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Civil procedure: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Pre-trial procedure
A lawsuit is a proceeding by a party or parties against another in the civil court of law. The archaic term "suit in law" is found in only a small number of laws still in effect today. The term "laws…
Published on 3 years ago
Tort law (2022): Defense: defense of property + Shopkeeper's privilege + Neutral reportage
The defense of property is a common method of justification used by defendants who argue that they should not be held liable for any loss and injury that they have caused because they were acting to …
Published on 3 years ago
Intellectual property: Copyright (Part One) [Duplicate upload]
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work…
Published on 3 years ago
Criminal procedure (2023): Sentencing: Mandatory sentencing
Mandatory sentencing requires that offenders serve a predefined term for certain crimes, commonly serious and violent offenses. Judges are bound by law; these sentences are produced through the legis…
Published on 3 years ago
Criminal law (2022): Crimes against property: Tax evasion
Tax evasion is an illegal attempt to defeat the imposition of taxes by individuals, corporations, trusts, and others. Tax evasion often entails the deliberate misrepresentation of the taxpayer's affa…
Published on 3 years ago
Civil procedure: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Motion
In United States law, a motion is a procedural device to bring a limited, contested issue before a court for decision. It is a request to the judge (or judges) to make a decision about the case. Moti…
Published on 3 years ago
Tort law (2022): Defense: Right of self-defense
The right of self-defense (also called, when it applies to the defense of another, alter ego defense, defense of others, defense of a third person) is the right for people to use reasonable or defens…
Published on 3 years ago
Intellectual property: Copyright (Part One)
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work…
Published on 3 years ago
Criminal procedure (2023): Sentencing
In law, a sentence is the punishment for a crime ordered by a trial court after conviction in a criminal procedure, normally at the conclusion of a trial. A sentence may consist of imprisonment, a fi…
Published on 3 years ago
Criminal law (2022): Crimes against property: Smuggling
Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects, substances, information or people, such as out of a house or buildings, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicabl…
Published on 3 years ago