Legal+Terms+-+Definitions

=Legal Terms - Definitions= I'm thinking this might be a good place for a term plus a concise definition of that term and then links to other pages giving information and usage, precedents and such.


 * Corpus Delecti
 * Personam Jurisdiction (I find [|this post] helpful in grasping the nature of Personam and Subject Matter Jurisdiction)
 * [|Subject Matter Jurisdiction]
 * [|Cause of Action]
 * [|Demur]
 * Motions
 * [|Standing - cross reference] "Standing is the same wherever you go, the important elements are (1) the violation of a right; and (2) injury." - Marc Stevens
 * Sitting ;-)
 * Writ of Mandamus
 * res nulls
 * habeas corpus
 * judicial notice
 * impeach
 * ad diem
 * De Bene Esse Appearance "An **//appearance de bene esse//** is designed to permit a party to a proceeding to refuse to submit to the jurisdiction of any alleged plaintiff (and therefore of the applicable court), unless and until some judicial department prosecutor makes all disclosures, specifically by producing a complaint of damage or injury, signed and verified by the injured party. A Latin phrase that in American Legal context means "conditionally", "provisionally", or "in anticipation of future need"..."
 * [|Shepardizing]: a research tool to find cases citing the original case(s) by court(s), jurisdiction, or headnote for a specific point of law. Is My case citation still good Law? Use Shepard’s as a tool to research whether a case is “good law” to discover subsequent history in the same case as well as other cases that question or overrule the holding in the original case. Lect LawLexis NexisUC Hastings
 * and so on...


 * =Acronyms=
 * AAA- American Arbitration Association.
 * ABA- American Bar Association.


 * BF-Bona Fide
 * BJ-Bar Journal


 * USC- United States Code
 * UCC- Uniform Commercial Code