Share and Learn April 2024
Legal Words:
- Arrearages: Money for alimony and/or child support, which is overdue and unpaid.
- Docket: A list of cases scheduled to be heard in court on a specific day or week.
- Eminent Domain: The legal process by which private property is taken for public use without the consent of the owner.
- Felony: Any criminal offense for which a person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than of one year.
- Hearsay: Testimony given by a witness who tells second or third-hand information.
- Infraction: A case where the fine may be paid by mail and usually the person does not have to appear or come to court. For example, a speeding ticket.
- Juris Number: An identification number assigned to each attorney in Connecticut.
- Movant: The person who filed the motion, or request, to the court.
- Pretrial Hearing: Conference with attorneys to determine the scope of possible trial with a view toward resolving issues through agreement.
- Voir Dire: “To speak the truth.” The process of questioning prospective jurors or witnesses about their qualifications.
Legal Maxim
- Pacta sunt servanda: Treaties are legally binding
- Abundans cautela non nocet: Abundant caution does no harm
- Donatio Mortis Causa: A gift in anticipation of death.
- Ex turpi causa non oritur actio: No action arises on an immoral contract.
- Ipse Dixit: He himself said it.
- Res Ipsa Loquitur: Thing speaks for itself
- Factum Valet: An act that should not be done is valid when it is done
- Impotentia Excusat Legem: Inability excuses the law.
- Stricto Sensu: In the narrow sense
- Judex nonpetest esse testis in propira cause: A judge cannot be a witness in his own cause.