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Legal Terminology

Across
The maximum timeframe for filing a suit.
The inability of one’s spouse to have normal marital relationship.
A legal document issued by the court that forbids/restrains the respondent to do specific acts.
Termination of a lawsuit for reasons such as the following: 1) A voluntarily action by one or more than one of the parties 2) A judge’s ruling that a lawsuit is terminated 3) An appeals court’s act of dismissing an appeal, letting the lower court decision stand 4) The act of a plaintiff dismissing a lawsuit upon settling the case
Written request for a judgment in the moving party’s favor before a lawsuit goes to trial and based on testimony recorded outside court, affidavits, depositions, admissions of fact and/or answers to written interrogatories, claiming that all factual and legal issues can be decided in the moving party’s favor.
An in-court presentation before a Judge, usually open to the public.
Damages recovered in payment for actual injury or economic loss, which does not include punitive damages (as added damages due to malicious or grossly negligent action).
Defendant's filing of a complaint against the party suiting him/her against a third party as long as the subject matter is related to the original complaint.
The party sued in a civil lawsuit or the party charged with a crime in a criminal prosecution.
An official procedure to enter paperwork into the legal system to maintain court records. This is usually done at the court clerk’s office.
Down
A lawsuit in which one party (or parties) sues another.
An agreement, usually on a procedural matter, between the attorneys for the two sides in a legal action. Some stipulations are oral, but the courts often require that the stipulation be put in writing, signed and filed with the court.
Formal delivery of court documents.
A document issued by the court at the time a lawsuit is filed.
Handles all cases between individuals or organizations.
Outlines the party making the claim and all defendants, and should state what damages or performance is demanded to the court to begin the law suit process.
Application by a defendant in a lawsuit or criminal prosecution asking the judge to rule that the plaintiff (the party who filed the law suit) or the prosecution has not and cannot prove its case.
After service to the defendants, the original summons, along with the _____ proving the summons and complaint were served, is filed with the court to show that each defendant was served.
A written response to a complaint filed in a lawsuit which, in effect, pleads for dismissal on the point that even if the facts alleged in the complaint were true, there is no legal basis for a lawsuit.
Courts of general jurisdiction. Protection Orders may be filed in most (not all) of these courts.
A bar or impediment (obstruction) which precludes a person from asserting a fact or a right or prevents one from denying a fact. Such a hindrance is due to a person’s actions, conduct, statements, admissions, failure to act or judgment against the person in an identical legal case.