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Plea
Legal services; Courts
In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
Oral argument
Legal services; Courts
An opportunity for lawyers to summarise their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
Precedent
Legal services; Courts
A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show ...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
Legal services; Courts
An International Court established in November 1994 by the Security Council of the United Nations in its resolution 955 to prosecute the people responsible for the Rwandan genocide and other serious ...
conversion
Legal services; Courts
The process of removing some minor criminal, traffic or juvenile cases from the full judicial process, on condition that the accused go through some kind of rehabilitation or make restitution for ...
