SECONDHAND EVIDENCE
This term is used for hearsay evidence that a person has learned from another person and has not seen or heard themselves.
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This term is used for hearsay evidence that a person has learned from another person and has not seen or heard themselves.
A term in medical jurisprudence where a person is kept in hospital after he has asked to be discharged.
a philosophy of law resulting from analysing and comparing many legal concepts and does not depend upon any one theory or existing principles or laws.
The term that is given to a death that has occurred as being from an accident or an illness that arises from employment.
the term applied to the authority or jurisdiction of a lower court.
This term applies to the separating into individual trials in a case where the defendant wants to turn state’s evidence or wants to be separated from the other defendants.
a term used where something is placed before a court.
an objection to evidence that does not why the evidence is inadmissible.
a oral agreement between parties that has been fully executed and completed.
a phrase that means to be accidentally killed but not during the committing of an act this is unlawful.
This term applies to apparent authority and not actual authority.
the name that is given to an infection that is transmitted by sexual contact.
the evidence that results from seeing an event or being part of an event.
This an arrest that is carried out by a peace officer or a private citizen where there is certainty or absolute certainty that a particular crime has been committed.
This means in accordance with the fundamental principles of justice and is in conformity with the usual judicial proceedings. Se due process of law.
the term given to the emblem or the symbol used by the corporation and is shown on its stock or bond certificates.
the instruction and admonition from a judge to the jury that cautions them not to discuss the case with anyone while the trial is in progress.
This means to direct a verdict where the court grants the motion to sustain the judgement.
the term given to people or a company that occupies its premises and to conduct business during proceedings of bankruptcy.
an exemption from arrest given to diplomats of foreign nations that are serving in the US.
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