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Appeal1) English Criminal law. The accusation of a person, in a legal form, for a crime committed by him; or, it is the lawful declaration of another man's crime, before a competent judge, by one who sets his name to the declaration, and undertakes to prove it, upon the penalty which may ensue thereon. 2)Practice. The act by which a party submits to the decision of a superior court, a cause which has been tried in an inferior tribunal.
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Criminal
Relating to, or having the character of crime
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Accusation
Criminal law. A charge made to a competent officer against one who has committed a crime or misdemeanor, so that he may be brought to justice and punishment.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Crime
An act or omission which is prohibited by criminal law. Each state sets out a limited series of acts (crimes) which are prohibited and punishes the commission of these acts by a fine, imprisonment or some other form of punishment. In exceptional cases, an omission to act can constitute a crime, such as failing to give assistance to a person in peril or failing to report a case of child abuse.
Lawful
That which is not forbidden by law. Id omne licitum est, quod non est legibus prohibitum, quamobrem, quod, lege permittente, fit, poenam non meretur. To be valid a contract must be lawful.
Judge
An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Penalty
Contracts. A clause in an agreement, by which the obligor agrees to pay a certain-sum of money, if he shall fail to fulfil the contract contained in another clause of the same agreement.
Party
Practice, contracts. When applied to practice, by party is understood either the plaintiff or defendant. In contracts, a party is one or more persons who engage to perform or receive the performance of some agreement.
Decision
Practice. A judgment given by a competent tribunal. The French lawyers call the opinions which they give on questions propounded to them, decisions.
Superior
One who has a right to command; one who holds a superior rank; as, a soldier is bound to obey his superior. 2. In estates, some are superior to others; an estate entitled to a servitude or easement over another estate, is called the superior or dominant, and the other the inferior or servient estate.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Cause
1) Civil law. It signifies the delivery of the thing, or the accomplishment of the act which is the object of a convention. 2) It is the consideration or motive for making a contract. 3) Pleading. The reason; the motive. 4) Practice. A contested question before a court of justice; it is a Suit or action.
Inferior
One who in relation to another has less power and is below him; one who is bound to obey another. He who makes the law is the superior; he who is bound to obey it, the inferior.
Tribunal
An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business.
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Appeal attorney
Lawyers filing an appeal over a case that was lost in a prior court of law.
Appeal bond
A guaranty by the appealing party insuring that court costs will be paid.
Appearance
The act of showing up in court as either plaintiff, defendant, accused or any other party to a civil or criminal suit. It implies that you accept the power of the court to try the matter (i.e. "jurisdiction"). Appearances are most often made by lawyers on their clients behalf and any appearance by a lawyer binds the client. You can make a limited appearance called a "special appearance" in which your presence is not to imply acceptance of the court's jurisdiction but, rather, to challenge the jurisdiction of the court. An example of the usefulness of a "special appearance" would be where you want to raise the fact that you were never properly served with the court papers.
Appearance day
The day on which the parties are bound to appear in court
Appellant
Practice. He who makes an appeal from one jurisdiction to another.
Appellate court
The court in which a appeal is heard.
Appellate jurisdiction
The jurisdiction which a superior court has to bear appeals of causes which have been tried in inferior courts.
Appellee
Practice. The party in a cause against whom an appeal has been taken.
Appellor
A criminal who accuses his accomplices; one who challenges a jury.
Appenditia
From appendo, to hang at or on; the appendages or pertinances of an estate the appurtenauces to a dwelling.
Appendix
Supplementary materials added to the end of a document.
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Apostacy
English law. A total renunciation of the Christian religion, and differs from heresy.
Apostles
In the British courts of admiralty, when a party appeals from a decision made against him, he prays apostles from the judge, which are brief letters of dismission, stating the case, and declaring that the record will be transmitted.
Apparator
Apparator or apparitor. Ecclesiastical. law. An officer or messenger employed to serve the process of the spiritual courts in England.
Apparent
That which is manifest what is proved. It is required that all things upon which a court must pass, should be made to appear, if matter in pays, under oath if matter of record, by the record. It is a rule that those things which do not appear, are to be considered as not existing de non apparentibus et non existentibus eadem est ratio.
Apparlement
Resemblance. It is said to be derived from pareillement, French, in like manner.
Appeal
Appeal bond
A guaranty by the appealing party insuring that court costs will be paid.
Appearance
The act of showing up in court as either plaintiff, defendant, accused or any other party to a civil or criminal suit. It implies that you accept the power of the court to try the matter (i.e. "jurisdiction"). Appearances are most often made by lawyers on their clients behalf and any appearance by a lawyer binds the client. You can make a limited appearance called a "special appearance" in which your presence is not to imply acceptance of the court's jurisdiction but, rather, to challenge the jurisdiction of the court. An example of the usefulness of a "special appearance" would be where you want to raise the fact that you were never properly served with the court papers.
Appearance day
The day on which the parties are bound to appear in court
Appellant
Practice. He who makes an appeal from one jurisdiction to another.
Appellate court
The court in which a appeal is heard.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Criminal
Relating to, or having the character of crime
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Accusation
Criminal law. A charge made to a competent officer against one who has committed a crime or misdemeanor, so that he may be brought to justice and punishment.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Crime
An act or omission which is prohibited by criminal law. Each state sets out a limited series of acts (crimes) which are prohibited and punishes the commission of these acts by a fine, imprisonment or some other form of punishment. In exceptional cases, an omission to act can constitute a crime, such as failing to give assistance to a person in peril or failing to report a case of child abuse.
Lawful
That which is not forbidden by law. Id omne licitum est, quod non est legibus prohibitum, quamobrem, quod, lege permittente, fit, poenam non meretur. To be valid a contract must be lawful.
Judge
An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Penalty
Contracts. A clause in an agreement, by which the obligor agrees to pay a certain-sum of money, if he shall fail to fulfil the contract contained in another clause of the same agreement.
Party
Practice, contracts. When applied to practice, by party is understood either the plaintiff or defendant. In contracts, a party is one or more persons who engage to perform or receive the performance of some agreement.
Decision
Practice. A judgment given by a competent tribunal. The French lawyers call the opinions which they give on questions propounded to them, decisions.
Superior
One who has a right to command; one who holds a superior rank; as, a soldier is bound to obey his superior. 2. In estates, some are superior to others; an estate entitled to a servitude or easement over another estate, is called the superior or dominant, and the other the inferior or servient estate.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Cause
1) Civil law. It signifies the delivery of the thing, or the accomplishment of the act which is the object of a convention. 2) It is the consideration or motive for making a contract. 3) Pleading. The reason; the motive. 4) Practice. A contested question before a court of justice; it is a Suit or action.
Inferior
One who in relation to another has less power and is below him; one who is bound to obey another. He who makes the law is the superior; he who is bound to obey it, the inferior.
Tribunal
An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Appeal attorney
Lawyers filing an appeal over a case that was lost in a prior court of law.
Appeal bond
A guaranty by the appealing party insuring that court costs will be paid.
Appearance
The act of showing up in court as either plaintiff, defendant, accused or any other party to a civil or criminal suit. It implies that you accept the power of the court to try the matter (i.e. "jurisdiction"). Appearances are most often made by lawyers on their clients behalf and any appearance by a lawyer binds the client. You can make a limited appearance called a "special appearance" in which your presence is not to imply acceptance of the court's jurisdiction but, rather, to challenge the jurisdiction of the court. An example of the usefulness of a "special appearance" would be where you want to raise the fact that you were never properly served with the court papers.
Appearance day
The day on which the parties are bound to appear in court
Appellant
Practice. He who makes an appeal from one jurisdiction to another.
Appellate court
The court in which a appeal is heard.
Appellate jurisdiction
The jurisdiction which a superior court has to bear appeals of causes which have been tried in inferior courts.
Appellee
Practice. The party in a cause against whom an appeal has been taken.
Appellor
A criminal who accuses his accomplices; one who challenges a jury.
Appenditia
From appendo, to hang at or on; the appendages or pertinances of an estate the appurtenauces to a dwelling.
Appendix
Supplementary materials added to the end of a document.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Apostacy
English law. A total renunciation of the Christian religion, and differs from heresy.
Apostles
In the British courts of admiralty, when a party appeals from a decision made against him, he prays apostles from the judge, which are brief letters of dismission, stating the case, and declaring that the record will be transmitted.
Apparator
Apparator or apparitor. Ecclesiastical. law. An officer or messenger employed to serve the process of the spiritual courts in England.
Apparent
That which is manifest what is proved. It is required that all things upon which a court must pass, should be made to appear, if matter in pays, under oath if matter of record, by the record. It is a rule that those things which do not appear, are to be considered as not existing de non apparentibus et non existentibus eadem est ratio.
Apparlement
Resemblance. It is said to be derived from pareillement, French, in like manner.
Appeal
Appeal bond
A guaranty by the appealing party insuring that court costs will be paid.
Appearance
The act of showing up in court as either plaintiff, defendant, accused or any other party to a civil or criminal suit. It implies that you accept the power of the court to try the matter (i.e. "jurisdiction"). Appearances are most often made by lawyers on their clients behalf and any appearance by a lawyer binds the client. You can make a limited appearance called a "special appearance" in which your presence is not to imply acceptance of the court's jurisdiction but, rather, to challenge the jurisdiction of the court. An example of the usefulness of a "special appearance" would be where you want to raise the fact that you were never properly served with the court papers.
Appearance day
The day on which the parties are bound to appear in court
Appellant
Practice. He who makes an appeal from one jurisdiction to another.
Appellate court
The court in which a appeal is heard.
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