9 Terms
Contributors in Courts
Courts
Damages
Legal services; Courts
Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Injunction
Legal services; Courts
An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
Federal question
Legal services; Courts
Jurisdiction given to federal courts in cases involving the interpretation and application of the U. S. Constitution, acts of Congress, and treaties.
Issue
Legal services; Courts
(1) The disputed point in a disagreement between parties in a lawsuit. (2) To send out officially, as in to issue an order.
Judgement
Legal services; Courts
The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.
Statement
Legal services; Courts
A description that a witness gives tot he police and that the police write down.
Court
Legal services; Courts
Government entity authorised to resolve legal disputes. Judges sometimes use "court" to refer to themselves in the third person, as in "the court has read the briefs. "
