Definitions

1. In a civil case, the person or organization against whom the plaintiff brings suit; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
2. In a civil case, the verdict would be a finding for the plaintiff or for the defendant. (Web site)
3. In a civil case, the verdict would be a finding for the plaintiff or for the defendant by at least nine of the 12 jurors.
4. In a civil case, the judge will tell you how many jurors must agree in order to reach a verdict. (Web site)
5. In a civil case, the final judgment normally is considered to be the order disposing of all of the issues of the parties to the case itself. (Web site)

First Pleading

1. Civil Complaint -- The first pleading in a civil case filed by the plaintiff.

State

1. This is usually the duty of the plaintiff in a civil case and always is the duty of the state in a criminal case.

Judge

1. Pretrial: In a civil case, a conference with a judge or trial referee to discuss discovery and settlement. (Web site)

Convincing

1. CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE: The level of proof sometimes required in a civil case for the plaintiff to prevail.

Scheduling

1. Scheduling of Events: The scheduling of a case begins when a civil case is filed. (Web site)

Summary Judgment

1. MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT: A request made by the defendant in a civil case.

Trial

1. The grant of a new trial in a civil case is ordinarily appealable only after the verdict in the new trial. (Web site)

Case

1. Civil law or civil case - A case that does not include a crime. (Web site)
2. AT ISSUE MEMORANDUM – A legal paper filed in a civil case that says the case is ready to go to trial. (Web site)
3. While the case at bar concerns successive criminal proceedings, rather than a criminal case and a civil case, we are convinced the same logic applies. (Web site)

Petition

1. Petitioner claims that he correctly questioned RTC-Branch 83's Order of dismissal of his Petition for Certiorari in Civil Case No.

Appeal

1. A motion for new trial is not a prerequisite to an appeal in a criminal or civil case. (Web site)
2. Before an appeal from either a criminal or civil case can be filed there needs to be a final judgment of the trial level court. (Web site)

Summons

1. Summons: A legal paper that is used to start a civil case and get jurisdiction over a party.

Civil Action

1. Defendant: In a civil case, such as an car accident lawsuit, the defendant is the person against whom a civil action is brought.

Damages

1. A writ of execution may be issued after a plaintiff wins a judgment in a civil case and is awarded damages. (Web site)

Dispute

1. No-fault Proceedings - A civil case in which parties may resolve their dispute without a formal finding of error or fault.
2. But if a party to a civil case is a private citizen, not involved in business activities, the dispute has to be handled by a court of general jurisdiction. (Web site)

Lawsuit

1. Summons - A legal document used to begin a civil case or to tell a person they must appear in court or respond to a lawsuit. (Web site)
2. Notice - Formal notification to the party that has been sued in a civil case of the fact that the lawsuit has been filed.

Jurors

1. We must decide in the case before us whether a private litigant in a civil case may use peremptory challenges to exclude jurors on account of their race. (Web site)

Verdict

1. MOTION FOR DIRECTED VERDICT: A request made by the defendant in a civil case.
2. A decision is unanimous when the full jury in a criminal case or three-quarters of the jury in a civil case has agreed upon the verdict.
3. In a civil case either side may appeal the verdict. (Web site)

Complaint

1. COMPLAINT: The first pleading in a civil case filed by the plaintiff. (Web site)
2. Demurrer: A motion to dismiss a civil case because of the legal insufficiency of a complaint.

Jury Trial

1. Any person charged with a criminal offense or any party to a civil case has a right to a jury trial. (Web site)

Plaintiff

1. Damages – Money that a defendant pays a plaintiff in a civil case if the plaintiff has won.
2. In a civil case the person who initiates the case is called the plaintiff.
3. Plaintiff: The person who sues or starts a civil case, also called the petitioner or the complainant.

Defendant

1. Answer: A court document, or pleading, in a civil case, by which the defendant responds to the plaintiff ' s complaint.
2. Settlement -- An agreement between the plaintiff and defendant in a civil case to resolve the dispute without a trial.
3. Answer – The formal written statement by a defendant in a civil case that responds to a complaint, articulating the grounds for defense.

Criminal Case

1. Defendant: In a criminal case, the person who is charged with a crime; in a civil case, the person against whom damages are sought.
2. In a criminal case, the state, through a prosecutor, initiates the suit, while in a civil case the victim brings the suit.
3. A declaration that the plaintiff in a civil case or the prosecutor in a criminal case will drop prosecution of all or part of a suit or indictment.

Civil Case

1. Defendant – In a civil case, the person or organization against whom the plaintiff brings suit; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
2. A declaratory judgment is a judgment of a court in a civil case which declares the rights, duties, or obligations of one or more parties in a dispute.
3. A declaratory judgment is a judgment of a court in a civil case which declares the rights, duties, or obligations of each party in a dispute.

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