Contributors in Courts

Courts

Contributory negligence

Legal services; Courts

The rule of law under which an act or omission of plaintiff is a contributing cause of injury and a bar to recovery.

Substantive law

Legal services; Courts

The statutory or written law that governs rights and obligations of those who are subject to it.

Exclusionary rule

Legal services; Courts

The rule preventing illegally obtained evidence to be used in any trial.

Code of professional

Legal services; Courts

The rules of conduct that govern the legal profession Responsibility .

Bench

Legal services; Courts

The seat occupied by the judge. More broadly, the court itself.

Redress

Legal services; Courts

To set right; to remedy; to compensate; to remove the causes of a grievance.

Seal

Legal services; Courts

To mark a document with a seal; to authenticate or make binding by affixing a seal. Court seal, corporate seal.

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