CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
These are the methods of the law that apply to the apprehension, trial and punishment of the accused.
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These are the methods of the law that apply to the apprehension, trial and punishment of the accused.
This term is applied to the estimated income tax that is based on the earnings expected and not that already earn.
the term given to an order of court during the progress of a case.
This term applies when a person has consented to his medical records being released to someone else.
This applies to a person serving to handle money and property to benefit another party, such as the attorney, broker, guardian etc. TLD Example: The executor of the estate served in a
a plea where the answer states reasons why a suit should be dismissed or dropped.
a term that is used to describe negligence that was on purpose or that which a reasonable person wouldn’t do.
This term applies to payments in excess of agreed wages, a bonus and profit sharing as an incentive for a good performance.
A term used to describe property held by a person who is not the owner but who is a trustee or an agent. TLD Example: The parties to the contract agreed to
These are the rules that control and supervise the orderly procedures of a legislative or deliberative organisation that were compiled by General Robert in 1876.
This term applies to a person who has joined with other people in defending a legal action.
a term that a family or a person can give to a physician not to keep a person alive by artificial means or to resuscitate if death is near.
This term is applied when the majority of a particular commodity is bought on the market and is then sold for a higher price.
a phrase for using the best care and diligence and skill a person has to perform an act.
See burden of proof.
See equal protection of the law.
These are damages that are awarded that are based on the knowledge that damages are permanent and can’t be remedied.
the term where the evidence is vital to proving a fact.
the same term as contrary to the evidence.
This phrase means to practice law without having a license to do so.