Litigation Legal Glossary
Glossary
- Abstract
- Abstract of Judgment
- Acknowledgment
- Acknowledgment of Satisfaction of Judgment
- Action
- Action Case
- Active Status
- Ad Litem
- Additur
- Adjective Law
- Adjournment
- Adjudicate
- Adjudication
- Admissible
- Admissible Evidence
- Admonish
- Admonition to Jury
- Adversary System
- Adverse Witness
- Affidavit
- Affirm
- Affirmation
- Affirmative Defense
- Affirmed
- Allegation
- Allege
- Alternate Juror
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Amend
- Amicus Curiae
- Answer
- Answers to Interrogatories
- Appeal
- Appeal Bond
- Appearance
- Appellant
- Appellate
- Appellee
- Arbitration
- Arbitrator
- Article III Judge
- Ascertained
- Assignment Order
- At-Issue Memorandum
- Attachment
- Attorney of Record
- Backlog
- Bailiff
- Bank Levy
- Bar
- Bench
- Bench Trial
- Best Evidence
- Bond
- Brief
- Burden of Proof
- Calendar
- Caption
- Case File
- Case Law
- Case Number
- Caseload
- Cause of Action
- Certified Copy
- Certiorari
- Challenge
- Challenge for Cause
- Chambers
- Change of Venue
- Circumstantial Evidence
- Civil Action
- Civil Case
- Civil Jurisdiction
- Civil Procedure
- Claim of Exemption
- Claim Splitting
- Class Action
- Clear and Convincing Evidence
- Clerk of Court
- Closing Argument
- Commissioner
- Commit
- Commitment Order
- Common Barratry
- Common Law
- Compensatory Damages
- Complaint
- Confidential Record
- Consolidation of Actions
- Contempt
- Contempt of Court
- Contested
- Continuance
- Continued
- Coram Nobis
- Corroborating Evidence
- Costs
- Counsel
- Counterclaim
- Court
- Court Costs
- Court Reporter
- Court Trial
- Cross-claim
- Cross-Defendant
- Cross-examination
- Damages
- De Facto
- De Jure
- De Novo
- Declaratory Judgment
- Decree
- Default
- Default Judgment
- Defendant
- Demurrer
- Deposition
- Direct Evidence
- Direct Examination
- Directed Verdict
- Discovery
- Dismissal
- Dismissal Without Prejudice
- Diversity of Citizenship
- Docket
- Due Process
- En Banc
- Enjoining
- Equitable
- Estoppel
- Evidence
- Ex Parte
- Federal Question Jurisdiction
- File
- Fraudulent Transfer
- Fresh Start
- General Jurisdiction
- Harmless Error
- Hearsay
- Hostile Witness
- Hung Jury
- In Camera
- In Forma Pauperis
- In Limine
- In Propria Persona
- Injunction
- Interlocutory
- Interpleader
- Interpreter
- Interrogatories
- Intervention
- Issue
- Joinder
- Joint Administration
- Judge
- Judgeship
- Judgment
- Judgment Creditor
- Judgment Debtor
- Judicial
- Judicial Conference
- Judicial Lien
- Jurisdiction
- Jurisdictional Limit
- Jurisprudence
- Juror
- Jury
- Jury Instructions
- Jury Roster
- Justiciable
- Keeper
- Laches
- Lawsuit
- Lawyer
- Leading Question
- Legal Aid
- Levy
- Levying Officer
- Limited Jurisdiction
- Lis Pendens
- Litigants
- Litigate
- Litigation
- Magistrate
- Magistrate Judge
- Marshal
- Means Test
- Minute Order
- Mistrial
- Money Judgment
- Moot
- Motion
- Motion in Limine
- Motion to Lift the Automatic Stay
- Nonjury Trial
- Nonservice
- Notary Public
- Notice
- Notice of Entry of Judgment
- Notice of Oposition to Claim of Exemption
- Nunc Pro Tunc
- Objection
- Opening Statement
- Opinion
- Oral Argument
- Order
- Order to Appear for Examination
- Overrule
- Panel
- Pendente Lite
- Pending
- Per Curiam
- Peremptory Challenge
- Personal Jurisdiction
- Personal Service
- Petit Jury
- Petitioner
- Plaintiff
- Pleading
- Pleadings
- Polling of Jury
- Precedent
- Preinjunction
- Preponderance of the Proof
- Presiding Judge/Justice
- Pretrial Conference
- Prima Facie Case
- Pro Bono
- Pro Hac Vice
- Pro Per
- Pro Se
- Pro Tem
- Pro Tem Judge
- Pro Tempore
- Procedure
- Process
- Process Server
- Proof of Service
- Public Record
- Quash
- Re-direct Examination
- Rebut
- Rebuttal
- Recess
- Record
- Record on Appeal
- Recuse
- Referee
- Rehearing
- Rejoinder
- Remand
- Remedy
- Remittitur
- Removal
- Reply
- Request for Admission
- Request for Production of Documents
- Restitution
- Restitution
- Restraining Order
- Reverse
- Reverse
- Reversible Error
- Sanction
- Satisfaction
- Senior Judge
- Sequester
- Service by Publication
- Service of Process
- Settlement
- Sine Die
- Small Claims Court
- Sovereign Immunity
- Standard of Proof
- Standing
- Statement of Facts
- Statute
- Statute of Limitations
- Statutory Construction
- Stay
- Stipulated Judgment
- Stipulation
- Sua Sponte
- Subpoena
- Subpoena Duces Tecum
- Substituted Service
- Summary Judgment
- Summons
- Suspend
- Sustain
- Temporary Restraining Order
- Testify
- Testimony
- Third Party Complaint
- Third-Party Action
- Toll
- Tort
- Transcript
- Transfer
- Trial
- Trial Court
- Turnover Order
- Uphold
- US Attorney
- Vacate
- Vacate the Default Judgment
- Venire
- Venue
- Verdict
- Voir Dire
- Wage Garnishment
- Waiver
- Warrant
- With Prejudice
- Without Prejudice
- Witness
- Writ
- Writ of Certiorari
- Writ of Execution
- Writ of Garnishment
