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58 Cards in this Set
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Acquittal |
Discharge from prosecution following verdict of not guilty |
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Adjourn |
To postpone or suspend the hearing of a case until a further date. |
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Appeal |
A proceeding taken before a court or authority for reversing or modifying decision of an inferior court or authority on ground of error |
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Appellant |
A person who makes an appeal |
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Plaintiff |
One who brings an action to the court |
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Defendant |
A person charged with an offence |
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Abet |
To assist in the commission of an offence either actively or constructively |
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Alibi |
Elsewhere, an excuse, argument by an accused person that at the supposed time of the commission of the offence he was elsewhere. |
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Affidavit |
Written statement, sworn or affirmed usually before a Commissioner of oath or Notary Public. |
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Attest |
To affirm to be true or genuine. |
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Attorney |
One appointed by another to act on his behalf. |
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Bail |
Release of a person arrested on his giving security or accepting specified conditions. |
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Bar |
Barristers and Advocates collectively |
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Bench |
Judges collectively |
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Capital Punishment |
Death by hanging |
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Complaint |
Initiating proceedings in the Magistrates Court. |
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Complainant |
One who makes a complaint. |
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Confession |
Acceptance of offence committed. |
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Confinement |
Imprisonment |
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Conviction |
A finding of guilt. |
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Cognizance |
1. The taking of judicial or authoritative notice 2.A Court's right and power to try and to determine cases. |
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Court of first instance |
the first court where the case is to be filed |
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Consent |
To give approval or permission to some acts voluntarily by a competent person. |
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Contingent |
An event that may or may not occur. The condition of being dependent on chance, uncertainty, conditional. |
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Convention |
1. An agreement or pact among nations. 2. A special deliberative assembly elected for the purpose of framing or revising or amending a treaty or constitution. 3. Custom |
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Damages |
Money claimed by or ordered to paid to be a person as compensation for loss or injury. |
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Defense |
1. A defendant's stated reason the plaintiff or prosecutor has no valid case. 2. Denial of accusation |
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Eviction |
The act or process of legally dispossessing a person of land or rental property. |
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Finding |
A determination by a judge, jury or administrative agency of a fact supported by the evidence in record usually presented at the trial or hearing. |
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Franchise |
1. The right to vote (Elective franchise) 2. The right conferred by the govt to engage in a specific business or to exercise corporate power. |
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Hearsay |
Traditionally, testimony that is given by a witness who relates not what he or she knows personally but what others have said. |
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Abstain |
Refrain from exercising jurisdiction |
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Adjudication |
The legal process of solving a dispute |
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De jure |
It means by right or by lawful title or as a matter of law |
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De facto |
Means in fact, in reality or as a matter of fact |
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Bonafide |
Acts done in good faith |
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Malafide |
Acts done with deliberate bad intention |
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Ex-parte |
Ex-parte decree is a decree passed in the absence of the defendant |
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Ratio Decidendi |
The reasons or grounds upon which a judgment is given |
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Res Judicata |
“The thing which has already been judged”. No suit can be filed by the same parties where the issue has already been settled by a Court. >Sec 11 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. |
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Res sub judice |
“Under judgment”. No suit can be filed in any Court where a suit with the same parties and same issues is under the judgment. |
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Obiter Dictum |
Means “things said by the way”. Judicial opinions which are not directly relevant to the case but used for reaching in a concrete decisions by the Court |
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Decree |
The executable part of the judgment |
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Order |
The formal expression of a Civil Court which is not a decree |
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Accomplice |
A person who knowingly or voluntarily participate in the planning or commissioning of a crime. > He is same liable as the principal criminal. |
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Accused |
The term used to denote a person who is charged with the commission of an offence |
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Indemnity |
The act of giving security or making free of liability against any loss, damage, injury or penalty |
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Bill |
A draft of a proposed law which has been presented before a legislative body for approval. > After approval it is termed as Act. |
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Charge |
A formal accusation of an offence against an offender |
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Chattels |
All movable items of property, which do not include land or property attached to the earth. > The trees are not chattels while the crops are chattels |
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Legislation |
The law made by a competent authority e.g. Parliament. |
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Legitimacy |
The legal status of a child or thing. |
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Liability |
An obligation, duty or responsibility to do something or to refrain from doing something. |
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Licence |
A permission given by the competent authority to do something which would be illegal without such permission. |
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Lien |
A right to hold and retain another’s property until a claim is satisfied. |
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Liquidation |
The winding up of the affairs of a company |
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Malfeasance |
The commission of unlawful/illegal act. > If done in improper way: Misfeasance > If omits to do something: Non-feasance |
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Mortgage |
The disposition of an estate or interest in land or other property in order to secure the payment of a debt. |
