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On pain of

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Or else suffer punishment for noncompliance is termed as on pain of.

Expert witness

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A witness called to testify about a specific area relevant to the trial, such as a finger print expert or a doctor.

Impertinence

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A claim that some evidence may be relevant to the issue being discussed, but that the issue is irrelevant to the trial.

Pleadings

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Legal documents filed with the court asking it to take some sort of action.In most cases, the party filing the document must send a copy to the other party to give them ample opportunity to respond.

Plain view doctrine

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The doctrine that states that police do not need a warrant to initiates a search or investigation for something that was observed in plain view.

Perpetuating testimony

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Previously taken testimony, usually the deposition of a seriously ill person, that is allowed to be presented at trial is termed as perpetuating testimony.

Reasonable person

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A phrase used to denote a hypothetical person who exercises qualities of attention, knowledge; intelligence, and judgement that society requires of its members for the protection of their own ...