Legal interpretation – a procedure by which a court attempts to interpret the meaning and scope of a statute. Instructions from a judge to the jury before it begins deliberations on the substantive questions to be answered and the legislation to be applied. Written statements submitted to the court outlining a party`s legal or factual allegations about the case. Consent of the respondent to cease activities deemed illegal by the government. Also a decree in a case of equity, registered by agreement of both parties. Equality – In general, justice or equity. Historically, equity refers to a separate law developed in England in response to the inability of common law courts, in their strict compliance with rigid injunctions and forms of action, to review or remedy any breach. The King therefore created the Court of Chancery to administer justice between the parties in cases where the common law did not provide sufficient redress. The principle of this legal system is that fairness finds a way to achieve a lawful result if the judicial process is inadequate. Remedies such as injunctions and injunctions are equitable remedies.
The fairness and justice tribunals are now merged into NM. Written notice of an official given to a person or published in accordance with the law indicating that he has been designated as a party to a dispute or charged with a criminal offence. The procedure consists of a summons, summons or arrest warrant accompanied by a copy of the complaint or other procedural act. Acknowledgements – (1) A Statement of Responsibility. (2) A brief statement at the end of a legal document that the document has been properly signed and accepted. A file containing pleadings, judgment, motions, judgment and other documents of a dispute. Legal acts must be compiled by the plaintiff and submitted for appeal to the Court of Appeal. The union of two or more persons in the context of legal proceedings. Latin, which means “you have the body”.
A writ of habeas corpus is usually a court order that requires law enforcement to produce a detainee they are holding and to justify the detainee`s continued detention. Federal judges receive habeas corpus petitions from state prison inmates who claim their prosecutor`s office violated state-protected rights in some way. Action based on private harm, as opposed to a crime, or to enforce rights through remedies, private or non-criminal. All legal proceedings that are not criminal acts are civil actions. Factual lawyer – A private person (who is not necessarily a lawyer) who has been authorized by another person to act on their behalf, either for a particular purpose or for a specific act; or for the conduct of transactions in general, not of a legal nature. This power of attorney is conferred by a written document called a power of attorney or, more commonly, power of attorney. A lawsuit or legal proceeding against a specific property. Chapter 12 of our Handbook for Probate Judges contains the Estates Glossary, which contains legal terms specific to probate court in New Mexico. Technically, a statement that summons people to court to serve as jurors; Popularly used as the totality of persons summoned to the office of juror. The legal system that originated in England and is now used in the United States is based on the articulation of legal principles in a historical succession of judicial decisions. Common law principles can be changed by statute.
A court decision in a previous case with facts and points of law similar to a dispute currently pending in court. Judges generally “follow precedents,” that is, they use principles established in previous cases to decide new cases that have similar facts and raise similar legal issues. A judge will disregard precedents if a party can prove that the previous case was ill-decided or that it differs significantly from the current case. The minutes and legal acts drawn up by the applicant and submitted to the Court of Appeal in the context of appeal proceedings. In family law or children`s law, the moment when a child becomes legally free from parental authority occurs automatically when he or she reaches the age of majority (18 in most cases). This can happen earlier if the child is married or if he is abandoned by the parents and takes care of himself. Party – A person, company, organization, or government agency involved in the prosecution or defense of legal proceedings. An act intended to confer legal authenticity on a registration so that the registration is legally admissible as evidence; Certified true copies of public documents are authenticated, and a certified true copy is a certified true copy that requires further verification.
An act performed by a bailiff under the authority of a request to take custody of the real or personal property of a person against whom the application has been made. Abbreviation of and sequentes or and sequentia, which means “and what follows”. With respect to civil actions in “equity” and not in “law”. In English legal history, courts of “law” could order the payment of damages and could offer no other remedy (see damages). A separate “fairness” tribunal could order someone to do something or stop something (e.g., injunction). In U.S. jurisprudence, federal courts have both legal and just power, but the distinction is always important. For example, a jury trial is generally available in “legal cases,” but not in “fairness” cases.
