USA Law

Tag: Family Court Matters

  • Adjudication

    Adjudication in the United States The judicial act of making a judgment in a legal action. Adjudication involves formal decision making processes as a court moves to a final judgment in a lawsuit. Adjudication requires, at minimum, notice to all parties that a decision is being sought, and an […]

  • Adjudication

    Adjudication in the United States The judicial act of making a judgment in a legal action. Adjudication involves formal decision making processes as a court moves to a final judgment in a lawsuit. Adjudication requires, at minimum, notice to all parties that a decision is being sought, and an […]

  • Hearsay

    Hearsay in the United States A statement by a witness repeating the words of another person rather than testifying on the basis of direct knowledge. Hearsay testimony is not based on what a witness sees, hears, or otherwise senses himself or herself. Rather, hearsay repeats what someone else […]

  • Extraordinary Writ

    Extraordinary Writ in the United States Extraordinary Writ in the context of Juvenile and Family Law Definition ofExtraordinary Writ, published by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges: A writ, often issued by an appellate court, making available remedies not regularly […]

  • Certiorari

    Certiorari in the United States A writ or order to a lower court, whose decision is being challenged, to send up the records of the case so a higher court can review the lower court’s decision. Certiorari means to be informed, and may be granted to the losing party by the Supreme Court. Until […]

  • Certiorari

    Certiorari in the United States A writ or order to a lower court, whose decision is being challenged, to send up the records of the case so a higher court can review the lower court’s decision. Certiorari means to be informed, and may be granted to the losing party by the Supreme Court. Until […]

  • Complaint

    Complaint in the United States A charging method generally reserved for less serious criminal violations. A complaint may also be used in civil cases in which the assertion of a claim is made to initiate the legal action. In criminal cases, a complaint is submitted to a judicial officer and […]

  • Complaint

    Complaint in the United States A charging method generally reserved for less serious criminal violations. A complaint may also be used in civil cases in which the assertion of a claim is made to initiate the legal action. In criminal cases, a complaint is submitted to a judicial officer and […]

  • Misdemeanor

    Misdemeanor in the United States A misdemeanor is a relatively minor criminal offense. Misdemeanors are generally punished by fine, but can involve detention at a county jail for up to one year. Misdemeanors are defined by each state and will vary somewhat. Some states choose to create […]

  • Common Law

    Common Law in the United States Common Law Definition That system of law or form of the science of jurisprudence which has prevailed in England and in the United States of America, in contradistinction to other great systems, such as the Roman or civil law. As distinguished from statute […]

  • Common Law

    Common Law in the United States Common Law Definition That system of law or form of the science of jurisprudence which has prevailed in England and in the United States of America, in contradistinction to other great systems, such as the Roman or civil law. As distinguished from statute […]

  • Competency

    Competency in the United States Competency in the context of Juvenile and Family Law Definition ofCompetency published by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges:In the law of evidence, a witness’s ability to observe, recall and recount under oath what happened. Meaning of […]

  • Competency

    Competency in the United States Competency in the context of Juvenile and Family Law Definition ofCompetency published by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges:In the law of evidence, a witness’s ability to observe, recall and recount under oath what happened. Meaning of […]

  • Fourteenth Amendment

    Fourteenth Amendment in the United States Fourteenth Amendment (Framing) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT (Framing) The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution consists of a […]

  • Fourteenth Amendment

    Fourteenth Amendment in the United States Fourteenth Amendment (Framing) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT (Framing) The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution consists of a […]