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Compulsory sharing of facts and documents between parties before a case is heard in court. Glossary of common court, tribunal and legal terms for. A legal terminology textbook is a textbook that arranges and defines legal words and phrases in groups and by topic, in contrast with a law dictionary, which arranges and defines legal words and phrases individually and in alphabetical order. Nolfi defines more than 6,000 legal words and phrases. This eversheds guide to legal drafting in english is. Pdf as language is the primary means of encoding legal concepts, translating legal terms is almost an.
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If a court decides that a person is not guilty of a crime, or the case has not been proved, it will acquit the person. Legal terminology lesson legal terminologypart 1 subject. Acquittal the courts decision that a person is innocent of the crime they were charged with. Learn legal terminology chapter 1 with free interactive flashcards. Glossary updated january 2012 t his glossary defines various economic and budgetary terms as they are commonly used in reports by the congressional budget office. See the list of programs recommended by our users below. Earnest money a deposit of funds by the purchaser of a piece of real estate as evidence of good faith easement a right to use all or part of the land owned by another for a specific purpose. The assize of novel disseisin gave to every man dispossessed of his land the right to seek a remedy, not in a local court administered and staffed by fellow landholders in the area, not in a church court, but in a royal court. Welcome to the legal definitions and legal terms dictionary of us legal, inc.
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