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judgment
judgment also judge·ment [jəj-mənt] n 1 a : a formal decision or determination on a matter or case by a court ;esp : final judgment in this entry compare dictum, disposition, finding, holding, opinion, ruling, verdict...
motion
motion [Anglo-French, from Latin motion- motio movement, from movēre to move] 1 : a proposal for action ;esp : a formal proposal made in a legislative assembly [made a to refer the bill to committee] 2...
negotiate
negotiate -at·ed -at·ing vi : to confer with another so as to settle some matter vt 1 : to
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erroneous
erroneous : containing or characterized by error see also clearly erroneous er·ro·ne·ous·ly adv er·ro·ne·ous·ness n
divorce
divorce [Middle French, from Latin divortium, from divortere divertere to leave one's marriage partner, from di- away, apart + vertere to turn] : the dissolution of a valid marriage granted esp. on specified statutory grounds (as...
declaration
declaration 1 : the act of declaring [ of dividends] [ of war] 2 a : the first pleading in a common-law action compare complaint, indictment b : a statement usually not under oath made by...
Reciprocal
correspondence or equivalence, especially in return or response with another of the same category, Mauricio v. State, 652 NE 2d 869 (1995).
Transmute
Transmute, means to convert or transform the type of ownership of (property) by transmutation, Siddens (in re:), 588 NE 2d 321 (1992).
Symbolic speech
to be understood by those viewing it compare commer-cial speech, pure speech, City of Harvard v. Gaut, 660 NE 2d 259 (1996).
Sidebar
counsel can confer with judge beyond jury's earshot, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1386. Means the place near or before the bench where a sidebar conference takes place, Commonwealth v. Urena, 632 NE 2d 1200 (1994).
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