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exculpatory no doctrine

no doctrine : a doctrine in federal criminal law: an individual cannot be charged with making a false statement if the statement is a false denial of guilt made in response to a federal investigator's question NOTE:

libel

of liber book] 1 : complaint used esp. in admiralty and divorce cases 2 a : a defamatory statement or representation esp. in the form of written or printed words ;specif : a false published statement that

deposition

Latin depositio testimony, from Latin, act of depositing, from deponere to put down, deposit] 1 a : a statement that is made under oath by a party or witness (as an expert) in response to oral examination

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representation

representation 1 : one that represents: as a : a statement or account made to influence opinion or action compare warranty b : an incidental or collateral statement of

warrant

ed by the facts] 3 : to give proof of the authenticity or truth of [a formally ed statement]

Amendment

The remaining rules of the Order prescribe the practice in detail; they allow the plaintiff to amend his statement of claim once without leave, and the defendant similarly to amend a counterclaim or set-off. But a defence

Answerin Chancery

Answerin Chancery. The statement of the defendant's case, in answer to the plaintiff's bill of complaint. It was sworn to by the

Bill in Chancery, or Bill in Equity

Bill in Chancery, or Bill in Equity, a printed or written statement of a plaintiff's case, in the nature of a petition to the Court, praying for some redress. For

Bridging loan

Bridging loan, is a loan, by a person whom a bridging statement has been made to the person who made the statement, of a principal sum no greater than a

recant

recant : to renounce or withdraw (prior statements or testimony) [surprised the prosecution by ing statements made earlier to the police] vi : to renounce or

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