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Counsel

Legal services; Courts

Legal advice; a term used to refer to lawyers in a case.

Conviction

Legal services; Courts

A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.

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.

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 ...