Tag: Litigation Process
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Discovery
Discovery in the United States A procedure used before civil trials that allows one party to obtain information about a case from the opposing party. Discovery assists litigants in civil suits prepare for trial. Evidence is basically gathered in three ways during discovery. The first is by […]
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Discovery
Discovery in the United States A procedure used before civil trials that allows one party to obtain information about a case from the opposing party. Discovery assists litigants in civil suits prepare for trial. Evidence is basically gathered in three ways during discovery. The first is by […]
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Pleadings
Pleadings in the United States Formal statements of claims and responses by parties to a legal action. The Pleadings become the basis of the questions taken to trial. The civil process commences with the filing of a complaint by the plaintiff. The complaint is answered by the defendant. […]
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Pleadings
Pleadings in the United States Formal statements of claims and responses by parties to a legal action. The Pleadings become the basis of the questions taken to trial. The civil process commences with the filing of a complaint by the plaintiff. The complaint is answered by the defendant. […]
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Judgment As A Matter of Law
Judgment As A Matter of Law in the United States The Judge and the Jury: Judgment as a Matter of Law (Directed Verdict) There is some information in the United States Procedure Law section of this American Legal Encyclopedia about The Judge and the Jury: Judgment as a Matter of Law (Directed […]
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Judgment As A Matter of Law
Judgment As A Matter of Law in the United States The Judge and the Jury: Judgment as a Matter of Law (Directed Verdict) There is some information in the United States Procedure Law section of this American Legal Encyclopedia about The Judge and the Jury: Judgment as a Matter of Law (Directed […]
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Summary Judgment
Summary Judgment in the United States Decision rendered by a court on a matter before it goes to a jury. A summary judgment is a decision on the merits of a case. A summary judgment is requested on motion by either party to a suit. The motion asserts that there is no substantial fact dispute,…
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Motion to Dismiss
Motion to Dismiss in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982See demurrer (in U.S. law).(Revised by Ann De Vries) What is Motion To Dismiss? For a meaning of it, read Motion To Dismiss in the Legal Dictionary here. Browse and search more U.S. […]
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Dismissal for Failure to State A Claim
Dismissal for Failure to State A Claim in the United States Dismissal for Failure to State a Claim Compared to Summary Judgment There is some information in the United States Procedure Law section of this American Legal Encyclopedia about Dismissal for Failure to State a Claim Compared to […]
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Dismissal for Failure to State A Claim
Dismissal for Failure to State A Claim in the United States Dismissal for Failure to State a Claim Compared to Summary Judgment There is some information in the United States Procedure Law section of this American Legal Encyclopedia about Dismissal for Failure to State a Claim Compared to […]
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Litigation Process
Litigation Process in the United States Steps in the Litigation Process Steps in the Litigation Process covers the following subsections: The Bearer of Bad Tidings: Service of Process in the Federal Courts The Motion to Dismiss When Justice so Requires: Amendments to Pleadings under the […]
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Service of Process in the Federal Courts
Service of Process in the Federal Courts in the United States The Bearer of Bad Tidings: Service of Process in the Federal Courts There is some information in the United States Procedure Law section of this American Legal Encyclopedia about The Bearer of Bad Tidings: Service of Process in the […]
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Scope of Discovery
Scope of Discovery in the United States The Scope of Discovery: The Rules Giveth, and the Rules Taketh Away There is some information in the United States Procedure Law section of this American Legal Encyclopedia about The Scope of Discovery: The Rules Giveth, and the Rules Taketh Away. For a […]