23 Terms
Contributors in Courts
Courts
Request for admission
Legal services; Courts
Also, Request to Admit. Written statements of facts concerning a case which are submitted to an adverse party and which that party must admit or deny; a discovery device.
Docket
Legal services; Courts
An abstract or listing of all pleadings filed in a case; the book containing such entries; trial docket is a list of or calendar of cases to be tried in a certain term.
Pardon
Legal services; Courts
An act of grace from governing power which mitigates punishment and restores rights and privileges forfeited on account of the offense.
Adjective law
Legal services; Courts
Also, procedural law. That body of law which governs the process of protecting the rights under substantive law.
Public service commission
Legal services; Courts
Also, Public Utilities Commission. A state agency which regulates utilities.
Crime
Legal services; Courts
An act in violation of the penal laws of a state or the United States. A positive or negative act in violation of penal law.
