as reasons for reducing the penalties imposed
- Negligence
- absense of ordinary care
- Pleadings
- formal written allegations by the parties of thier respective claims and of the court
- Perjury
- Criminal offense of making false statement under oath
- Prose
- to act as one's own attorney in a civil or criminal manner
- Pre-trial
- court and the attorneys will meet to define the issues, prepare for the trial, and discuss the possibility of a settlement
- Remand
- a disposition by an appellate court which sends a case back to the trial court for further proceedings
- Statute of Limitations
- law that specifies the time within which judicial action must be taken
- Stipulation
- voluntary agreement by the attorneys and parties on opposite sides of a case regarding any mater in the trial proceedings, so as to eliminate the need for the proof of the matter
- Transcript
- the official record of proceedings in a trial, prepared by the court reporter
- Accomplice
- an individual who voluntarily engages with another in the commission or attempted commission of a crime
- Alibi
- a provable account of an individual's whereabouts at the time of the commission of a crme which would make it impossible or impracticable to place him at the scene of the crime
- Accessory
- one who aids or contributes to a crime as a subordinate
- Class Action
- a lawsuit brought by a representative member(s) of a large group of persons on behalf of all members of the group
- Capital Offense
- a criminal offencse punishable by death
- Civil Rights
- rights guaranteed to individuals by the government under the constitution and other certain Acts Of Congress
- Equity
- justice under the law that is influenced by fairness
- Libel
- an untrue statement published to damage a person's reputaion
- Slander
- act of telling lies to damage someone's reputation, also the crime of doing so
- Injunction
- a court order to stop an action that is abusing someone's rights
- Precedent
- a judicial decision that serves as an example for how to rule in similar cases in the future
- Miranda Warning
- a list of rights that police must read to suspects
- Pardon
- a legal release from the punishment of the crime
- Tort
- damage, injury, or wrongful act caused to one person, other than breaking a contract, for which a civil lawsuit can be filed
- Venue
- a neighborhood, a neighboring place, synonymous with "place of trial". It refers to teh possible or proper plce or places for the trial of a suti as among several places where jurisdiction could be established