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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. "

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