Tag: Legal research
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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, […]
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State Statutes
State Statutes in the United States Technically, a "statute" is an individual law, the equivalent of a Federal "Public Law" or "Private Law," also known in many states as "Chapter Laws" or, more generally, as "Session Laws." In all states, […]
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Case Law Legal Research
Case Law Legal Research Steven A. Lastres, in its document “Insights Paper: Rebooting Legal Research in a Digital Age”, wrote: “The majority (of lawyers surveyed) report that they rarely or never begin case law research with a legal classification system using a digest or jurisprudence. There is limited use of the classification system on the…
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Circuit
Circuit in United States Circuit Definition A division of the country, appointed for a particular judge to visit for the trial of causes, or for the administration of justice. See 3 Bl. Conun. 58; 3 Bouv. Inst, note 2532, , In England the term is oftener applied, perhaps, to the periodical […]
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Plaintiff
Plaintiff in the United States The person who commences or initiates a civil legal action. A plaintiff is also called a complainant because it is the plaintiff who complains about some kind of legal injury and seeks relief through a lawsuit. The counterpart to the plaintiff in a criminal case […]
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Plaintiff
Plaintiff in the United States The person who commences or initiates a civil legal action. A plaintiff is also called a complainant because it is the plaintiff who complains about some kind of legal injury and seeks relief through a lawsuit. The counterpart to the plaintiff in a criminal case […]
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Citation
Citation in the United States Citation Definition (Lat, citare, to call, to summon). In Practice. A writ issued out of a court of competent jurisdiction, commanding a person therein named to appear on a day named, and do something therein mentioned, or show cause why he should not. Proctor, […]
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Citation
Citation in the United States Citation Definition (Lat, citare, to call, to summon). In Practice. A writ issued out of a court of competent jurisdiction, commanding a person therein named to appear on a day named, and do something therein mentioned, or show cause why he should not. Proctor, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Trial
Trial in United States Trial Definition The examination before a competent tribunal, according to the law of the land, of the facte put in issue in a cause for the purpose of determining such issue. 4 Masdn (U. S.) 282. Thts methods of Mai at ennmon law were: (1) By certificate, where the […]
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Treaty
Treaty in United States Treaty Definition Treaties are agreements made and entered into by one independent state with another, in cftnformity -witli law, by which it places itself ttnder an obligation. The following are not considered treaties: (1) Agreements entered into by a state with […]
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Treaty
Treaty in United States Treaty Definition Treaties are agreements made and entered into by one independent state with another, in cftnformity -witli law, by which it places itself ttnder an obligation. The following are not considered treaties: (1) Agreements entered into by a state with […]