Trems used in Legal System
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Answer: Trems used in legal system
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Appellant
Prayer
A prayer for relief is a portion of a complaint in which the plaintiff describes the remedies that they seek from the court.
Precedents
A precedent or authority is a principle or rule established in a previous legal case that is either binding on a court or other tribunal when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts.
Procedural
Procedural law comprises the rules by which a court prescribes the steps for having a right or duty that is judicially enforced, and determines what happens in civil lawsuit, criminal or administrative proceedings.
Registry
An office of the court which receives and maintains documents for filing with the court.
Respondent
A party against whom a petition is filed. Often dealing with appeals. Can be the plaintiff or defendant from lower court.
Review
To re-examine judicially or administratively; a judicial reconsideration for purposes of correction.
Separation of Powers
A constitutional government with three separate branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial.
Special Courts
Bodies within the judicial branch of government that generally address only one area of law or have specifically defined powers.
Stage of the Case
A step in process through which a case passes.
Statute
A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a state, city, or country. Typically, statutes command or prohibit something, or declare policy.
Substantive
A statutory, or written law, that creates and defines rights and duties and powers of parties, such as crimes and punishments in criminal law, civil rights and responsibilities in civil law. It is codified.
Suit
A civil action brought by a party/parties against another in a court of law.
Summons
A legal document issued by a court requiring a party or witness to appear before it.
Tribunals
A tribunal in the general sense is any person or institution with the authority to judge, adjudicate on, or determine claims or disputes.
Vakalathnama
A document by which an advocate is empowered to appear or plead before any court, tribunal or other authority on behalf of a party.
Writs
A writ is a formal written order issued by a court asking the addressee to refrain from or perform a specific act.
The following are the five types of writs.
Mandamus
An order that is issued by a court of superior jurisdiction to ask a lower court, tribunal, commission, or individual, to perform or refrain from performing an action that is required by law.
Habeas Corpus
A court order that commands an individual or a government official who has restrained another to produce the prisoner at a designated time and place so that the court can determine the legality of custody.
Prohibition
An extraordinary writ issued by a higher court commanding an inferior court or quasi-judicial body to keep within its jurisdiction.
Quo Warranto
A writ issued with a view to restrain a person from holding a civil office to which he/she is not entitled
Certiorari
A writ issued by the Supreme Court or High Court to quash the order already passed by an inferior court, tribunal or quasi-judicial body.