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European Court of Justice
European Court of Justice judicial branch of the European Union (EU). Located in Luxembourg, it was founded in 1958 as the joint court for the three treaty organizations that were consolidated into the European Community (the predecessor of the EU) in 1967. By the early 1990s, the court was... Read more |
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European Court of Human Rights
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appeal
appeal in law, hearing by a superior court to consider correcting or reversing the judgment of an inferior court, because of errors allegedly committed by the inferior court. The party appealing the decision is known as the appellant, the party who has won the case in the lower court as the... 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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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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Martin v Hunters Lessee
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee case decided in 1816 by the U.S. Supreme Court. From 1779 to 1785, Virginia passed a series of laws by which the state confiscated all lands owned by foreigners. David Hunter was granted 800 acres of confiscated lands that had been willed to Denny Martin Fairfax, a British... 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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Miranda v Arizona
Miranda v. Arizona U.S. Supreme Court case (1966) in the area of due process of law (see Fourteenth Amendment ). The decision reversed an Arizona court's conviction of Ernesto Miranda on kidnapping and rape charges. Identified in a police lineup, Miranda had been questioned, had confessed, and had... Read more |
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court system in the United States
State Courts State cases come to the United States Supreme Court from the highest appellate courts of the states. Under its discretionary authority to accept or reject cases, and in keeping with its own rules of standing to sue, the Court accepts less than 10 percent of all state appeals. State... Read more |
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Washington v. Glucksberg
WASHINGTON V. GLUCKSBERG In Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702, 117 S. Ct. 2258, 138 L. Ed. 2d 772 (1997), the U.S. Supreme Court was asked to review the constitutionality of a Washington state statute prohibiting physician-assisted suicide. By upholding the statute and denying mentally... Read more |
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well
...You may well ask.” • adj. (bet·ter...from illness: I don't feel very well...would be well to know just...Brien, aren't you?be well up...but why didn't he phone her to...the place in a court of law where ... |
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PM's lawyers to ask court to prevent Talansky's testimony. No date set for NY...
...PM's lawyers to ask court to prevent Talansky...are due on Sunday to ask the Supreme Court...public's right to know and freedom of the...would let the parties know "soon." Should...be a mistake. "I ... |
 "The Billings Gazette (Billings, MT)")
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State to ask court for Pegasus cleanup money
...Nevada bankruptcy court to approve several...status, it couldn't afford the $30...the state will ask the bankruptcy...like people didn't look at it and...officials must ask the Nevada court...the mining firm ... |
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Gay troops cheer 'don't ask' court order
...Thursday that a federal appeals court order to stop enforcement...make gay jokes. "I don't know who will be accepting...military culture won't change overnight." Sounding...commander, who recently said, ... |
 "The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)")
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SUSPECT WILL ASK COURT TO BLOCK DNA TEST RESULTS.(Main)
...Oklahoma man will ask an appellate court to stop authorities...reason Foote didn't show up was because...Who better to know what bones to keep...argued that police don't have evidence that...evidence because you ... |
 "The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)")
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PORTSMOUTH TO ASK COURT TO CLOSE CLUB IMMEDIATELY.(LOCAL)
...officials today will ask a Circuit Court judge to immediately...although he didn't know the specifics of...businesses. ``I don't think you can put...established by the courts. Hucks said that...Hucks said. ... |
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Woman to ask court to join family here
...Headline: Woman to ask court to join family hereByline...go to. "It doesn't matter that I raised...grown up here, that I don't have any other country...feeling Israeli, he knows that something's...different?' But he ... |
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Norfolk, Va., will ask courts to block park petition, attorney says.
...City officials will ask the Circuit Court later this week to disallow...reasons, the petitions don't ask that the land be set aside...also not clear enough to know what is being requested...playing fields? We just ... |
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City will ask courts to block park petition, attorney says.(Local)
...City officials will ask the Circuit Court later this week to disallow...reasons, the petitions don't ask that the land be set aside...also not clear enough to know what is being requested...playing fields? We just ... |
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Universities ask Supreme Court to reverse patent ruling. (Intellectual...
...discuss a recent court ruling involving...but she isn't the only university...powerhouses lined up to ask the Supreme Court...research that isn't aimed at commercial...university wasn't infringing because...scientists often ... |
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Farmers Ask Federal Court To Dissociate Hemp and Pot
...aspiring hemp farmer, will ask a federal judge in Bismarck...m looking forward to the court battle," said Hauge...old father of three. "I don't know why the DEA is so afraid...a person who smokes. I don't ... |
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