Relief - Law Dictionary Search Results
Friendly societies
Friendly societies, associations supported by subscription for the relief and maintenance of the members or their wives, children, relations, and nominees, in sickness, infancy, advanced age, widowhood,
Graphotype
A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc is pressed upon a smooth
Fresh application
previous application was finally disposed of. It would also be a fresh application if it asked for a relief parties or properties different from those proceeded against in the previous execution petition or asked for a relief
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demurrer
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted. Special demurrers are replaced by motions for more definite statement. In the Federal Rules of
habeas corpus
the person held in custody, but whether the custody is unlawful under the U.S. Constitution. Common grounds for relief under the writ include a conviction based on illegally obtained evidence, a denial of effective assistance of counsel,
joinder
joinder of a party to a suit required by the court when the party is indispensable to complete relief for parties already involved or when the party claims an interest that may substantially affect the other parties
mistake
esp. in legal procedure or form that does not indicate bad faith and that commonly warrants excuse or relief by the court [the court's power to revise a judgment because of fraud, , or irregularity] [a clerical
petition
formal written request made to an official person or body (as a court or board) [a for equitable relief] [the creditor filed a for involuntary bankruptcy] 2 : a document embodying a formal written request vt :
prayer
prayer : the part of a pleading (as a complaint) that specifies the relief sought ;also : a request for relief or some other action by the court
regulatory taking
the power to enact safety regulations) and for which the owner may seek a writ of mandamus, declaratory relief, or just compensation (as by inverse condemnation) compare physical taking, zoning NOTE: In order to determine whether a
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