Controversy

Controversy A disagreement, argument, or quarrel. See also: actual controversy
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An actual controversy is a contstitutional requirement (Found in found in Art. III, Section 2, Clause 1) for federal courts that demands there be a real dispute between two parties capable of being resolved ...

CONTROVERSY - A dispute arising between two or more persons. It differs from case, which includes all suits criminal as well as civil; whereas controversy is a civil and not a criminal proceeding.

Actual Controversy
n. it is an actual dispute between adverse parties which is capable of being resolved by the court. Article III of US Constitution requires US courts to hear cases which pose actual controversy.

Controversy : A disagreement or a dispute that requires a definitive determination of how the law applies to the facts that are asserted to be true.
Counsel : One or more lawyers who represent a client.

Controversy: A suit or civil action; an issue appropriate for determination in a court of law. Controversies take place between plaintiffs and defendants.

Controversy and debate
Main article: Capital punishment debate
Capital punishment is often the subject of controversy.

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.

Controversy
Definition - Noun
1 : a state of dispute or disagreement <suits at common law, where the value in ~ shall exceed twenty dollars ­U.S. Constitution amend. VII> ...

Controversy
The basic public policy rationale for the protection of intellectual property is that IP laws facilitate and encourage the pursuit and disclosure of innovation into the public domain for the common good, ...

Controversy: A dispute or case.
Court/court (upper case/lower case): When the word "court" by itself is capitalized in a sentence, ...

"Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement as the breach hereof shall be submitted by the parties to binding arbitration by submitting same for arbitration ...

Some controversy has taken place as to what is to be considered " necessary; "it has been contended that by this must be understood what is indispensable; but it is obvious the term necessary means no more than useful, needful, requisite, incidental, ...

A point of controversy; basis for legal action.
Caveat:
In general, a notice or warning emphasizing caution filed in a case.

amount in controversy: a plaintiff's claim must exceed $75,000 in all diversity cases in federal court; the requisite amount in controversy is necessary or the federal court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the case.

Litigation - a controversy in a court.
Magistrates - act as judges working around the clock, issuing warrants of arrest, presiding over trials of small claims, ($5,000 or less), and performing marriages.

The "unclean hands" must apply to the issues in controversy, such as preventing the other party from performing his contract, etc. The ancient maxim is, "He who comes to equity must come with clean hands.

The history of oaths in the early Christian ages opens a controversy which can hardly be said even yet to have closed.

A fictitious case is a suit brought upon facts with respect to which no real controversy exists.

It is the power of the court to decide a matter in controversy and presupposes the existence of a duly constituted court with control over the subject matter and the parties.

Post Office expanded (1873) its ban on the shipment of obscene literature and art, but it was after World War I that public controversy over censorship raged most fiercely.

a person or entity which must be included in a lawsuit so that the court can make a final judgment or order that will conclude the controversy.

action case - Cause, suit, or controversy disputed or contested before a court of justice.
ADA - See Americans with Disabilities Act.
Additur - An increase by a judge in the amount of damages awarded by a jury.

A moot case or a moot point is one not subject to a judicial determination because it involves an abstract question or a pretended controversy that has not yet actually arisen or has already passed.

Case: Any proceeding, action, cause, lawsuit or controversy initiated through the court system by filing a complaint, petition, indictment or information.
Caseload: The number of cases a judge handles in a specific time period.

Issue
A point of controversy in a lawsuit; all persons descended from a common ancestor.
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Joinder
Combining several causes of action or parties in a single lawsuit.

Term: Issue
Definition: A point of controversy in a lawsuit; all persons descended from a common ancestor.
Term: Joinder
Definition: Combining several causes of action or parties in a single lawsuit.

Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.

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Litigant: A party to a lawsuit. Litigation refers to a case, controversy, or lawsuit.
Living Trust: A trust set up and in effect during the lifetime of the grantor. Also called inter vivos trust.

Cases -General term for an action, cause, suit, or controversy, at law or in equity; questions contested before a court of justice.

litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. The people involved in lawsuits (plaintiffs and defendants) are called "litigants."
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For example, the term " jury" means "A body of men selected according to law, for the purpose of deciding some controversy."
Today, the jury is not made of only men; therefore, this definition may sound outdated.
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trial: the formal examination of a legal controversy in court so as to determine the issue
trial de novo: A new trial (see: 22NYCRR 28.12).
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Declaratory judgment - A statutory remedy for judicial determination of a controversy where plaintiff is in doubt about his legal rights.

moot - A case is moot when a determination sought on a matter cannot have any practical effect on the existing controversy.
moral turpitude - A formal request presented to a court.
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circumstantial evidence - All evidence of an indirect nature. Testimony not based on actual personal knowledge or observation of the facts in controversy.

STANDING: The legal right to initiate a lawsuit. To do so, a person must be sufficiently affected by the matter at hand, and there must be a case or controversy that can be resolved by legal action.

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