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bench trial

Legal services; Courts

Also known as court trial, it's a trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts.

appellee

Legal services; Courts

The party against whom an appeal is taken.

dissent to disagree

Legal services; Courts

An appellate court opinion setting forth the minority view and outlining the disagreement of one or more judges with the decision of the majority.

accomplice

Legal services; Courts

1. A partner in a crime. 2. A person who knowingly and voluntarily participates with another in a criminal activity.

bar

Legal services; Courts

1. Historically, the partition separating the general public from the space occupied by the judges, lawyers, and other participants in a trial. 2. More commonly, the term means the who body of ...

administrator

Legal services; Courts

1. One who administers the estate of a person who dies without a will. 2. A court official.

affirmative defense

Legal services; Courts

A defense raised in a responsive pleading (answer) relating a new matter as a defense to the complaint; affirmative defenses might include contributory negligence or estopped in civil actions; in ...

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