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Nonjury trial
Nonjury trialTrial before the court but without a jury. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Trial Practice., The examination before a competent tribunal, according to the laws, of the land, of the facts put in issue in a cause, for the purpose of determining such issue. Court A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated. Without Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause. Jury A body of persons sworn to inquire into crime and, if appropriate, bring accusations (indictments) against the suspected criminals. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Non-custodial parent The parent who does not have physical custody of the child, and who typically is paying child support to the child. Non-executive director A director who is not an employee of the company and who only dictates part of his available time to the company is known as a non-executive director. Usually a person with particular experience or skills who holds a seat on the board to exercise a steadying influence on board decisions. His legal obligations to the company and creditors of skill and honesty are the same as those of an executive director. Nonfeasance Not doing something that a person should be doing. Nonimmigrant An alien who seeks temporary entry to the United States for a specific purpose. The alien must have a permanent residence abroad (for most classes of admission) and qualify for the nonimmigrant classification sought. Non-joinder When a person who should have been made a party to a legal proceedings has been forgotten or omitted. This is usually addressed by asking the court to amend documents and including the forgotten party to the proceedings. It is the opposite of mis-joinder. Nonjury trial Non-marital property Property considered by the courts to belong to one spouse or another and that which is not available for equitable distribution. Nonpreference category Nonpreference visas were available to qualified applicants not entitled to a visa under the preferences until the category was eliminated by the Immigration Act of 1990. Nonpreference visas for persons not entitled to the other preferences had not been available since September 1978 because of high demand in the preference categories. Nonsense Construction. That which in a written agreement or will is unintelligible. Non-separation agreement An agreement between a carrier and a cargo owner following a general average act which permits the cargo owner to have his goods discharged at the port of refuge and forwarded to destination by the carrier in another ship, thus terminating the common maritime adventure, in return for cargo contributing to future general average loss, according to values stated in the agreement, as if the common adventure were continued. Non-vessel-operating common carrier A common carrier that does not operate the vessel by which the ocean transportation is provided, and is a shipper (infra) in its relationship with an ocean common carrier. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Nonjury trial. If you have a better definition for Nonjury trial than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Nonjury trial may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Nonjury trial and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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