Legal Definition and Related Resources of Merits
Meaning of Merits
The real or substantial, as opposed to extraneous or technical , elements of a controversy . The real or substantial grounds of action or defense .
Merits Alternative Definition
The strict legal rights of the parties, as distinguished from matters of practice and matters resting in the diaoietion of the court. 4 How. Pr. (N. Y.) 839 Id. 432; 2 Daly (N. Y.) 208. A cause of action or defense on the merits is one resting on matters of substance, not on form or technicality. See 12 Wis. 588. A judgment on the merits is one decisive of some strictly legal right of the party. 12 Minn. 357; 26 S. C. 119.
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English Spanish Translation of Merits
Fundamento, méritos
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Meaning of Merits in Spanish
Description/ translation of merits into Spanish: fondo; decision “on the merits”: decisión sobre el fondo (la que se pronuncia sobre la acusación, en contraposición a la que resuelve sobre cuestiones preliminares – competencia – u otros aspectos puramente formales, por ejemplo, idoneidad del Jurado)[1]
Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where merits belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.
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- Translation of Merits published by Antonio Peñaranda
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