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| AN ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICER OF THE COURT WHO PRESIDES OVER A COURT OF LAW. THE FINAL AND NEUTRAL ARBITER OF LAW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE COURT SYSTEM. |
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| THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A CONTROVERSY THAT HAS ENDED OR EVOLVED TO THE STAGE AT WHICH A COURT DECISION IS NO LONGER RELEVANT OR NECESSARY. |
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| LITERALLY, "LET THE DECISION STAND." THE DOCTRINE THAT COURTS WILL ABIDE BY OR ADHERE TO THE RULINGS OF PREVIOUS COURT DECISIONS WHEN DECIDING CASES HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME FACTS. |
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| THE WRITTEN PORTIONS OF A JUDGE'S OPINION THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE ACTUAL RULING OF THE COURT AND ARE NOT LEGALLY BINDING PRECEDENTS FOR FUTURE COURT DECISIONS. |
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| THE STAGE IN A JUDICIAL PROCEEDING IN WHICH A HIGHER COURT IS ASKED TO REVIEW A DECISION OF A LOWER COURT. |
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| THE LOSING PARTY IN A LOWER COURT, WHO SEEKS A REVIEW OF THE DECISION BY A HIGHER APPELLATE COURT. |
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| THE WINNING PARTY IN A LOWER COURT, WHO ARGUES ON APPEAL AGAINST REVERSING THE LOWER COURT'S DECISON. |
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| THE AUTHORITY OF AN APPELLATE COURT TO CHECK THE DECISIONS OF LOWER COURTS AS WELL AS THOSE WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY OF THOSE ACTS ARE IN VIOLATION OF STATUTES OR CONSTITUTIONS. |
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| LITERALLY, ANEW OR FRESH. A TRIAL THAT IS TRIED AGAIN, AS IF NO DECISION HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY RENDERED. |
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| USED BY THE COURTS THAT HAVE DISCRETION TO DETERMINE WHICH CASES THEY WILL HEAR. |
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| AN ORDER FROM A COURT GIVING AUTHORITY FOR AN ACT TO BE DONE OR ORDERING THAT IT BE DONE. |
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| A JUDGE'S WRITTEN OPINION AGREEING WITH THE RESULT IN A CASE BUT PRESENTING OTHER REASONS FOR THE DECISION OR EMPHASIZING SOME OF THE REASONS STATED BY THE MAJORITY OPINION. |
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| A PERSON WITH EXTENSIVE TRAINING OR EDUCATION IN A PARTICULAR FIELD, SUCH AS MEDICINE, WHO TESTIFIES CONCERNING A CRITICAL ISSUE OF THE CASE, SUCH AS WHAT CAUSED THE DEATH OF THE DECEASED. |
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| LEGAL VERIFICATION OF THE INNOCENCE OF A PERSON IN A CRIMINAL TRIAL. |
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| THE REMOVAL OF ONESELF FROM A PROCEEDING.SUCH AS DONE BY A JUDGE WHO HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN A CASE. |
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| THE ADJOURNMENT OF A TRIAL OR ANOTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING UNTIL A LATER DATE. |
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