All shares of ownership of the debtor at the time of bankruptcy. The estate technically becomes the temporary legal owner of all of the debtor`s assets. A tort is an act that injures someone in any way and for which the injured party can sue the offender for damages. Legally, offenses are called civil injustice, as opposed to criminal offenses. (However, some acts, such as assault, can be both felonies and felonies; the offender can be prosecuted under both civil and criminal law.) The right as set out in previous court decisions. Synonymous with precedent. Similar to the common law, which stems from tradition and judicial decisions. This is an exercise that I do with my students in legal English at the Carlos III University of Madrid. After completing each unit, we often review the definitions in the dictionary of legal terms and concepts that we discussed in class to ensure they are clear. Several students who follow this blog have suggested that I provide exercises like this here in case they might prove useful to other readers. 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. Written statements submitted to the court outlining a party`s legal or factual allegations about the case. A legal procedure to deal with the debt problems of individuals and companies; in particular, a case filed under one of the chapters of title 11 of the United States Code. Governmental body empowered to settle disputes. Judges sometimes use the term “court” to refer to themselves in the third person, as in “the court read the pleadings.” 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 legal power of a court to hear and decide a particular type of case. It is also used as a synonym for jurisdiction, i.e. the geographical area over which the court has territorial jurisdiction to rule on cases. 18) Two or more persons who are jointly involved in the commission of a crime: This is the “tort law”, similar to the legal discipline best known in Spain as Derecho de daños, i.e. the Derecho de la responsabilidad civil extra-contractual. So there you have it. The main objectives of tort law are to relieve injured parties for damages caused by others, to impose liability on parties responsible for damage, and to deter others from committing harmful acts. Tortious acts may transfer the burden of damage from the injured party to the guilty party or better placed to bear the burden of the damage. As a general rule, a party seeking redress under tort law seeks damages in the form of financial compensation. Less common remedies are injunctions and restitution.
In criminal law, the constitutional guarantee that an accused receives a fair and impartial trial. In civil law, the legal rights of a person who is confronted with an adverse act that threatens liberty or property. (17) A legal doctrine that a master (employer) is liable for crimes committed by his servants (employees) in the course of their employment: An action brought by a plaintiff against a defendant on the basis of a claim that the defendant failed to comply with a legal obligation that resulted in harm to the plaintiff. Instructions from a judge to the jury before it begins deliberations on the substantive questions to be answered and the legislation to be applied. 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.
