USA Law

Tag: Judicial Assistance

  • Default Judgment

    Default Judgment in the United States Court decision rendered in a civil proceeding where the defendant fails to respond. A default judgment comes after a proceeding for which the defendant has been notified, but chooses not to appear. See Also Ex Parte (Civil Process) Judgment (Civil […]

  • Action

    Action in United States Action Definition (Lat. agere, to do; to lead; to conduct). A doing of something; something done. The term is, in legal usage, confined to practice, having no technical meaning, in the substantive law, except in the French law, in which it denotes shares in a company, […]

  • Oath

    Oath in United States Oath Definition An outward pledge given by the person taking it that his attestation or promise is made under an immediate sense of his responsibility to God. Tyler, Oaths, 15. The term has been variously defined : As, a solemn invocation of the vengeance of the Deity […]

  • Oath

    Oath in United States Oath Definition An outward pledge given by the person taking it that his attestation or promise is made under an immediate sense of his responsibility to God. Tyler, Oaths, 15. The term has been variously defined : As, a solemn invocation of the vengeance of the Deity […]

  • Order To Show Cause

    Order To Show Cause in United States Order To Show Cause Definition Show Cause Order in this legal EncyclopediaO.s.c. in this legal EncyclopediaOrder To Show Cause definition in the Law Dictionary Order To Show Cause in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Order To Show Cause, Order […]

  • Letter Rogatory

    Letter Rogatory in the United States Concept of Letter Rogatory in Judicial Assistance In this context, a definition of Letter Rogatory may be as follows: A formal request for judicial assistance from a court in one country to a court in another country. (See 22 CFR 92.54).

  • Letter Rogatory

    Letter Rogatory in the United States Concept of Letter Rogatory in Judicial Assistance In this context, a definition of Letter Rogatory may be as follows: A formal request for judicial assistance from a court in one country to a court in another country. (See 22 CFR 92.54).

  • Subpoena

    Subpoena in the United States An order that commands a person to appear at a particular time and place to offer testimony. Subpoenas are most likely to be issued by courts and grand juries, but may also come from legislative bodies or independent commissions. A subpoena duces tecum is a […]

  • Subpoena

    Subpoena in the United States An order that commands a person to appear at a particular time and place to offer testimony. Subpoenas are most likely to be issued by courts and grand juries, but may also come from legislative bodies or independent commissions. A subpoena duces tecum is a […]

  • Commission

    Commission in United States Commission Definition (Lat. commissio; from comr mittere, to intrust to). An undertaking without reward to do something for another, with respect to a thing bailed. Rutherforth, Inst. 105. A body of persons authorized to act in a certain matter. 5 Barn. & C. 850. […]

  • Commission

    Commission in United States Commission Definition (Lat. commissio; from comr mittere, to intrust to). An undertaking without reward to do something for another, with respect to a thing bailed. Rutherforth, Inst. 105. A body of persons authorized to act in a certain matter. 5 Barn. & C. 850. […]

  • Declaration under Penalty of Perjury

    Declaration under Penalty of Perjury in the United States Concept of Declaration Under Penalty of Perjury in Judicial Assistance In this context, a definition of Declaration Under Penalty of Perjury may be as follows: A simple declaration used instead of a notarized oath or affirmation which, […]

  • Declaration under Penalty of Perjury

    Declaration under Penalty of Perjury in the United States Concept of Declaration Under Penalty of Perjury in Judicial Assistance In this context, a definition of Declaration Under Penalty of Perjury may be as follows: A simple declaration used instead of a notarized oath or affirmation which, […]

  • Affidavit

    Affidavit in the United States A written statement of facts. An Affidavit (Civil Process) contains a voluntarily offered representation of information. An Affidavit (Civil Process) is generally used to establish or confirm a point of fact. The person who makes an Affidavit (Civil Process) is […]

  • Affidavit

    Affidavit in the United States A written statement of facts. An Affidavit (Civil Process) contains a voluntarily offered representation of information. An Affidavit (Civil Process) is generally used to establish or confirm a point of fact. The person who makes an Affidavit (Civil Process) is […]