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2. Reply (legal term) - Wikipedia

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   In law, a reply is a legal document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer.A reply may be written when a party or non-moving party (the party who is not requesting relief from the court) is asserting a counterclaim or the court has ordered a reply.

3. Capias ad respondendum - Wikipedia

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   In the common law legal systems, capias ad respondendum (Latin: "that you may capture [him] in order for him to reply") is or was a writ issued by a court to the sheriff of a particular county to bring the defendant, having failed to appear, to answer a civil action against him.

4. Summons - Wikipedia

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   A civil summons is most often accompanied by a complaint. Depending on the type of summons, there is often an option to endorse a summons so that the entity being served may be identified. In the court system in California, for civil unlimited cases in the superior court, a summons will often have these options to endorse: as an individual;

5. List of legal abbreviations - Wikipedia

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   CFR — Call for Response (At the US Supreme Court, if the other side has stated it will not respond to a petition for cert., any Justice may direct the Clerk to call for a response.) CJ – Postnominals of the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and, formerly, of the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

6. Writ of mandate (California) - Wikipedia

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   In 1936, the Supreme Court of California held that because the state constitution reserves judicial decisionmaking to the judicial branch, it lacked jurisdiction to issue a writ of certiorari to review the decision of a state board unless that board had been expressly authorized by the state constitution to exercise judicial power. [34]

7. Pleading - Wikipedia

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   A demurrer is a pleading (usually filed by a defendant) which objects to the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleading (usually a complaint) and demands that the court rule immediately about whether the pleading is legally adequate before the party must plead on the merits in response. Since the demurrer procedure required an immediate ...