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The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
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An act of adjudication; a judgment.
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(law) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
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(law) A note sent to an appeals court presenting the appeal in summary.
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In general, a form of justice where both parties designate a person whose ruling they will accept formally. More specifically in Market Anarchist (market anarchy) theory, arbitration designates the process by which two agencies pre-negotiate a set of common rules in anticipation of cases where a customer from each agency is involved in a dispute.
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The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors.
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The public announcement of the sentences imposed by the Inquisition on supposed heretics.
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Alternative form of avizandum [(law) time for a judge to consider a case and reach a decision.]
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(law) time for a judge to consider a case and reach a decision.
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The calling of a case from an inferior to a superior court.
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(law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
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(law) A legal principle that holds an original copy of a document as superior evidence.
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(law) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
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(law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
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Alternative form of case-in-chief [(law) The stage during trial in which the party with the burden of proof presents supporting evidence.]
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Relating to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defence of lawsuits.
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(law) The relocation of a trial to a locale other than that in which the case was first brought before a court.
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Alternative spelling of codefendant [(law) Any of several defendants answering the same charge.]
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(law) A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what their rights are.
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(law) A commission appointed to take evidence by deposition where the deponent is unwilling or unable to come to court and the court cannot compel the witness/deponent.
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(law) A court case used to determine if a person must stand trial.
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(law) The doctrine that the legal opinions of the time a document was written should be used to interpret laws in preference to more modern formulations.
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(transitive) To attempt to attract.
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(US, law) A rule of evidence regarding the admissibility of expert witnesses' testimony during federal legal proceedings, and based (among other factors) on the use of the scientific method.
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(obsolete) A person who resolves or settles matters or controversies; a decider, judge, or arbiter.
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(law) A private outward manifestation of intention which is directly aimed at bringing about a legal effect.
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(law) A ruling of a court in a civil case which declares the rights, duties, or obligations of each party in a dispute, but does not necessarily award any damages or other relief.
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(law) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
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A binding legal judgment in favor of either litigant in a lawsuit based on some failure to take action by the other party.
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The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
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The act of dijudicating; judgement.
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(law) An instruction given by the judge to the jury compelling them to return a particular verdict.
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(Australian politics) A planted question in Parliamentary Question time.
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(law) A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.
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(common law) A legal principle in the law of equity that prevents a party from asserting otherwise valid legal rights against another party because of conduct by the first party, or circumstances to which the first party has knowingly contributed, make it unjust for those rights to be asserted.
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(law) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
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(law) A witness that has expertise in a certain field.
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(law) A set of relationships that have been established for an event from which a legal conclusion can be drawn.
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(Philippine law) The dispositive portion of a court's ruling, coming at the end of the ruling.
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The fifth amendment to the United States Constitution, which covers several rights, but is used most often quoted regarding the right against self-incrimination.
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(religion) Synonym of judgement day
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(law) A formal conclusion by a judge, jury or regulatory agency on issues of fact.
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(law) A doctrine of law holding that a court should decline to hear a case if another court—especially one in a foreign jurisdiction—would provide a more appropriate forum for the parties and evidence.
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(law) A dispute over a material fact upon which the outcome of a legal case may rely, and which therefore must be decided by a judge or jury; a dispute which precludes summary judgment.
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A determination of law made by a court.
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(law) Of a jury, unable to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial.
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(in English law) An injunction which appears to go further than a super-injunction by preventing a matter being discussed with a individual's Member of Parliament or lawyer.
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That which is enjoined; such as an order, mandate, decree, command, precept.
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(historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.
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(law) a court order entered at the beginning of a lawsuit to preserve a semblance of organisational order or to maintain the status quo pending the final disposition of the case
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(law) An interlocutory judgement or sentence.
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(law) A decision by a judge that sets aside a jury's earlier verdict in the same case based on a finding that the jury's determination was incorrect as a matter of law.
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(biblical) Abbreviation of Judges. [(biblical) The seventh book of the Old Testament, and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.]
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(rare) Making a judgment; discerning; evaluating.
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A set of guidelines instructing the police about how to question suspects so that the resulting evidence is admissible in court.
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(law) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.
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(sports) A ruling by an umpire, referee, or similar official during a sporting event, based on his or her perception of events and in the absence of any objective measurement.
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(law) In the law of evidence, the power of a court to deem the burden of proof to be established as to a particular fact without the introduction of evidence, because the fact is one that is a matter of common knowledge, or is readily demonstrated by reference to sources of unquestionable authority.
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Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
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(law) Pertaining to the Roman form of law in which the plaintiff files a formal petition.
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(law) A document on which summary judgment or provisional sentence may be granted.
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(law) A common law prerogative writ that compels a court or government officer to perform mandatory or purely ministerial duties correctly.
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(law) A fact that is contained within court files or has otherwise been entered into evidence before the court.
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A writ for moving records from one court to another.
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Synonym of statute of repose
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(law) An obiter dictum; a statement from the bench commenting on a point of law which is not necessary for the judgment at hand and therefore has no judicial weight, as opposed to ratio decidendi.
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An incidental remark; especially (law) a statement or remark in a court's judgment that is not essential to the disposition of the case.
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(chiefly US, law) Referring to a judgment, decision, or ruling of a court whose decision rests upon the law as it applies to the particular evidence and facts presented in the case.
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The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a doctor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.
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(law) An instruction to jurors telling them they may equate willful ignorance with actual knowledge.
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A grant to an individual by letters patent of a higher social or professional position than the precedence to which their ordinary rank entitles them.
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(parliamentary procedure) a request that relates to matters of comfort, amplification, or safety of the assembled
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(law) The return of the judge before whom a cause was tried, after a verdict, of what was done in the cause, which is endorsed on the nisi prius record.
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(law) A writ demanding action, or requiring a reason for neglecting it.
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(law) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
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(law) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
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(law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
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One who supports something; an advocate
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(US, law) The record of the examination of a patent application, including the original application, responses made by the examiner, and amendments made by the applicant to address objections raised by the examiner.
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(law) A brief document provided by the judge, elaborating on a sentencing decision.
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(law) The legal principle or rationale on which a judicial decision is based.
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(law) One of a jury impaneled on an assize.
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(obsolete) One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee.
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(law) A situation in which a court, tasked with deciding which state's law should apply to a case, decides to apply the law of the forum, based on the determination that a court from another involved state would also apply the law of the forum.
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(law) A legal claim that has already been decided in another lawsuit or proceeding, and therefore must be dismissed.
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A body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.
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(law) The rendering back of a writ to the proper officer.
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(law) A decree issued by the court that becomes absolute at some later date unless cause is shown why it should not.
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(law, transitive) To make a decision in an official capacity regarding some matter.
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(dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.
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(chiefly US, law) An unnecessary, often argumentative remark made by an attorney or witness during a trial or deposition.
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A right of prosecution and judgement.
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A decision that is not unanimous made by a panel of decision-makers, such as an appellate court.
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(law) the case title for a cause of action/lawsuit; a description of the parties involved, such as Johnson v. Smith.
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A document in which the party to a lawsuit states that his/her attorney of record is being substituted for by another attorney or by the party acting for himself/herself (in propria persona).
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(law) The determination by a court that no factual issues are in dispute, and that the legal issues require the case to be decided in favor of one party or the other.
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(US, law) The authority of United States federal courts to hear additional claims substantially related to an original claim, even though the court would lack the subject-matter jurisdiction to hear the additional claims independently.
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(law) of or pertaining to a will or testament
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(transitive) To decide as an umpire.
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(law) A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
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