Contested Divorce: A divorce where at least one issue has not been settled before court. The court must decide the issue or issues.
Uncontested Divorce: When the defendant is not going to try to stop the divorce and there are no issues for the court to decide about the children, money, or property.
Un-Emancipated: Legally dependent on one's parent or legal guardian.
Contested Divorce An adversarial divorce proceeding in which the spouses cannot agree to a separation agreement.
contested matter Those matters, other than objections to claims, that are disputed but are not within the definition of an "adversary proceeding".
contested action: an action which involves disputed issue(s) of fact or law
contract: a legally enforceable agreement between two or more persons or parties (oral or written) ...
contested: A kind of case where both sides present evidence.
continuance: Putting off a court case to a later date. (See adjournment; compare with recess.)
continued: Postponed, or put off to a later date.
CONTESTED : To oppose, resist or dispute.
CONTINGENT DEVISEE(s): One or more persons named in a will to take in place of a devisee, if that devisee does not survive the decedent by a specified period of time.
uncontested divorce - Divorce automatically granted by a court when the spouse who is served with a summons and complaint for divorce does not file a formal response with the court.
A contested question before a court of justice; a suit or action; a cause.
Contested elections for governor shall be determined by both houses of the general assembly, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law., SS 5.
An uncontested divorce is a divorce where both spouses agree on all issues, including grounds, equitable distribution, custody, child support & maintenance.
Actually, the usual use of this phrase is "in pari delicto, potior est conditio possidentis" which means that where both parties in a dispute are equally at wrong, the person in possession of the contested property will retain it (ie.
When contested, debts are collected by a civil suit upon which the judge renders a judgment, and an execution is levied on the debtor's property.
a consensus supporting the right to privacy has emerged (all recently confirmed Justices to the Supreme Court have affirmed their belief in the right to privacy), the extent of the right, and its basis in constitutional law, remain hotly contested.
With the advent of valuable domain names, and the practice of domain name squatting, the right to use and register certain domain names are often contested, ...
A mini-hearing held during a trial on the admissibility of contested evidence. For example, a defendant may object to a plaintiff's witness.
Juvenile Matters: All cases concerning uncared for, neglected or dependent children and youth, termination of parental rights of children committed to a state agency, matters concerning families with service needs, contested matters ...
ADVERSARY PROCEEDING - One having opposing parties; contested, as distinguished from a hearing in which only one party appears.
AFFIANT- The person who makes and signs an affidavit.
AFFIDAVIT: A written statement made under oath.
"Simply put, the (judge) must find that the existence of the contested fact is more probable than its nonexistence".
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A default divorce can be obtained when one spouse truly can't find the other or when the second spouse refuses to participate in the divorce action, or when the parties agree to enter a default as part of an uncontested divorce proceeding.
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.
Cause: A lawsuit, litigation, or action. Any question, civil or criminal, litigated or contested before a court of justice.
Causation: The act by which an effect is produced. See also "legal cause" and "proximate cause." ...
: the existing state of affairs
specif
: the last actual and uncontested state of affairs that preceded a controversy and that is to be preserved by preliminary injunction
compare status quo ante
Pronunciation-'kwO ...
Case, cause, suit or controversy disputed or contested before a court of law.
Acts:
A law passed by a legislative body.
Voir Dire:
A mini-hearing held during a trial on the admissibility of contested evidence.
Cases - General term for an action, cause, suit, or controversy, at law or in equity; questions contested before a court of justice.
Litigation: A court action and the use of the court system to determine the outcome of contested issues.
administrative law That part of the law that regulates the conduct of public officials; includes adoption of rules by administrative agencies and contested proceedings at the administrative level.
ex parte - By or for a single party; done for, in behalf of or on the application of one party only as distinguished from an adversary (contested).
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controversy
n. 1) disagreement, argument or quarrel. 2) a dispute, which must be an actual contested issue between parties in order to be heard by a court.
The judgment, at any rate if delivered by a maitre des requetes, was authoritative, and could only be contested by a civil petition before the ancient council of the Basoche.
Voire dire: (French: To speak the truth) Separate trial within a trial, generally in the absence of the jury, on the admissibility of contested evidence.
contested case - A court or administrative proceeding that is opposed by another party or interested person.
contract - An agreement between two or more persons which creates an obligation to do or not to do a particular thing.
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