LEGAL TERMS

1. Abate 2. Abscond 3. Accessory To end Escape from legal procedure One who is helpful to a crime or who is a partner in a crime. 4. Adjudication 5. Ad-hoc-judge 6. Ad-litem 7. Adverse possession The judgment or decision of a court judge for a temporary purpose A law suit instituted by a guardian Occupation of land inconsistent with the right of the true owner (12 yrs) 8. Approver 9. Alibi An accomplice who turns prosecution witness Alibi is a plea where an accused alleges that at the time when the offence was committed he was elsewhere. 10. Alimony Maintenance .An allowance payable to wife and children and also to aged parents (Section 125 Cr. P.C.) 11. Award 12. Amicus curiae The decision of an arbitrator. Friend of the court. He is one who helps the court in deciding a question of law. 13. Bequeath 14. Bona vacantia 15.Caveat To give property by will. Goods left without owners. A formal application field by an interested party to a court of office requesting the postponement of proceeding until he is heard (Section 148 A of C.P.C) 16. Colourable Seemingly true or genuine but false
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17.Counter Sign

Assign or confirmatory signature on a previously signed document.

18. Chief- examination

Questioning of a witness by a party who calls him .No leading questions can be asked in chief examination .Leading question is a question that suggests an answer.

19. Cross- examination

Examination by the opposite party

20. Re-examination

After cross examination re-examination is done by the party who calls the witness.

21. Casting vote

The deciding vote which a returning officer or chairman may have power to give

22. Causae-causens 23.Causae sine- qua-non 24.Charge (Civil)

The immediate cause. An inevitable cause. In property law a charge is a form of security for payment of a debt or performance of an obligation

25. Charge (Criminal)

In criminal law charge contains the name of the offence, the law and the section of law against which the offence is said to have been committed (Section 211 Cr.P.C).

26. Coroner 27. Corroborate 28. Collusion

An officer appointed by the crown Supplementary or additional evidence. The arrangement of two persons, usually rivals, to do some act in order to injure a third party or deceive the court.

29. Circumstantial evidence 30. Dejure

A series of circumstances pointing to a conclusion. In law or by right

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31. Dies non juridicus

It is a day on which no legal business can be transacted.

32. Defeasance

A clause within a contract or deed providing for annulment.

33. Deponent

A person signing an affidavit or a person testifying under an oath..

34. Deposition

The evidence of witness before a judge taken down in writing.

35. De-novo 36. Duress 37. Demurrage 38. Eminent no main

The legal ending or dissolution of marriage. Physical compulsion or cession. `A feel levied on ships. The right of government to appropriate private property to public use

39. Estoppel

It is a rule of evidence, which prevents a person from denying the truth of a statement formerly made by him.

40. Ex-parte

The courts decision in the absence of one of the parties.

41. Felony 42. Uxoricide 43. In rem 44. In Personem 45. In nomin 46. Innuendo 47. Incustodia legis 48. Informa pauperis 49. Indictment 50. Imprimature

Grave crime. Killing of ones wife. against the whole world. Against a person. In the name of Hidden from of defamation. In the custody of law In character of a pauper A written accusation of one or more persons of a case. Let it be printed.
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51. In camara 52. In curia 53. In extension 54. Brostal 55. Juvenile delinquents 56. Lien

Secret hearing and trial of cases. Inside the court. At full length. Where youngsters are jailed. Young wrong doers. The right to take and hold or sell the property of a debtor for payment of debt.

57. Locus standi

Right to stand. The Right of a party to be heard in court

58. Lex fori

Law of the forum. The place where an action is to be instituted.

59. Lis pendence 60. Natural Justice

Pending Litigation (Pendent lite). The rules and procedure followed by every one. There are two principles of Natural Justice.: 1. No one shall be a judge in his own cause (Nemo judex in causua-sua). 2. Every one should be given an opportunity to, be heard (Audi alteram partem)

61. Novus actus interveniens 62. Next friend

An intervening act. One who is admitted to court to see the representatives of minor or other persons under legal disability . Minor, Lunatic and Unsound person is regarded as legally disabled.

63. Non- feasance

Failure to perform some act that of either an official duty or a legal requirement

64. Ombudsman (Lokyuktha)

It is adopted from Scandinavia .He is a person appointed to investigate complaints of an administrative action.
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65. Perjury 66. Partiton

The deliberate and willful giving of false evidence. Division of property belonging to co owners and allotment among them in parts so as to end joint ownership.

67. Parole

It is a release of a prisoner serving his sentence for a temporary period.

68. Per se 69. Probate

By self. It is a certificate granted by a court to the effect that the will of a certain person has been proved and registered in a court.

70. Pleading

A formal statement propounding the cause of action. Pleading includes both plaint and written statement.

71. Precept (section 46 CPC)

An order of direction from one court to another requiring some act to be done

72. Pledge

It is the transfer of possession of anything for the payment of debt.

73. Poena 74. Power of attorney

Penalty or punishment. A formal instrument by which one person empowers another to represent him Or act on his behalf for certain purposes. The relationship of the person is that of agent and principle.

75. Receiver

A person appointed by the court to receive and preserve a property in litigation

76. Remand 77. Res- judicata

To send back the accused into custody. Decision once rendered by a competent court should not be disturbed again. Once settled is settled forever.

78. Restitution 79. Sou-Moto

Restoration. By itself
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80. Sine-die 81. Status- Quo 82. Puisne 83. Pro tempore 84. Ipso facto 85. Counter claim

Without fixing a date. Same as in the beginning. Junior judge. Temporary. By the very fact. A claim made in the written statement against the plaintiff.

86. Corpus- Delecti

Dead body of the human being after the commission of a crime.

87. Pendente-lite 88. Lis- pendens

Pending litigation. Litigation pending. The test conducted for the purpose of deciding the competence of a child witness . Usually the judge puts questions to the child witness to test veracity.

89. Voir dire test(Sec 18 )(Evi Act) -

90. Lex fori

Law of the forum or the place where an action is instituted.

51. De-Minimus Non curat lex 92. Spes- successionis

The law does not consider itself with small wrongs. The possibility to succeed as heir of a person on his death.

93. Garnishee 94. Attachment 95. Karta 96. Droit Administratiff 97. Muta Marriage 98. Holograph 99. Moiety

Debtor of a judgement debtor. Process for seizing any property in a civil case. The Head of a Hindu joint family. The French Administrative law. The temporary marriage permitted by Muslim law. Document written by hand Half mortgage- as the security

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100. Sabotage

Malicious destruction or damage to property with the intention of injuring a business or impairing the economic system or weakening a government.

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