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bill

exceptions : a bill setting forth the exceptions and objections to rulings made at trial and the evidence relevant to them for the purpose of appeal or other review NOTE: Bills of exceptions are no longer required

Brandeis brief

arguments before the Supreme Court in the case Muller v. Oregon] : a brief containing information and statistics relevant to social and economic problems in addition to arguments of law and fact

collateral

accompanying as a secondary fact, activity, or agency but subordinate to a main consideration b : not directly relevant or material [a evidentiary matter] [a issue] 2 : belonging to the same ancestral stock but not in

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conclusion

conclusion 1 : a judgment or opinion inferred from relevant facts [our upon the present evidence "Missouri v. Illinois, 200 U.S. 496 (1905)"] 2 a : a final

cross-examination

Rules of Evidence, cross-examination should only refer to matters that were covered during direct examination or that are relevant to the witness's credibility. Anything exceeding these limits is permissible at the court's discretion. Rule 611 also states

Erie doctrine

a doctrine that a federal court exercising diversity jurisdiction over a case for which no federal law is relevant must apply the law of the state in which it is sitting called also Erie Rule see also

presentence report

sentence NOTE: The information contained in a presentence report includes the defendant's prior criminal history (if any) and relevant (as financial) circumstances, the appropriate classification of the defendant and of the offense under the established classification system,

exhibit

mark (as a number or letter) and appended to a writing (as a brief) to which it is relevant 2 : something exhibited 3 : an act or instance of exhibiting

generic term

generic term Terms that the relevant purchasing public understands primarily as the common or class name for the goods or services. These terms are

livery of seisin

livery of seisin : an ancient ceremony for conveyance of land by the symbolic transfer of a relevant item (as a key, twig, or turf) or by symbolic entry of the grantee called also investiture see

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