Proceeding - Law Dictionary Search Results
record
document deposited with a designated officer c : the official set of papers used and generated in a proceeding [the appeals court reviewed the trial ] d : documented evidence or history of one or more arrests
pleading
: one of the formal declarations (as a complaint or answer) exchanged by the parties in a legal proceeding (as a suit) setting forth claims, averments, allegations, denials, or defenses ;also : a written document embodying such
misprision
1 : neglectful or wrongful performance of an official duty 2 : a clerical error in a legal proceeding that can be corrected in a summary proceeding 3 : the concealment of a treason or felony and
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Appropriate proceedings
Appropriate proceedings, Art. 32(1) guarantees a right to move by 'appropriate proceedings': there is therefore in the Article itself limitation
intervene
of hindrance or modification [ to stop a fight] b : to become a party to a legal proceeding begun by others in order to protect an alleged interest in the subject matter of the proceeding [the
fundamental fairness
fundamental fairness 1 : the balance or impartiality (of a court proceeding) that is essential to due process 2 : a subjective standard by which a court proceeding is deemed
file
court) for keeping on file among the records esp. as a procedural step in a legal transaction or proceeding [filed a tax return] [a financing statement filed with the Secretary of State] [filing a notice of appeal]
extrajudicial
extrajudicial 1 : not involving, occurring in, or forming part of a legal proceeding [a creditor's repossession of property] [an investigation] ;esp : out-of-court [an identification] 2 : stemming from something outside
Void and voidable
is necessary, law does not take any notice of the same and it can be disregarded in collateral proceeding or otherwise. The other type of void act, e.g., may be transaction against a minor without being represented
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
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