Business Law
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- 4. An individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
- 7. Is the act of depriving people of their liberty, usually in relation to an investigation or prevention of a crime, and thus detaining the arrested person in a procedure as part of the criminal justice system.
- 9. Case Involves a legal dispute between two or more parties
- 10. dispute resolution The use of methods such as mediation and arbitration to resolve a dispute instead of litigation.
- 13. Is the formal finding of fact made by a jury on matters or questions submitted to the jury by a judge.
- 14. The action of arraigning someone in court.
- 15. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
- 17. Discussion aimed at reaching an agreement.
- 19. A person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
- 20. The action of stopping someone from being angry; placation.
- 21. The temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money be lodged to guarantee their appearance in court.
- 22. Evidence Is any material object that plays some role in the matter that gave rise to the litigation, introduced in a trial, intended to prove a fact in issue.
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- 1. A medicine or treatment for a disease or injury.
- 2. A written statement confirmed by oath or affirmation, for use as evidence in court.
- 3. positional Hearing Is when a judge in a criminal case determines the punishment for the guilty party if he is convicted in the hearing or a court.
- 5. Hearing Refers to a proceeding before a judge to determine whether an accused is to be detained, continue to be detained or released while the proceedings are pending in his/her case.
- 6. evidence Is a meeting that occurs before a trial action begins.
- 8. statements Is generally the first occasion that the trier of fact (jury or judge) has to hear from a lawyer in a trial, aside possibly from questioning during voir dire.
- 11. The use of an arbitrator to settle a dispute.
- 12. hearing Is a hearing in which the purpose is making a judicial ruling such as a judgment or decree.
- 16. Intervention in a dispute in order to resolve it; arbitration.
- 18. Case A body of rules and statutes that defines conduct prohibited by the government because it threatens and harms public safety and welfare and that establishes punishment to be imposed for the commission of such acts.