Tag: Procedures

  • Trial

    Trial Meaning Trial in Scottish Law The legal action in a criminal court case. Trial in Fraud: Criminal Law and Procedure Indictments and Severance There is more information about this section in the entry about Indictments and Severance in this legal Encyclopedia. Hearsay and […]

  • Trial

    Trial Meaning Trial in Scottish Law The legal action in a criminal court case. Trial in Fraud: Criminal Law and Procedure Indictments and Severance There is more information about this section in the entry about Indictments and Severance in this legal Encyclopedia. Hearsay and […]

  • Judgment

    Meaning of Judgment The following is an old definition of Judgment [1]: The saying of the law; the sentence of the law, pronounced by the court, upon the matter contained in the record. The determination of the law as the result of proceedings instituted in a court of justice. The final […]

  • Ecclesiastical Courts under John

    This issue under the Ruling of John of England Ecclesiastical Courts under John and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under John and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Adams, Norma, and Charles Donahue, ed. Select Cases From the […]

  • Law Reports under William

    This issue under the Ruling of William of England Year Books and other Reports Law Reports under William and Medieval Law Law Reports under William and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Bigelow, Melville M., ed. Placita […]

  • Stare Decisis

    Definition of Stare Decisis The doctrine of judicial precedent is based upon the latin maxim ‘stare decisis et non quieta movere’. Stare decisis in Legal Latin Meaning of the latin term Stare decisis from the University of Kent: ‘To stand by things decided’ – A maxim expressing the underlying […]

  • Tagcivil Litigation

    Resources See Also Further Reading Tagcivil Litigation in the Encyclopedia of Britain Tagcivil Litigation in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Tagcivil Litigation in the Halsbury's Laws of England Tagcivil Litigation in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases […]

  • Criminal Litigation

    INVESTIGATION AND CHARGE This Section covers:  The powers to stop, search and arrest ; Detention and interrogation ; The right to silence at the police station ; Challenging unlawfully and unfairly obtained evidence ;  Obtaining identification evidence ;  The decision to […]