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e. In law, certiorari is a court process to seek judicial review of a decision of a lower court or government agency. Certiorari comes from the name of an English prerogative writ, issued by a superior court to direct that the record of the lower court be sent to the superior court for review. The term is Latin for "to be made more certain ...
Within legal civil procedure, prejudice is a loss or injury, and refers specifically to a formal determination against a claimed legal right or cause of action. [ 5] Thus, in a civil case, dismissal without prejudice is a dismissal that allows for re-filing of the case in the future. The present action is dismissed, but the possibility remains ...
In the field of jurisprudence, equity is the particular body of law, developed in the English Court of Chancery, [ 1] with the general purpose of providing legal remedies for cases wherein the common law is inflexible and cannot fairly resolve the disputed legal matter. [ 2] Conceptually, equity was part of the historical origins of the system ...
The section sign ( §) is a typographical character for referencing individually numbered sections of a document; it is frequently used when citing sections of a legal code. [ 1] It is also known as the section symbol, section mark, double-s, or silcrow. [ 2][ 3] In other languages it may be called the "paragraph symbol" (for example, German ...
A residuary estate, in the law of wills, is any portion of the testator 's estate that is not specifically devised to someone in the will, or any property that is part of such a specific devise that fails. [ 1] It is also known as a residual estate or simply residue . The will may identify the taker of the residuary estate through a residuary ...
In law, the bar is the legal profession as an institution. The term is a metonym for the line (or "bar") that separates the parts of a courtroom reserved for spectators and those reserved for participants in a trial such as lawyers . In the United Kingdom, the term "the bar" refers only to the professional organization for barristers (referred ...
Assignment (law) Assignment[ a] is a legal term used in the context of the laws of contract and of property. In both instances, assignment is the process whereby a person, the assignor, transfers rights or benefits to another, the assignee. [ 1] An assignment may not transfer a duty, burden or detriment without the express agreement of the ...