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Judge
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Judge An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
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Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Official
civil and canon laws. In the ancient civil law, the person who was the minister of, or attendant upon a magistrate, was called the official.
Authority
Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands.
Cases
General term for an action, cause, suit, or controversy, at law or in equity; questions contested before a court of justice.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
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.
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Judge advocate
An officer who, is a member of a court martial. His duties are to prosecute in the name of the United States, but he shall so far consider himself as counsel for the prisoner, after the prisoner shall have made his plea, as to object to leading questions to any of the witnesses, or any question to the prisoner, the answer to which might tend to criminate himself. He is further to swear the members of the court before they proceed upon any trial.
Judge's certificate
English practice. The judge who tries the cause is authorized by several statutes in certain cases to certify, so as to decide when the party or parties shall or shall not be entitled to costs.
Judge's notes
They are short statements, made by a judge on the trial of a cause, of what transpires in the course of such trial. They usually contain a statement of the testimony of witnesses; of documents offered or admitted in evidence; of offers of evidence and whether it has been received or rejected, and the like matters.
Judgment
Practice. The decision or sentence of the law, given by a court of justice or other competent tribunal, as the result of proceedings instituted therein, for the redress of an injury.
Judgment debtor
One who owes money as a result of a judgment in favor of a creditor.
Judgment of divorce
A formal written document that states that a man and a woman are divorced. this is prepared by an attorney and presented to the court for the judge to sign. in some states and provinces, this is recognized a the divorce decree or decree of dissolution.
Judgment poll
English law. A record made of the issue roll which, after final judgment has been given in the cause, assumes this name.
Judgment, arrest of
Practice. This takes place when the court withhold judgment from the plaintiff on the ground that there is some error appearing on the face of the record, which vitiates the proceedings. In consequence of such error, on whatever part of the record it may arise, from the commencement of the suit to the time when the motion in arrest of judgment is made, the court are bound to arrest the judgment.
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Jurisprudence
Formal study of the principles on which legal rules are based and the means by which judges guide their decision making.
Judge
Jury
A body of persons sworn to inquire into crime and, if appropriate, bring accusations (indictments) against the suspected criminals.
John Ward Pullman & Comley
Connecticut law firm.
Junk lawsuit
A lawsuit not really aimed at winning in court but at threatening the other party and forcing settlement.
Jude Law
In spite of the name, this is a star and not a legal concept.
Justice League
Having nothing to do with any matters pertaining to the legal profession, Justice League is an animated series about a team of superheroes which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network.
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Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Official
civil and canon laws. In the ancient civil law, the person who was the minister of, or attendant upon a magistrate, was called the official.
Authority
Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands.
Cases
General term for an action, cause, suit, or controversy, at law or in equity; questions contested before a court of justice.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
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.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Judge advocate
An officer who, is a member of a court martial. His duties are to prosecute in the name of the United States, but he shall so far consider himself as counsel for the prisoner, after the prisoner shall have made his plea, as to object to leading questions to any of the witnesses, or any question to the prisoner, the answer to which might tend to criminate himself. He is further to swear the members of the court before they proceed upon any trial.
Judge's certificate
English practice. The judge who tries the cause is authorized by several statutes in certain cases to certify, so as to decide when the party or parties shall or shall not be entitled to costs.
Judge's notes
They are short statements, made by a judge on the trial of a cause, of what transpires in the course of such trial. They usually contain a statement of the testimony of witnesses; of documents offered or admitted in evidence; of offers of evidence and whether it has been received or rejected, and the like matters.
Judgment
Practice. The decision or sentence of the law, given by a court of justice or other competent tribunal, as the result of proceedings instituted therein, for the redress of an injury.
Judgment debtor
One who owes money as a result of a judgment in favor of a creditor.
Judgment of divorce
A formal written document that states that a man and a woman are divorced. this is prepared by an attorney and presented to the court for the judge to sign. in some states and provinces, this is recognized a the divorce decree or decree of dissolution.
Judgment poll
English law. A record made of the issue roll which, after final judgment has been given in the cause, assumes this name.
Judgment, arrest of
Practice. This takes place when the court withhold judgment from the plaintiff on the ground that there is some error appearing on the face of the record, which vitiates the proceedings. In consequence of such error, on whatever part of the record it may arise, from the commencement of the suit to the time when the motion in arrest of judgment is made, the court are bound to arrest the judgment.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Jurisprudence
Formal study of the principles on which legal rules are based and the means by which judges guide their decision making.
Judge
Jury
A body of persons sworn to inquire into crime and, if appropriate, bring accusations (indictments) against the suspected criminals.
John Ward Pullman & Comley
Connecticut law firm.
Junk lawsuit
A lawsuit not really aimed at winning in court but at threatening the other party and forcing settlement.
Jude Law
In spite of the name, this is a star and not a legal concept.
Justice League
Having nothing to do with any matters pertaining to the legal profession, Justice League is an animated series about a team of superheroes which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network.
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