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Docket
DOCKET A written list of judicial proceedings set down for trial in a court. To enter the dates of judicial proceedings scheduled for trial in a book kept by a court. In practice, a docket is a roster that the clerk of the court prepares, listing the cases pending trial. An appearance docket... Read more |
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United States Law Week
United States Law Week is a two‐volume looseleaf service, devoted in part to Supreme Court decisions and news and published commercially, on a weekly basis, by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., of Washington, D.C. The “Supreme Court” volume of U.S. Law Week issues the full... Read more |
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Law and Economics
Law and Economic Development Sources Economic Growth.Many Americans saw the stimulation of economic growth as one of the central responsibilities of government. This expectation accounted for the legislative preoccupation with economic regulation, most notably... Read more |
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Answer
ANSWER The first responsive pleading filed by the defendant in a civil action; a formal written statement that admits or denies the allegations in the complaint and sets forth any available affirmative defenses. The answer gives the plaintiff notice of the issues the defendant will raise as the... Read more |
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Slip Opinion
Slip Opinion Initial publication of Supreme Court opinions occurs in two stages: bench opinions released by the Court on the day of the decision and slip opinions sent to the printer on the same day. Since 1990 official copies have been available from the Court's Web site at... Read more |
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Special Courts
SPECIAL COURTS Bodies within the judicial branch of government that generally address only one area of law or have specifically defined powers. The best-known courts are courts of general jurisdiction, which have unlimited trial jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, within their jurisdictional... Read more |
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Continuance
CONTINUANCE The adjournment or postponement of an action pending in a court to a later date of the same or another session of the court, granted by a court in response to a motion made by a party to a lawsuit. The entry into the trial record of the adjournment of a case for the purpose of formally... Read more |
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court-martial
COURT-MARTIAL A tribunal that tries violations of military criminal law. It often refers to the entire military justice process, from actual court proceedings to punishment. First established in eighteenth-century U.S. law, the court-martial is today the result of tremendous modernization that... Read more |
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Appellate Court
APPELLATE COURT A court having jurisdiction to review decisions of a trial-level or other lower court. An unsuccessful party in a lawsuit must file an appeal with an appellate court in order to have the decision reviewed. In the United States, appellate courts exist at both the federal and the... Read more |
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Competency to stand trial
COMPETENCY TO STAND TRIAL If at any time in the criminal proceedings the defendant appears to be suffering from a mental illness, the issue of competence to proceed may be raised. This may occur when the defendant seeks to plead guilty or to stand trial. It may occur when the defendant seeks to... Read more |
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