EQUITY PLEADING
These are the written statements of claims that are presented to a court of equity.
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These are the written statements of claims that are presented to a court of equity.
the monetary value that applies to the thing that is in dispute between the two litigants.
the term that is given to the power to do or not to do a thing.
the term that is given to the captain of a ship or the chief commanding officer of a ship.
This means to transfer a criminal from a location back to the location the crime was committed in.
the name that is given to the union of all of the states under the US Constitution where government control is vested in the people of the states.
1. An assault that was not aggravated or provoked. 2. An assault that gave rise to no bodily harm.
See totten trust.
the term applied to the authority or jurisdiction of a lower court.
1. The preliminary or temporary injunction before a final decision. 2. An order by a judge for a person to stop an action. See restraining order.
1. A period of a jail sentence. 2. In some jurisdictions, a death from wounding to be called murder must occur with one year and a day.3. Time during which a person
1. A device to detect lies. 2. A machine that copies documents.
This describes the intentional breaking into of a dwelling with the intent to steal.
This term is applied to the blanket denial that covers all charges.
This means that a court must make a decision based on the language used in writing a statute and must make no interpretation of a law.
These are the consequences or results that are likely to take place following an act or an event.
1. A person not connected to a contract but may be affected by its outcome. 2. A person other than the defendant and the plaintiff that is brought into a case.
1. The right you have to enjoy your property. 2. To make use of or to employ something.
1. The term used to describe to anger or harass. The term for something used to entice.
the right to dispose of property that is given to a person with no interest in the said property. Also called naked power.