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Syllabus in a legal context refers to a summary or an outline of the key points of a court's decision or opinion. It is often written by the court as an official part of the decision, but it is not considered a binding part of the legal ruling.
The following pages contain lists of legal terms: List of Latin legal terms; List of legal abbreviations; List of legal abbreviations (canon law) on Wiktionary: Appendix: English legal terms; Appendix: Glossary of legal terms
Usually used instead of naming a man's wife as a party in a case. / ˌ ɛ t ˈ ʌ k s ɔːr / et vir: and husband Usually used instead of naming a woman's husband as a party in a case. / ˌ ɛ t ˈ v ɜːr / ex aequo et bono: of equity and [the] good Usually defined as "what is right and good."
The Court a quo is the court from which a cause has been removed to a higher court, which latter is called the Court ad quem. [2] A vinculo matrimonii. (Lat. from the bond of matrimony) A term descriptive of a kind of divorce, which effects a complete dissolution of the marriage contract. [1] Abactor. l. A cattle-stealer. [3] Abandonment ...
This category is intended for legal phrases or terms used primarily in the United States Subcategories ... (law) Remand (court procedure) Remittitur; Repair and deduct;
A judicial opinion is a form of legal opinion written by a judge or a judicial panel in the course of resolving a legal dispute, providing the decision reached to resolve the dispute, and usually indicating the facts which led to the dispute and an analysis of the law used to arrive at the decision.
As pointed out by Sandro Nielsen in 1994, law dictionaries can serve various functions. The traditional law dictionary with definitions of legal terms serves to help users understand the legal texts they read (a communicative function) or to acquire knowledge about legal matters independent of any text (a cognitive function) – such law dictionaries are usually monolingual.
In England, Parliament historically failed to enact a comprehensive code of legislation, which is why it was left to the courts to develop the common law; and having decided a case and given reasons for the decision, the decision would become binding on later courts.