Legal Terms:- 2010-01-18 20:54:24 Janette's legal dictionary (2nd edition)
Accused -- The person alleged to have committed a crime
Advocate -- A trained Lawyer
Ajudicate -- Make a judgement
Attorney -- Advocate, Lawyer
Bench -- General term for the judge
Compos mentis -- Having a sound mind
Counsel -- Advocate. Lawyer
Deposition -- Written Testimony of absent Witness
Defence -- The case for the accused
Defendent -- The accused
habeus corpus -- Having the accused in court
judgement -- Give a verdict
judicial -- To do with the judge
Jurisdiction -- Area of authority
Jurisprudence -- The philosophy of law
Litigation -- Bringing of charges
Magistrate -- Judge
Merchant Law -- Gorean wide law
Objection -- A challenge by an advocate against something said
Over-ruled -- The Magistrate disagrees with the objection
Plaintiff -- The accuser, bringer of the case
Praetor -- Peacekeeping Magistrate
Prefect -- Second in command, governor of a disrict
Prosecution -- The case for the accuser
Rebuttal -- Evidence against what was just heard
Recusal -- When the lawyer/Mag steps down
Settle with steel -- Justice by the sword
Sub-judicy -- Still under review by the courts, so cannot be discussed.
Sustained -- The Magistrate agrees with the objection
Testimony -- The words of a witness
Verdict -- The decision of the court
Warrent -- A document to summon the accused
Witness -- Someone who saw or heard valid facts
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