Legal Terms and Definitions

Glossary of Legal Terms

Damages Money that a court orders paid to party (usually the plaintiff) who has suffered a loss by another party who caused the loss (usually the defendant). Delinquency The commission of an illegal act by a juvenile Allegation The assertion, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, made in a pleading, establishing what the party expects to prove. Verdict The formal and unanimous decision or finding made by a jury. . Escrow Writing, deed, money, stock, or other property is given to a third person to hold until all conditions in a contract are fulfilled. Civil case A lawsuit brought to enforce, redress, or protect private rights or to gain payment for a wrong done to a person or party by another person or party. In general, all types of actions other than criminal proceedings. Dissent A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court of appeals with the decision of the majorityA term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court of appeals with the decision of the majority Instruction A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law to be applied in the case.

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