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Summons
SUMMONS The paper that tells a defendant that he or she is being sued and asserts the power of the court to hear and determine the case. A form of legal process that commands the defendant to appear before the court on a specific day and to answer the complaint made by the plaintiff. The summons... Read more |
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Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott Case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1856-57. It involved the then bitterly contested issue of the status of slavery in the federal territories. In 1834, Dred Scott, a black slave, personal servant to Dr. John Emerson, a U.S. army surgeon, was taken by his master from Missouri, a... Read more |
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Ruth (Joan) Bader Ginsburg
Ruth (Joan) Bader Ginsburg 1933-, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1993-), b. Brooklyn, N.Y. A graduate (1954) of Cornell Univ., she attended Harvard Law School, then transferred to Columbia Law School, graduating in 1959. She clerked in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District... Read more |
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Rufus Wheeler Peckham
Rufus Wheeler Peckham , 1838-1909, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1895-1909), b. Albany, N.Y. Admitted (1859) to the bar, he became a leading Albany lawyer and was prominent in local Democratic politics. He served on the state supreme court (1883-86) and on the state court of appeals... Read more |
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Original Jurisdiction
Original Jurisdiction is the jurisdiction exercised by the court that initially hears a lawsuit. As a court of first instance, this tribunal must conduct a trial or similar proceeding in order to determine the facts in the dispute and then settle the case by applying the law to those factual... Read more |
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Court of Appeal
COURT OF APPEAL An intermediate federal judicial tribunal of review that is found in thirteen judicial districts, called circuits, in the United States. A state judicial tribunal that reviews a decision rendered by an inferior tribunal to determine whether it made errors that warrant the reversal... Read more |
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Small Claims Court
Small Claims Court Small claims court is a legal court of law designed to resolve disputes involving relatively small amounts of money in an expeditious manner. Unlike other legal courts, small claims court does not operate by formal rules of evidence, and attorneys are not usually employed to... Read more |
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Dicta
DICTA Opinions of a judge that do not embody the resolution or determination of the specific case before the court. Expressions in a court's opinion that go beyond the facts before the court and therefore are individual views of the author of the opinion and not binding in subsequent cases as legal... Read more |
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In Forma Pauperis
In Forma Pauperis Appeals that come before the Supreme Court from litigants who cannot afford to pay court costs are known as in forma pauperis petitions. In the 1930s the Court began to receive in forma pauperis petitions in significant numbers and by the 1988 term more than half of all cases... Read more |
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the Bar
the bar originally, the rail that enclosed the judge in a court; hence, a court or a system of courts. The persons qualified and authorized to conduct the trial of cases are also known collectively as "the bar." From late medieval times in England the Inns of Court acted as training schools... Read more |
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Oliveira says Perry is playing politics with new District Court.
...to two state district court seats even...to fund the courts. "Governor...to fund the courts. "Why there...Commissioners Court on Tuesday...to fund the courts "right now...this was the case, he would...believed one new court would...that comes before the ... |
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ANTITRUST CASE IN `DISCREET' HANDS BUT NEW DISTRICT COURT JUDGE FOR MICROSOFT...
...known U.S. District Judge Colleen...two. An appeals court agreed with Jackson...Jackson from the case for speaking to...ordered that a new district judge...with antitrust cases, forcing lawyers...bitterly fought case. "On the basis of antitrust cases (she's ... |
 "The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)")
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NORFOLK SWEARS IN TWO NEW DISTRICT COURT JUDGES.(LOCAL)
...this week as General District Court judges. Wilcox accepted...judges heard traffic cases. Wilcox, 54, of...and personal injury cases. He attended law...as a Navy lawyer before entering private...Legal Aid Society before entering private... |
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Cascos requesting Perry postpone appointing judges: County lacks funding for...
...newly created district courts because the...house the new court. "That...only get one court created for...district court. The county...house two new courts, Cascos...criminal cases while the...have to go before the Appropriations... |
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NEW ZEALAND: DISTRICT COURT CHANGES SPEED UP SETTLEMENTS
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Sept...major revision of District Courts Rules will result...civil disputes. Courts Minister Georgina te Heuheu says the new process encourages...to an agreement before going to trial...abandoned because court processes are...the number of cases ... |
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In case seeking enforcement of New York District Court judgment, British...
...Lev Zaidenberg, a New York citizen. The...the merits of the case and to the existence...jurisdiction of the issuing court or the kind of fraud that misleads the court, foreign or domestic...explains: "The courts in British Columbia...below followed this Court's decision to ... |
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Wygonik named new Dearborn 19th District Court Chief Judge
...Dearborn's 19th District Court by the Michigan...representing the court at public functions...Michigan Supreme Court and of my legal...19th District Court, I will work...those who appear before the courts," Wygonik said...over 70,000 cases adjudicated ... |
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GOV. RITTER APPOINTS NEW DENVER DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
...created seat on the Denver District Court bench. With 27 years...in medical malpractice cases, representing physicians...administrative matters before the Colorado Board of...liability and product injury cases, as well as securities... |
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Patent Applicants Can Submit New Evidence To District Court In Civil...
...The Supreme Court of the United...sense for the district court to apply...contradicted by the new evidence...Hyatt, Case No. 10...administrative record before the PTO...not raise it before the PTO...held that the district court must make...findings to take ... |
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NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY KEEPS COURTS BUSY.(MAIN)
...Albany County District Attorney Paul...the number of cases closed has soared...prosecutor for gun cases and intends to fill a second new slot. ``We...said. ``A case has to ripen...fast a lot of cases are getting to...cases. Even before the administration...been a ... |
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