The pillars of common life
22 Family, criminal & common law terms
Why lawyer is a respectable profession. In fact, without law our society wouldn't be what she is today. We need laws for live. Most concreat is in the animal system. Every animals are their kind of system of law without knowing. Its in our nature to put limit for live with others, its essential. So, lawyers are just essential. They help, most of the time, to respect our laws and make everyone capable to live with each others. They are like the pillars of common life.
- access
- noun
- In family law cases, the right to spend time with the children on a regular basis and to receive information on the children's health, education, and well-being.
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- fr: accès
- accused
- noun
- A person or company charged with a crime; the defendant in a criminal trial.
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- fr: accusé
- acquittal
- verb
- A finding of "not guilty" in a criminal case.
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- fr: acquitter
- action
- noun
- A legal proceeding in a civil case.
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- fr: action
- adjournment
- noun
- Postponement of a court hearing to another date.
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- fr: ajournement
- affidavit
- noun
- A written statement or declaration of facts that are sworn or affirmed to be true.
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- fr: déclaration sous serment
- appellant
- noun
- The party bringing an appeal.
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- fr: -
- applicant
- noun
- A person who makes or starts an application*.
*application:
1-The commencement of a proceeding in a court by way of filing the appropriate court form.
2-A request made to the court.
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- fr: demandeur
- arrest
- noun
- The taking or keeping of a person in custody by legal authority, usually in response to a criminal charge.
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- fr: arrestation
- common law
- noun
- Common law is a body of unwritten laws based on legal precedents established by the courts. Common law influences the decision-making process in unusual cases where the outcome cannot be determined based on existing statutes or written rules of law.
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- fr: droit général
- court
- noun
- Courts exist to do justice, to guarantee liberty, to enhance social order, to resolve disputes, to maintain the rule of law, to provide for equal protection to all regardless of background and to ensure the due process of law.
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- fr: tribunal
- criminal law
- noun
- A system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes.
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- fr: droit criminel
- discharge
- noun
- A release from obligation when a legal duty has ended. In the criminal context, this is also used as an alternative sentencing option for an accused who has been found guilty. The result of a discharge is that the offender has no criminal record of a finding of guilt.
-absolute discharge
-conditional discharge
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- fr: décharge
- evidence
- noun
- Statements, information, and things that are used to prove or disprove an alleged fact.
-admissible evidence
-character evidence
-circumstantial evidence
-corroborating evidence
-demonstrative evidence
-derivative evidence
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- fr: évidence
- family law
- noun
- The branch of law that deals with matters relating to the family, such as divorce and child custody.
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- fr: droit familial
- judge
- noun
- A public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law
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- fr: juge
- law
- noun
- The system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties
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- fr: loi
- lawyer
- noun
- A person who practices or studies law; an attorney or a counselor.
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- fr: avocat
- liability
- noun
- 1-Legal responsibility.
2-A financial obligation.
-absolute liability
-joint liability
-limited liability
-several liability
-strict liability
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- fr: responsabilité
- mediation
- noun
- A process where a neutral third party (mediator), selected by the disputing parties, assists parties to reach agreement on issues in dispute.
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- fr: médiation
- order
- noun
- A court's direction requiring a party to do something or refrain from doing something.
-assessment order
-community treatment order
-consent order
-divorce order
-final order
-interim/interlocutory order
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- fr: ordre
- right
- noun
- A moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way.
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- fr: droit