Contributors in Courts

Courts

Continuance

Legal services; Courts

Postponement of a legal proceeding to a later date.

Legitimate

Legal services; Courts

That which is legal, lawful, recognised by law or according to law.

Defamation

Legal services; Courts

That which tends to injure a person's reputation.

Polling the jury

Legal services; Courts

The act, after a jury verdict has been announced, of asking jurors individually whether they agree with the verdict.

Legislation

Legal services; Courts

The act of giving or enacting laws; the power to make laws via legislation in contrast to court-made laws.

Entrapment

Legal services; Courts

The act of inducing a person to commit a crime so that a criminal charge will be brought against him.

Appearance

Legal services; Courts

The act of coming into court as a party to a suit either in person or through an attorney.

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