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| a writ requiring someone holding a person to bring that person into court to determine if the person is being held justly or legally |
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| permission granted by the court to a pauper or poor person to bring a suit without paying the court |
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| in equal fault, equity relief will not be granted if both parties are at fault |
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in one's own person
representing oneself in a legal matter, rather than through an attorney especialy in a legal proceeding, often shortened to pro per |
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| law , a system of written or unwritten law for a given jurisdiction |
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| litigation pending, a lis pendes is filed with the county recorder, and it clouds the title of real property. a title insurance company wont issue the title to the property while there is a notice of lis pendes on the property. the property cannot be sold until the claim is cleared |
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| a writ issued by a higher court to a lower court commanding that a certain thing be done |
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| a guilty mind or criminal intent |
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| the latin word for the first pleading filed in a civil action by the plaintiff in which the facts for the basis of the suit are stated. |
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| i do not wish to contend. The plea of a defendant in a criminal action that means the punishment will be accepted but guilt wil not be admitted. |
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| not of sound mind; indicates that one is mentally unable to control one's own actions, insanity |
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| a agreement made without any consideration other than a promise |
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| now for then, a decision or order of the court which is retroactive |
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