5 Terms
Contributors in Courts
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brief
Legal services; Courts
A written statement submitted by the lawyer for each side in a case that explains to the judges why they should decide the case or a particular part of a case in favor of that lawyer's client.
affirmed
Legal services; Courts
In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
contract
Legal services; Courts
An agreement between two or more persons that creates an obligation to do or not to do a particular thing.
objection
Legal services; Courts
A reason that an attorney interrupts a witness to talk to the judge.
evidence
Legal services; Courts
Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
