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This means to combine 2 or more issues, rights and demands in the one lawsuit.

the name used to describe a jury that is specially picked due to the importance of the matter before court.

This means to accept the issues that are raised in a suit by the opposing party.

the term used when a payment is given for taking over private property and using it for public use.

the term given to the power given to a judge that allows him to hear a case and to decide in favour of one party.

These are called “shield laws” and are enacted to give journalists and media people the permission to decline to revel confidential information sources.

The term that is used to describe the jury that cannot reach a verdict due to the insoluble differences of opinions of jurors.

the term that is applied to the acceptance of the plaintiff of a defendants presentation of an issue of law.

a term mused in tax practices that is the fair value of property for tax purposes.

the term used to describe the choosing of jury members.

a bank account that is in more than one persons name.

he name given to the list of all of the possible jurors .

the name of the apparatus or the receptacle where all the names of potential jurors are placed and from names are picked blindly.

a term used in equity cases that are part of a complaint that gives power to courts to hear a dispute.

the name given to the time a person serves on a jury.

the term given to a cause that is based on a well-founded belief.

the record kept by the clerk of court that lists all of the decisions of the court.

the term used that describes an enterprise that is engaged in by 2 or more people with common interests and goals. See joint adventure; partnership.

the term given to the information that a judge must act on regardless of the fact that it is not proved in evidence.

the joining of several different charges of criminal actions into the one case.