Courts

Courts

Contributors in Courts

Courts

A pleading which asserts a claim arising out of the same subject action as the original complaint against a co-party, i.e., one co-defendant cross claims against another co-defendant for contribution ...

law blank

Legal services; Courts

A printed legal form available for preparing documents.

annotations

Legal services; Courts

Remarks, notes, case summaries, or commentaries following statutes which describe interpretations of the statute.

exonerate

Legal services; Courts

Removal of a charge, responsibility, or duty.

peremptory challenge

Legal services; Courts

Request by a party that a judge not allow a certain prospective juror as a member of the jury. No reason or cause need be stated.

miranda warning

Legal services; Courts

Requirement that police tell a suspect in their custody of his or her constitutional rights before they question him or her. So named as a result of the Miranda v. Arizona ruling by the United States ...