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In Scotland, a preliminary hearing is a non-evidential pre-trial diet in cases to be tried before the High Court of Justiciary, conducted to enable the court to determine whether both parties, the prosecution and the defence, are ready to proceed to trial. The hearing may also address ancillary procedural matters.
A subpoena duces tecum (pronounced in English / s ə ˈ p iː n ə ˌ dj uː s iː z ˈ t iː k ə m / sə-PEE-nə DEW-seez TEE-kəm), or subpoena for production of evidence, is a court summons ordering the recipient to appear before the court and produce documents or other tangible evidence for use at a hearing or trial.
Presenting lawyers usually cannot simply make speeches or read their briefs when presenting oral argument to an appellate court. [1] Unlike trial court procedure, where judges intervene only when asked by the parties to resolve objections, it is typical for judges at the appellate level to be active participants in oral argument, interrupting ...
High cost loans are considered to have excessive fees, risk-based sub-prime percentage rates, negative amortizing payment options, and other features which may or may not be considered predatory lending practices. On December 15, 2009, Governor David Paterson signed into law an expanded version of the mandatory settlement conference legislation.
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The High Court of Justiciary sits as an appeal court in Edinburgh. [15] [25] The High Court, as a collegiate court, has the ability to convene a bench of greater numbers of Lords Commissioners of Justiciary to overturn decisions and precedent established by previous appeals. Such a decision is made by the High Court on its own initiative.
This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice shows documents and classified cover sheets recovered from a container in the “45 office” seized during the Aug. 8, 2022 ...
Sentencing was set for July 11, but was postponed at the defense's request after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on presidential immunity. It was again postponed to September , and then again to ...