Questionability - Law Dictionary Search Results
deconstruction
that seeks to expose deep seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning This method questions the ability of language to represent a fixed reality and proposes that a text has no stable meaning
Debatable
Liable to be debated disputable subject to controversy or contention open to question or dispute as a debatable question
witness
to have his witness declared an adverse witness subject to impeachment] called also hostile witness see also leading question at question alibi witness : a witness upon whom a criminal defendant relies in establishing an alibi char·ac·ter
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Terry stop
[from Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968), case in which the right of police to stop and question a suspect was first discussed] : a stop and limited search of a person for weapons justified by
ruling
ruling : an official or authoritative determination, decree, statement, or interpretation (as by a judge on a question of law) [followed a previous on the same question] see also revenue ruling compare decision, disposition, finding, holding,
reserve
interest) esp. by express declaration [all rights reserved] compare waive b : to defer a determination of (a question of law) [the justices reserved the question because it was not an issue in the case] n 1
law
of fact [an error of ] see also issue of law at issue matter of law at matter question of law at question 4 : the whole body of laws and doctrines relating to one subject [contract
Act of State
a country or its agent (if acting intra vires). By its very nature such an act cannot be questioned by any Court of Law. An 'Act of State' is an act done in relation to a foreigner
justiciable
because the plaintiff has no present right to the property but may in the future] see also political question at question compare moot jus·ti·cia·bil·i·ty [jə-sti-shə-bi-lə-tē, -shē-ə-] n
issue
2 : one or more lineal descendants [died without ] compare child, heir 3 a : a vital question or problem [cited a national security ] [raised an of public safety] b : a matter of dispute
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