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ACTION, in law, a term used by jurists in three different senses: (1) a right to institute proceedings in a court of justice to obtain redress for a wrong (actio nihil aliud est quam jus prosequendi in judicio ...
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in law: see procedure.
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Procedure - in law, the rules that govern the obtaining of legal redress.
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1. A judicial proceeding that involves either civil or criminal claims. An action is brought by one or more plaintiffs against one or more defendants.
Action at Legal Glossary What is it? Another term for a lawsuit. For example, a plaintiff might say, I began this negligence action last fall after the defendant, Ms. Adams, struck me while I was crossing the street at Elm and Main.
Action
v. a person's conduct, behaviour or something that he has done or participated in.n. Actions are divided into 2 categories viz, 1.) criminal action- prosecution in a court of justice in the name of the government, ...
Actions are voluntary and involuntary. The former are performed freely and without constraint - the latter are performed not by choice, against one's will or in a manner independent of the will.
Action levels : Regulatory levels recommended by EPA for enforcement by FDA and USDA when pesticide residues occur in food or feed commodities for reasons other than the direct application of the pesticide.
Action: Judicial proceeding.
Administrative Officer: The official who is appointed instead of a judge to preside over the child.
Admissible: Any form of testimony or evidence that is allowed into court.
Action: Proceeding taken in a court of law. Synonymous with case, suit, lawsuit.
Additional Insured: A person other than the named insured or covered person who is protected under the named insured's auto policy.
Infraction: A violation of law not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses generally are considered infractions.
Civil action - An action brought to enforce or protect private rights.
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Satisfaction Guaranteed definition:
A term in a sales or services contract in which the seller defers to the buyer the sole and unilateral discretion as to whether or not the goods or services tendered are acceptable.
Class Action: A lawsuit brought by one or more persons on behalf of a larger group.
In actions ex contractu all obligors jointly and not severally liable and no others, must be made defendants.
In actions ex. delicto, when an injury is done to the property of two or more joint owners, they must join in the action.
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Cause of Action: The plaintiff's legal claim against the defendant. There is often more than one cause of action in a lawsuit.
C-Corporation: Any corporation that has not elected S Corporation status.
Affirmative action: Programs often required by state or federal law that attempt to compensate for discriminatory practices that have in the past denied fair consideration to members of minority groups.
action in remAction "against the thing" as compared to personal actions (in personam). Usually, property is involved.
additurThe power of the trial court to increase the damage award made by a jury. There is no additur in federal courts.
action: a civil judicial proceeding whereby one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or prevention of a wrong; requires service of process on adversary party or potentially adversary party ...
Action in rem. An action against a thing - an inanimate object out of which satisfaction is sought. See Res, 2.
Actori incumbit probatio. On the plaintiff rests the proving - the "burden of proof".
ACTION: a lawsuit or proceeding in a court of law.
AFFIDAVIT: a written statement under oath.
AGREEMENT: a verbal or written resolution of disputed issues.
ACTION - Proceeding in a court by which one party prosecutes another for the enforcement or protection of a right, or the redress or prevention of a civil wrong.
Action Case- Cause, suit, or controversy disputed or contested before a court of justice.
Additur - An increase by a judge in the amount of damages awarded by a jury.
ACTION
A lawsuit or proceeding in a court of law.
AD HOC
Latin: for this purpose; for a specific purpose.
action A generic term for a civil or criminal case; synonymous with case, suit, lawsuit.
ad hoc For this, or for one special purpose.
ad litem For the suit; for the purposes of the suit; e.g., a guardian ad litem.
Action:
A proceeding in a Court of law where one person seeks a Court Order for the enforcement of that person's or company's rights.
ACTION OF A WRIT. This phrase is used when one pleads some matter by which he shows that the plaintiff had no cause to have the writ which he brought, and yet he may have a writ or action for the same matter.
Pre-action protocol - Statements of understanding between legal practitioners and others about pre-action practice and which are approved by a relevant Civil Procedure Rules Practice Direction.
Infraction: a minor offense that is not criminal in nature but rather is a civil public offense punishable by a fine only. Examples of infractions include: speeding, failure to fasten a safety belt.
Infraction: A case where the fine may be paid by mail and usually the person does not have to appear or come to court. For example, a speeding ticket. (Infractions Schedule) ...
Civil action -An action brought to enforce or protect private rights.
Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) -A commission which promotes and regulates the civil air transport industry in the U.S. and between the U.S. and foreign countries.
Class action
When different persons combine their lawsuits because the facts and the defendant are so similar.
Legis Actiones: Archaic form of Roman trial litigation. Replaced by the Formulae system in the 2nd century BC.
class action: Rule 23; a device whereby a representative may assert the rights of numerous other persons in a lawsuit without the necessity of having each class member participate in the lawsuit.
CLASS ACTION SUIT: A lawsuit in which one or more parties file a complaint on behalf of themselves and all other people who are "similarly situated" (suffering from the same problem).
Civil Action
A lawsuit outside of the criminal justice system, seeking redress or an award of damage for a civil wrong.
Civil Procedure
The rules that regulate practice before a civil court.
Class Action
an action or actions in which a representative plaintiff sues or a representative defendant is sued on behalf of a class (group) of plaintiffs or defendants who have the same interests in the litigation as their representative and ...
satisfaction of judgment - A document such as an execution enforced by the judgment creditor and indicating that the judgment has been paid.
action
Another term for a lawsuit. For example, a plaintiff might say, "I began this negligence action last fall after the defendant, Ms. Adams, struck me while I was crossing the street at Elm and Main."
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Action or inaction which binds a person legally even though it was not intended as such.
Action, short of recruitment, to encourage the under-represented sex into non-traditional work/training, and to help eliminate sex-stereotyping e.g.
No-action letter
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: a letter from an attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission recommending that the Commission take no prosecutorial action with regard to a suspected and investigated violation of SEC rules or regulations ...
The actions of executive agencies independent agencies are the main focus of American administrative law.
One Action Rule
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retraction
n. 1) to withdraw any legal document in a lawsuit or other legal ...
retrial
n. a new trial granted upon the motion of the losing party, based...
Action Transmittal
Attorn or Attornment
To consent, implicitly or explicitly, to a transfer of a right.
an Office action on the second or any subsequent examination or consideration by an examiner that is intended to close the prosecution of a nonprovisional patent application.
CAUSE OF ACTION The fact or facts which give one a right to judicial redress or relief against another.
CAVEAT A warning , caution or admonition.
cause of action - A claim in law in fact sufficient to justify a legal right to sue.
Quiet title action A court proceeding to remove a cloud on the title to real property.
Quitclaim deed A deed without warranty of title which passes whatever title the grantor has to another.
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Tort: Any action or inaction that wrongs, damages, or injures another, and thus forms the basis of a civil lawsuit.
A proposal for action put forward in the House of Commons or House of Lords for consideration, debate and decision.
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Class action: Legal action taken by a number of different persons where the facts and the defendants are similar.
Satisfaction - The discharge of an obligation by paying a party what is due.
Satisfaction of Judgment - Written evidence that a recorded judgment has been paid or settled.
Appeal - a legal action which seeks review by a court of a lower court decision.
Appellant - the side that lost in the trial court and has filed an appeal. Sometimes called the petitioner.
Causation Causation is the relationship between the action of one person and the injury of another. It may be proximate (close, and therefore actionable in court) or distal (remote, and therefore not actionable in court).
Petitions set out the facts, identifies the law under which the court is being asked to intervene, and ends with a suggested course of action for the court to consider (eg. payment of damages to the plaintiff).
Accord and Satisfaction A term of contract law by which one party, having complied with its obligation under a contract, ...
Case Management Master(see Master)Cause of ActionA situation that may entitle one person to obtain from the court a remedy against another person.CaveatLatin term for a warning. Cautionary words.
See Domestic Relations Action.
Child Neglect - The failure of a parent, guardian, or custodian of a minor to provide the minor with proper or necessary support, education, medical care, or physical care; also, ...
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