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Judicial documents
Judicial documents, proceedings relating to litiga-tion. They are divided into: (1) judgments,
justice of the peace
justice of the peace :a local judicial official who is empowered chiefly to administer oaths, perform marriage … is empowered chiefly to administer oaths, perform marriage ceremonies, certify documents, and in some states may have additional judicial powers (as
file
a determination on its merits 3 : to initiate (a judicial or administrative proceeding) by submitting the proper documents or following
summons
in a civil suit that is issued by an authorized judicial officer (as a clerk of court) and delivered to a … is required to appear in court: as a : a document in a civil suit that is issued by an authorized
Fabricating false evidence
circumstance..... or false statement may appear in evidence in a judicial proceeding..... and that such circumstance......... or false statement, so appearing … thus: 'Whoever causes any circumstances to exist... or makes any document containing a false statement intending that such circumstance..... or false
Precedent
Nisi Prius are not considered binding. The decisions of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council are not binding on the … or of forms of wills, settlements, leases, mortgages, and other documents in ordinary use which are made and published from time
requests for production of documents
and other objects available for inspection and copying. Source: Federal Judicial Center … requests for production of documents a form of discovery in which one party requests that
Public officer
charge of dispose of any property, or to execute any judicial process, or to administer any oath, or to interpret, or … law or fact, or to make, authenticate or keep any document, or to take charge of dispose of any property, or
Statute
p. 1425. Statute, is synonymous with Act of Parliament, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Vol. 3, p. 2544. Statute, is the will of … by a legislative body and set forth in a formal document, Webster American Dictionary, p. 1425. Statute, is synonymous with Act
inquest
in- within, into + quaerere to seek] 1 : a judicial or official inquiry or examination often before a jury [a … ;also : the finding of such an inquiry or the document recording it
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