(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decis…
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Writ of execution
a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
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(law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law, Legal procedure.a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law, Legal procedure.(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) immediate and direct physical control over property
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunctions were forme…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust la…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence; "in common law any degree of c…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something w…
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a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: routine, court, order, attempts, enforce.That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: routine, court, order, attempts, enforce.the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: routine, court, order, attempts, enforce.The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, ei…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: routine, court, order, attempts, enforce.a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: routine, court, order, attempts, enforce.a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: routine, court, order, attempts, enforce.To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: routine, court, order, attempts, enforce.A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: routine, court, order, attempts, enforce.That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintif…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: routine, court, order, attempts, enforce.To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: routine, court, order, attempts, enforce.a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: routine, court, order, attempts, enforce.a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: routine, court, order, attempts, enforce.
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