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Praecipe
PRAECIPE [ Latin, Give an order.] An original writ, one of the forms of legal process used to commence an action. A praecipe was drawn up in the alternative and commanded the defendant to do what was ordered or to appear and show why he or she had not done it. An order that commands the clerk of a... Read more |
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Restraining Order
RESTRAINING ORDER A command of the court issued upon the filing of an application for an injunction, prohibiting the defendant from performing a threatened act until a hearing on the application can be held. A restraining order is an official command issued by a court to refrain from certain... Read more |
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Temporary Restraining Order
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER A court order that lasts only until the court can hear further evidence. A temporary restraining order (TRO) is a court order of limited duration. A TRO commands the parties in the case to maintain a certain status until the court can hear further evidence and decide... Read more |
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Certiorari
CERTIORARI [ Latin, To be informed of.] At common law, an original writ or order issued by the Chancery or King's Bench, commanding officers of inferior courts to submit the record of a cause pending before them to give the party more certain and speedy justice. A writ that a superior appellate... Read more |
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warrant
warrant in law, written order by an official of a court directed to an officer. The search warrant and the warrant of arrest are the most frequently used types. Warrants of attachment order the seizure of a defendant's goods pending trial or judicial determination of ownership and in certain... Read more |
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Fiat
FIAT [ Latin, Let it be done.] In old English practice, a short order or warrant of a judge or magistrate directing some act to be done; an authority issuing from some competent source for the doing of some legal act. One of the proceedings in the English bankruptcy practice: a power, signed by... Read more |
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pecking order
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Fundamental Orders
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Third Orders
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Cases before the Supreme Court could narrow Miranda ruling.
...Tuesday that could narrow the scope of...meaningless. The issue divided the court...in custody in order to protect their...did not receive Miranda warnings or consult...a result of a Miranda violation can...based on the ... |
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Supreme Court Hears Cases Concerning Miranda Rights, Police Questioning.
...Tuesday that could narrow the scope of...meaningless. The issue divided the court...custody, in order to protect their...did not receive Miranda warnings or consult...a result of a Miranda violation can...based on the ... |
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U.S. Supreme Court Trends.
...by the Supreme Court during the 1999...cases decided by narrow 5-4 margins...Criminal Law Miranda Upheld: Dickerson...Appeals brought the issue to a head when...history, he said, Miranda has "become embedded...necessarily agree with ... |
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Seizing Prison Inmates' Benefits; Court to Rule on State Confiscation to...
...federal appeals court, adopting a narrow definition of...The appeals court, in contrast to other appeals courts, said its narrower...and religious orders." The justices...decide whether the Miranda ruling, ... |
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CLINTON CAN ADD BALANCE IN REPLACING JUSTICE WHITE CHANGE IS LIKELY IN...
...RETIREMENT of Supreme Court Justice Byron...squinting through a narrow ideological or...institution, the court, as well as the...perspectives on the great issues before them...emerged on the court as a centrist...and law and ... |
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Obituary: Byron White From professional footballer to Supreme Court Justice
...of the Supreme Court for more than...several months in order to play a season...to the Supreme Court in March 1962...rights were at issue. In two of the...tenure - the 1966 Miranda decision that...belief that the court ... |
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Tribute to Fred E. Inbau.(includes four testimonials)
...dedicate this issue to Professor...the Supreme Court's decision in Miranda v. Arizona...revisit the Miranda holding and...supercedes the Miranda holding...forgotten. (1) In order to preserve...captured by a ... |
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Case Digests
...that affirmed an order of the Bankruptcy...Background: Before the court is the defendant...statements. At issue is the defendant...advised of his Miranda rights before...s. district Court, ndny Conversion...enrichment. Before the ... |
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Guantanamo ruling may rally conservatives
...a campaign issue. Sen. John McCain...that the Supreme Court "rendered a decision...the court's narrow majority -- security...current social order," Scalia wrote...Naval base to give courts "the power to...access to federal ... |