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argue ar·gued ar·gu·ing vi 1 : to give reasons for or against a matter in dispute [arguing for an extension] 2 : to present a case in court [will for the defense] vt 1 a : to give reasons for or against [argued the issue before the judge] b : to prove or try to prove by giving reasons or evidence [will invasion of privacy] 2 : to present in court [lawyers in court filing briefs and arguing appeals "Rorie Sherman"] ar·gu·able adj ...
barrister
barrister [Middle English barrester, from barre bar + -ster (as in legister lawyer)] 1 : a lawyer who argues cases before a British court ;esp : one who is allowed to argue before a British high court compare solicitor NOTE: Many countries in the Commonwealth (as England and Australia) and the Republic of Ireland divide the legal profession into barristers and solicitors. In Canada, every lawyer is both a barrister and a solicitor, although individual lawyers may describe themselves as one or the other. Scotland uses the term advocate to refer to lawyers allowed to argue cases in its courts. 2 : lawyer ...
advocate
advocate [Latin advocatus adviser to a party in a lawsuit, counselor, from past participle of advocare to summon, employ as counsel, from ad to + vocare to call] 1 : a person (as a lawyer) who works and argues in support of another's cause esp. in court 2 : a person or group that defends or maintains a cause or proposal [a consumer ] [ad-və-kāt] vb -cat·ed -cat·ing vt : to argue in favor of vi : to act as an advocate [shall for minority business "V. M. Rivera"] ...
Barrister
Barrister, is the name of a degree, also denotes a person who practises that profession. Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(1), 4th Edn., Para 351, p. 271.Barrister, is a lawyer who argues cases before a British Court; especially one who is allowed to argue before a British High Court, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 45....
appeal
appeal [Old French apel, from apeler to call, accuse, appeal, from Latin appellare] : a proceeding in which a case is brought before a higher court for review of a lower court's judgment for the purpose of convincing the higher court that the lower court's judgment was incorrect ;also : a proceeding for the review of an agency decision at a higher level within the agency or in a court see also affirm compare certiorari, new trial, rehearing NOTE: The scope of an appeal is limited. The higher court will review only matters that were objected to or argued in the lower court during the trial. No new evidence can be presented on appeal. ap·peal·abil·i·ty [ə-pē-lə-bi-lə-tē] n ap·peal·able [ə-pē-lə-bəl] adj vt : to take (a lower court's decision) before a higher court for review : undertake an appeal of (a case) vi : to take a lower court's decision to a higher court for review ...
appellee
appellee : the party to an appeal arguing that the lower court's judgment was correct and should stand compare appellant ...
argument
argument 1 : a reason or the reasoning given for or against a matter under discussion compare evidence, proof 2 : the act or process of arguing, reasoning, or discussing ;esp : oral argument ...
Batson challenge
Batson challenge [from Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), the Supreme Court ruling that prohibited the striking of jurors on a racial basis] : an objection in which one party argues that the other has used the peremptory challenge to strike one or more prospective jurors from the panel for a discriminatory purpose in violation of the equal protection guarantee of the U.S. Constitution called also Batson objection compare third-party standing NOTE: Batson challenges were originally applied to racial discrimination in jury selection but are now also applied when gender or sometimes ethnic background is an issue. The party making the objection usually must establish by evidence a prima facie case of discrimination, at which point the other party has the burden of advancing a neutral reason for the strike. ...
moot court
moot court : a mock court in which law students argue hypothetical cases for practice ...
open
open 1 : exposed to general view or knowledge : free from concealment [an , notorious, continuous, and adverse use of the property] [an and obvious danger] NOTE: When a defect, hazard, or condition is open such that a reasonable person under the circumstances should have recognized the danger posed by it, a defendant is usually relieved of liability for failure to warn. 2 : not restricted to a particular group or category of participants ;specif : enterable by a registered voter regardless of political affiliation [an primary] 3 a : being in effect or operation [an mine] [a bench warrant still ] b : available for use [an toll road] c : not finally determined, decided, or settled : subject to further consideration [an question] d : remaining effective or available for use until canceled [an insurance contract] 4 : not repressed or regulated by legal controls [a state with gambling] vb opened open·ing vt 1 : to begin the process of [ the succession] 2 a : to make the...
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