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orphan petition

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petition preparer

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court of appeals

intermediate court of the U.S. federal judicial system b : a state appellate court called also court of appeal see also the Judicial System in the back matter NOTE: Not all of the states have intermediate-level courts

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plea

plea [Anglo-French plei plai legal action, trial, from Old French plait plaid, from Medieval Latin placitum, from Latin, decision,

Plea

Plea [fr. plee, Fr.]. this was the name of a defendant's answer of fact to a plaintiff's declaration; anciently

Bar, plea in

Bar, plea in, a pleading showing some ground for barring or defeating an action at Common Law. A plea in

request for admission

request for admission :a written request served upon another party to an action (as under Federal Rule of Civil

Dilatory pleas

Dilatory pleas, a class of defence founded on some matter of fact not connected with the merits of the case, but such as might exist without impeaching the right of action itself. They were either pleas...

nolo contendere plea

nolo contendere plea a plea in which the defendant does not admit guilt, but does waive the right to trial and

Letters of request

Letters of request: (1) The mode of commencing an original suit in the Court of Arches, instead of proceeding in the

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