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CVR Legal Terms 3

Legal Terms

TermDefinition
Chattel An item of personal property.
Ad litem For the purpose of the suit.
Contumacy Stubborn resistance to authority.
Interlineation Amending of pleading or motion by written insertion between words or lines already typed or written.
Putative Commonly accepted or supposed
Supoena Under penalty or pain; order of the court requiring witness to appear.
Record The official proceedings of a trial.
Writ Court order commanding or authorizing some action.
Miranda Rule warning The requirement that a person receive certain warnings relating to preivilege against self-incrimination (right to remain silent) and right to the presence and advice of an attorney before any custodial interrogation by law enforcement authories.
En Banc All the judges of one court sitting together.
Grand Jury Hears criminal accusations and holds for trial or refuses to indict.
in re In the matter of; concerning
Indictment A formal charge by a grand jury.
Chambers A judge's office,
Chattel RealChattel Real An item of personal property so affixed to the real estates as to be considered a part thereof; a fixture
Count A distinct statement of plaintiff's cause of action. A complaint or indictment may contain one or more counts.
Litigate To carry on legal contest by judicial progess.
Quitclaim To release or relinquish a claim. A quitclaim deed releases right or title to another without professing vaildity of title.
Rebuttal State of trial proceedings demonstrating evidence of previous witnesses as untrue; the evidence itself.
Petit Jury The ordinary jury, distinguished from grand jury.
Perjury False swearing.
Ad Hoc For only the particular case at hand.
Escrow Held by third party until an agreed event takes place.
Interrogatories Written questions propounded by one party and served on adversary, who must serve written answers thereto under oath.
Lien An charge against property.
Summons A writ of notification requiring a person to appear and defend.
Venire An entire panel from which a jury is drawn.
Pendente Lite While suit is pending.
In limine On or at the threshold; at the very beginning; preliminary.
Amicus curiae Friend of the court; one who volunteers information with the court's permission on matters of law.
Aliunde From another source; from outside.
Ancillary Axiliary, supplementary.
Bailiff The courtroom attendant who maintains order and facilitates the conduct of the trial.
Ante Listed prior in the same index or material.
d/b/a Doing business as
Caveat emptor Let the buyer beware.
Brief The document that a lawyer files with the court arguing the law and facts in suppor of their case.
Burden of proof The duty that falls upon a party to prove a fact affirmatively.
Embezzlement Fraudulent use of money entrusted to one's care.
Circumstantial evidence Indirect evidence; evidence from which you can draw conclusion, but it , itself, doe not establish the fact.
Civil Relating to private rights and remedies sought by suit, distinct from criminal proceedings.
Decree A decision or order of a court, oftern a dissolution of marriage.
Emancipation Freed of parental control although not yet having reached age of maturity.
Damages The monetary redress which one seeks to recover from another.
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