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Attentat
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AttentatIn the language of the civil and canon laws, is anything whatsoever in the suit by the judge a quo, pending an appeal.
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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Canon
Canon means a rule or particularily a body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a certain field, here referred to the law field.
Suit
An action. The word suit in the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, applies to any proceeding in a court of justice, in which the plaintiff pursues, in such court, the remedy which the law affords him. An application for a prohibition is therefore a suit.
Judge
An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
Appeal
1) 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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Attempt
An endeavor or effort to do an act or accomplish a crime, carries beyond preparation, but lacking execution.
Attendant
One who owes a duty or service to another, or in some sort depends upon him.
Attermining
The granting a time or term for the payment of a debt.
Attesting witness
One who, upon being required by the parties to an instrument, signs his name to it to prove it, and for the purpose of identification.
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Attachment of privilege
English law. A process by which a man by virtue of his privilege, calls another to litigate in that court to which he himself belongs; and who has the privilege to answer there.
Attainder
English criminal law. Attinctura, the stain or corruption of blood which arises from being condemned for any crime.
Attaint
English law. 1) Atinctus, attainted, stained, or blackened. 2) A writ which lies to inquire whether a jury of twelve men gave a false verdict.
Attempt
An endeavor or effort to do an act or accomplish a crime, carries beyond preparation, but lacking execution.
Attendant
One who owes a duty or service to another, or in some sort depends upon him.
Attentat
Attermining
The granting a time or term for the payment of a debt.
Attesting witness
One who, upon being required by the parties to an instrument, signs his name to it to prove it, and for the purpose of identification.
Attorn or attornment
To consent, implicitly or explicitly, to a transfer of a right. Often used to describe a situation where a tenant, by staying on location after the sale of the leased property, accepts to be a tenant of the new landlord; or where a person consents to ("attorns to") the jurisdiction of a court which would not have otherwise had any authority over that person.
Attorney of record
The principal attorney in a lawsuit, who signs all formal documents relating to the suit.
Attorney-in-fact
Authorizing another in writing to act in his/her place to do some act, but not one requiring legal representation.
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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Canon
Canon means a rule or particularily a body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a certain field, here referred to the law field.
Suit
An action. The word suit in the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, applies to any proceeding in a court of justice, in which the plaintiff pursues, in such court, the remedy which the law affords him. An application for a prohibition is therefore a suit.
Judge
An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
Appeal
1) 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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Attempt
An endeavor or effort to do an act or accomplish a crime, carries beyond preparation, but lacking execution.
Attendant
One who owes a duty or service to another, or in some sort depends upon him.
Attermining
The granting a time or term for the payment of a debt.
Attesting witness
One who, upon being required by the parties to an instrument, signs his name to it to prove it, and for the purpose of identification.
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Attachment of privilege
English law. A process by which a man by virtue of his privilege, calls another to litigate in that court to which he himself belongs; and who has the privilege to answer there.
Attainder
English criminal law. Attinctura, the stain or corruption of blood which arises from being condemned for any crime.
Attaint
English law. 1) Atinctus, attainted, stained, or blackened. 2) A writ which lies to inquire whether a jury of twelve men gave a false verdict.
Attempt
An endeavor or effort to do an act or accomplish a crime, carries beyond preparation, but lacking execution.
Attendant
One who owes a duty or service to another, or in some sort depends upon him.
Attentat
Attermining
The granting a time or term for the payment of a debt.
Attesting witness
One who, upon being required by the parties to an instrument, signs his name to it to prove it, and for the purpose of identification.
Attorn or attornment
To consent, implicitly or explicitly, to a transfer of a right. Often used to describe a situation where a tenant, by staying on location after the sale of the leased property, accepts to be a tenant of the new landlord; or where a person consents to ("attorns to") the jurisdiction of a court which would not have otherwise had any authority over that person.
Attorney of record
The principal attorney in a lawsuit, who signs all formal documents relating to the suit.
Attorney-in-fact
Authorizing another in writing to act in his/her place to do some act, but not one requiring legal representation.
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