Tag: Court
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Forinsecus
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Forinsecus
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Cause Of Action
The act on the part of the defendant which gives the plaintiff his cause of complaint . Every fact which is material to be proved to entitle the plaintiff to succeed every fact which the defendant would have the right to traverse . Has various meanings depending on context in […]
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Cause Of Action
The act on the part of the defendant which gives the plaintiff his cause of complaint . Every fact which is material to be proved to entitle the plaintiff to succeed every fact which the defendant would have the right to traverse . Has various meanings depending on context in […]
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Clean Hands
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Clean Hands Meaning of Clean Hands One of the maxims of equity is he who comes into equity must come with clean hands. If, from the plaintiffs own stating or otherwise , the cause of action appears to arise […]
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Clean Hands
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Clean Hands Meaning of Clean Hands One of the maxims of equity is he who comes into equity must come with clean hands. If, from the plaintiffs own stating or otherwise , the cause of action appears to arise […]
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Contributory Negligence
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Contributory Negligence Meaning of Contributory Negligence negligence by an injured plaintiff which contributes with some other negligence to cause the injury complained of. An act or omission on the […]
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Alias summons
See alsoA summons (in U.S. law) that… (Read more)…
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Admissible evidence
Evidence which, by the rules of evidence can be admitted in court; that which is necessary to be received in court as being relevant to decide the issues before the court; evidence of such a character that the court is bound to allow it to be adduced.
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Judicial Notice
The act by which a court , in conducting a trial or framing its decision , recognizes the existence and truth of certain facts of its own motion without production of the evidence . These are such matters as from their nature not properly the subject of testimony or which are […]
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Alternative pleading
See alsoAt common law, a pleading that alleges facts so different or mutually… (Read more)…
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Alternative pleading
See alsoAt common law, a pleading that alleges facts so different or mutually… (Read more)…
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Arrest of Judgment
In criminal cases the accused may at any time between conviction and sentence move that judgment be not pronounced because of some technical defect in the indictment…
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Arrest of Judgment
In criminal cases the accused may at any time between conviction and sentence move that judgment be not pronounced because of some technical defect in the indictment…
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Assumption Of The Risk
See alsoAn affirmative defense that claims a plaintiff had knowledge of a condition… (Read more)…