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54 relations: Adjudication, Administrative law, Adversarial system, Appeal, Authority, Backberend and Handhabend, Bench trial, Brought to trial, Burden of proof (law), Business administration, Civil law (common law), Civil law (legal system), Civil procedure, Common law, Court, Crime, Criminal law, Criminal procedure, Defendant, Due process, Evidence (law), Examining magistrate, Government, Guilt (law), Hearing (law), Hung jury, Impeachment in the United States, Innocence, Inquisitorial system, Judge, Jurisdiction, Juror misconduct, Jury, Jury trial, Law, Lawsuit, Lawyer, Legal process, Merit (law), New trial, Party (law), Presumption of innocence, Prima facie, Prosecutor, Structural inequality, Trial by combat, Trial by ordeal, Trial court, Tribunal, Trier of fact, ..., United States Constitution, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, University of Missouri–Kansas City. Expand index (4 more) »
Adjudication
Adjudication is the legal process by which an arbiter or judge reviews evidence and argumentation, including legal reasoning set forth by opposing parties or litigants to come to a decision which determines rights and obligations between the parties involved.
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Administrative law
Administrative law is the body of law that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government.
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Adversarial system
The adversarial system or adversary system is a legal system used in the common law countries where two advocates represent their parties' case or position before an impartial person or group of people, usually a jury or judge, who attempt to determine the truth and pass judgment accordingly.
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Appeal
In law, an appeal is the process in which cases are reviewed, where parties request a formal change to an official decision.
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Authority
Authority derives from the Latin word and is a concept used to indicate the foundational right to exercise power, which can be formalized by the State and exercised by way of judges, monarchs, rulers, police officers or other appointed executives of government, or the ecclesiastical or priestly appointed representatives of a higher spiritual power (God or other deities).
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Backberend and Handhabend
In Anglo-Saxon law, backberend (also spelled backberende or back-berande) was a term applied to a thief who was found having the stolen goods in his possession.
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Bench trial
A bench trial is a trial by judge, as opposed to a trial by jury.
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Brought to trial
Brought to trial means to calendar a legal case for a hearing, or to bring a defendant to the bar of justice.
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Burden of proof (law)
The burden of proof (onus probandi) is the obligation of a party in a trial to produce the evidence that will prove the claims they have made against the other party.
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Business administration
Business administration is management of a business.
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Civil law (common law)
Civil law is a branch of the law.
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Civil law (legal system)
Civil law, civilian law, or Roman law is a legal system originating in Europe, intellectualized within the framework of Roman law, the main feature of which is that its core principles are codified into a referable system which serves as the primary source of law.
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Civil procedure
Civil procedure is the body of law that sets out the rules and standards that courts follow when adjudicating civil lawsuits (as opposed to procedures in criminal law matters).
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Common law
Common law (also known as judicial precedent or judge-made law, or case law) is that body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals.
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Court
A court is a tribunal, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law.
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Crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.
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Criminal law
Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime.
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Criminal procedure
Criminal procedure is the adjudication process of the criminal law.
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Defendant
A defendant is a person accused of committing a crime in criminal prosecution or a person against whom some type of civil relief is being sought in a civil case.
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Due process
Due process is the legal requirement that the state must respect all legal rights that are owed to a person.
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Evidence (law)
The law of evidence, also known as the rules of evidence, encompasses the rules and legal principles that govern the proof of facts in a legal proceeding.
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Examining magistrate
In an inquisitorial system of law, the examining magistrate (also called investigating magistrate, inquisitorial magistrate, or investigating judge), is a judge who carries out pre-trial investigations into allegations of crime and in some cases makes a recommendation for prosecution.
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Government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, often a state.
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Guilt (law)
In criminal law, guilt is the state of being responsible for the commission of an offense.
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Hearing (law)
In law, a hearing is a proceeding before a court or other decision-making body or officer, such as a government agency or a Parliamentary committee.
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Hung jury
A hung jury or deadlocked jury is a judicial jury that cannot agree upon a verdict after extended deliberation and is unable to reach the required unanimity or supermajority.
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Impeachment in the United States
Impeachment in the United States is the process by which the lower house of a legislature brings charges against a civil officer of government for crimes alleged to have been committed, analogous to the bringing of an indictment by a grand jury.
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Innocence
Innocence is a lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, or wrongdoing.
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Inquisitorial system
An inquisitorial system is a legal system where the court or a part of the court is actively involved in investigating the facts of the case, as opposed to an adversarial system where the role of the court is primarily that of an impartial referee between the prosecution and the defense.
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Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges.
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Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction (from the Latin ius, iuris meaning "law" and dicere meaning "to speak") is the practical authority granted to a legal body to administer justice within a defined field of responsibility, e.g., Michigan tax law.
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Juror misconduct
Juror misconduct is when the law of the court is violated by a member of the jury while a court case is in progression or after it has reached a verdict.
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Jury
A jury is a sworn body of people convened to render an impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment.
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Jury trial
A jury trial, or trial by jury, is a lawful proceeding in which a jury makes a decision or findings of fact.
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Law
Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior.
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Lawsuit
A lawsuit (or suit in law) is "a vernacular term for a suit, action, or cause instituted or depending between two private persons in the courts of law." A lawsuit is any proceeding by a party or parties against another in a court of law.
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Lawyer
A lawyer or attorney is a person who practices law, as an advocate, attorney, attorney at law, barrister, barrister-at-law, bar-at-law, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor at law, or solicitor, but not as a paralegal or charter executive secretary.
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Legal process
Legal process (or sometimes "process"), are the proceedings in any civil lawsuit or criminal prosecution and, particularly, describes the formal notice or writ used by a court to exercise jurisdiction over a person or property.
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Merit (law)
In law, Merits (Old French merite, reward, moral worth) is the inherent rights and wrongs of a legal case, absent of any emotional or technical biases.
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New trial
A new trial or retrial is a recurrence of a court case.
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Party (law)
A party is a person or group of persons that compose a single entity which can be identified as one for the purposes of the law.
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Presumption of innocence
The presumption of innocence is the principle that one is considered innocent unless proven guilty.
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Prima facie
Prima facie is a Latin expression meaning on its first encounter or at first sight.
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Prosecutor
A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system.
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Structural inequality
Structural inequality is defined as a condition where one category of people are attributed an unequal status in relation to other categories of people.
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Trial by combat
Trial by combat (also wager of battle, trial by battle or judicial duel) was a method of Germanic law to settle accusations in the absence of witnesses or a confession in which two parties in dispute fought in single combat; the winner of the fight was proclaimed to be right.
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Trial by ordeal
Trial by ordeal was an ancient judicial practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused was determined by subjecting them to a painful, or at least an unpleasant, usually dangerous experience.
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Trial court
A trial court or court of first instance is a court having original jurisdiction, in which trials take place.
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Tribunal
A tribunal, generally, is any person or institution with authority to judge, adjudicate on, or determine claims or disputes—whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title.
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Trier of fact
A trier of fact, or finder of fact, is a person, or group of persons, who determines facts in a legal proceeding, usually a trial.
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United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States.
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.
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University of Missouri–Kansas City
The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) is a public research university serving the greater Kansas City metropolitan area.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial
