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  • Verdicts and Settlements

    Verdicts and Settlements Verdict, as defined by Black’s Law Dictionary, is “a jury’s finding or decisions on the factual issue of a case. Loosely, in a nonjury trial, a judge and resolution of the issue of a case.”(8th edition) As trial decisions are not officially reported, a legal researcher cannot rely on the regular case…

  • Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms

    Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms The shortening of existing words is another mean of vocabulary expansion. As with many other military slang and colloquial expressions, many of the slang and colloquial abbreviations originated during war. There were several motives for introducing slang abbreviations but the main reason was to hide the real meaning and linguistic economy.…

  • Massachusetts State Bar CLE Publications

    Massachusetts State Bar CLE Publications A Practical Guide to Divorce in New Hampshire A Practical Guide to Divorce in Rhode Island A Practical Guide to Evidence in New Hampshire ADA, G.L. c. 151B, FMLA and Workers’ Compensation in Massachusetts Adoption and Reproductive Technology Law in Massachusetts Alcohol, Food Service and Entertainment Licensing Appellate Practice in…

  • Arizona State Bar CLE Publications

    Arizona State Bar CLE Publications Arizona Appellate Handbook Volume One Arizona Appellate Handbook Volume Three Arizona Appellate Handbook Volume Two Arizona Attorney Arizona Attorneys Fees Manual Arizona Civil Remedies Arizona Construction Law Arizona Construction Law Practice Manual Arizona Courtroom Evidence Manual Arizona DUI Trial Book Arizona Employment Law Handbook Arizona Environmental Law Manual Arizona Land…

  • Citation of legal blogs in law reviews

    The importance (and credibility) of law blogs was confirmed when the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States cited its first blog in January, 2005. See United States v. Booker, 125 S. Ct. 738, 775 n.4 (2005). An article in Slaw (“citing blogs in Law Journals ) points the idea that the “question still arises…

  • Common Law

    Introduction to Common Law "Common Law, term used to refer to the main body of English unwritten law that evolved from the 12th century onward. The name comes from the idea that English medieval law, as administered by the courts of the realm, reflected the "common"customs of […]

  • Common Law

    Introduction to Common Law "Common Law, term used to refer to the main body of English unwritten law that evolved from the 12th century onward. The name comes from the idea that English medieval law, as administered by the courts of the realm, reflected the "common"customs of […]

  • Capital Punishment

    Introduction Capital Punishment, legal infliction of death as a penalty for violating criminal law. Throughout history people have been put to death for various forms of wrongdoing. Methods of execution have included such practices as crucifixion, stoning, drowning, burning at the stake, […]

  • Appeals

    Criminal Procedure: Appeals Introduction to Appeals A convicted criminal may appeal his or her conviction and sentence to a higher court, known as an appellate court. The appellate court will review all or part of the written record of what transpired at the trial to determine whether any […]

  • Appeals

    Criminal Procedure: Appeals Introduction to Appeals A convicted criminal may appeal his or her conviction and sentence to a higher court, known as an appellate court. The appellate court will review all or part of the written record of what transpired at the trial to determine whether any […]

  • LegalZoom

    LegalZoom Legal Challanges In the early 1970s, Nolo Press founders Jake Warner and Ed Sherman managed to pierce through some of those pretenses when they published How to Do Your Own Divorce in California, which became a best seller. More than four decades later, a Los Angeles based company, LegalZoom.com, is taking legal self-help to…

  • Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy and the Political History of the United States

    Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy and the Political History of the United States Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy and the Political History of the United States. By the Best American and European Writers Subjects of the Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy and the Political History of the United States. By the Best…

  • Trial Motions

    Criminal Procedure: Trial Trial MotionsIntroduction to Trial MotionsWhen all of the prosecution's evidence has been presented and the prosecution rests its case, the defense often asks the trial judge to direct the jury to return a verdict of acquittal (not guilty). The defense…

  • Motions After Trial

    Criminal Procedure: Motions After TrialIntroduction to Motions After TrialAfter a guilty verdict is issued, but generally before sentencing, the convicted defendant may make a motion for a new trial on the premise that a mistake prejudicial (harmful) to the defendant was made at th…

  • Alabama Arbitration

    “Alabama” Arbitration Introduction According to Collier’s New Encyclopedia, the Alabama claims were a “series of claims made in 1871 by the United States against the English Government for damages done to shipping during the Civil War, after a formal discussion between the two governments in 1865, and fruitless conventions for their settlement in 1868 and…