50 Terms
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default judgment
Legal services; Courts
A judgment entered against a party who fails to appear in court or respond to the charges.
digest
Legal services; Courts
An index or compilation of abstracts of reported cases into one, set forth under proper law topic headings or titles and usually in alphabetical arrangement.
memorandum
Legal services; Courts
An informal note or instrument embodying something the parties desire to have in written evidence.
mistrial
Legal services; Courts
An invalid trial, caused by fundamental error. When a mistrial is declared, the trial must start again from the selection of the jury.
challenge
Legal services; Courts
An objection, such as when an attorney objects at a hearing to the seating of a particular person on a civil or criminal jury.
quasi-contract
Legal services; Courts
An obligation created by the law in the absence of an agreement or contract; not based upon the intentions or expressions of the parties.
