Hello!
My name is Reham Zakko. I am 20 years old. I am a student in the Paralegel Technology program at Ahuntsic College. I have one year left to complete my program. The Paralegel Technology is for the people who love law. What is interisting about my program is that we talk about serveral fields at the same time and learn about the basics of these fields. What is also interesting is that there are specific websites thate we use to conduct our legal research.
accused
noun
A person or group of people who are charged with or on trial for a crime.
Example: This extra protection for the defendant is reflected in the judge's summing up to the jury. [2001]
31 E.H.R.R. 1 ibid at 61 see: Specimen Directions, Judicial Studies Board, No. 40.(3), Defendant's Failure to Mention Facts when Questioned or Charged - Section 34, CJPOA 1994 The ECtHR further reduced the impact of section 34 by affirming that it is "incompatible with the right to silence to base a conviction solely or mainly on the ACCUSED's silence ".
en: accusé
clause
noun
A particular and separate article, stipulation, or proviso in a treaty, bill, or contract.
Example: Exclusion clauses are covered by the Act by virtue of s 1(6). The driver could equally rely on the common law, in the shape of the rule in The Eurymedon UCTA The next stage is to determine the CLAUSE's validity under UCTA. Clauses excluding liability for negligence resulting in loss or damage to property are not automatically void under the Act.
en: clause
common law
noun
The body of English law as adopted and modified separately by the different states of the US and by the federal government.
Example: But the word 'development' is key for this essay as we are concerned with how the COMMON LAW started to exist or came into being. Judaeo-Christian theology may indeed no longer be the driving force behind the growth of COMMON LAW. But it did serve a vital purpose in the development of COMMON LAW during the early modern period.
en: Loi commune
court
noun
A tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases.
en: tribunal
damages
noun
A sum of money claimed or awarded in compensation for a loss or an injury.
Example: He only remedy available to David is DAMAGES. In Woodman 23 of 36 photos were ruined and DAMAGES of £75 for distress and disappointment were awarded against the photographic processors.
en: dommages
defendant
noun
An individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
Example: In our case, it is clear that the DEFENDANT's complete failure to repay the monies means that she has not responded to the new agreement in any way.
en: défendeur
guilty
noun
Culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing.
Example: However, central to all judgements, was the 'inestimable value' of DNA analysis to eliminate suspects and incriminate the GUILTY.
en: coupable
jurisprudence
noun
The theory or philosophy of law.
en: jurisprudence
jurist
noun
An expert in or writer on law.
Example: Muhm, R., The Role of the public prosecutor in Germany , Irish JURIST, 2003, 38, 150 - 161 Page 156 The relationship between investigator and prosecutors is similar to that in France.
en: juriste
justice
noun
Just behavior or treatment.
en: justice
lawyer
noun
A person who practices or studies law; an attorney or a counselor.
Example: One of the areas which have come under scrutiny as a result of this tension is the defendant's relationship with his LAWYER, and, more specifically, the advice which the defendant chooses to accept.
en: avocat(e)
limitation
noun
A legally specified period beyond which an action may be defeated or a property right is not to continue.
Example: However, in regards to the LIMITATION discussed before the confidentiality problem was addressed the commission has recognised this LIMITATION.
en: limitation
notary
noun
A person authorized to perform certain legal formalities, especially to draw up or certify contracts, deeds, and other documents for use in other jurisdictions.
en: notaire
prejudice
noun
Harm oi injury that results or may result from some action or judgment.
Example: In these circumstances it is difficult to determine the precise nature of the appropriate inference to be drawn, and thus it is difficult not to create undue PREJUDICE against the defendant. para 181, ch 10 The Right Honourable Lord Justice Auld Review of the Criminal Courts of England and Wales HMSO, London, 2001 p 447 Redmayne M Criminal Justice Act 2003: (1) Disclosure and its Discontents (2004) Crim LR 441 The propriety of drawing adverse inferences was considered in the context of the right to silence.
en: préjudice
probation
noun
The release of an offender from detention, subject to a period of good behavior under supervision.
en: probation
Quebec Bar
noun
The provincial law society for lawyers in Quebec, Canada.
en: Le Barreau du Québec
subrogation
noun
The substitution of one person or group by another in respect of a debt or insurance claim, accompanied by the transfer of any associated rights and duties.
en: subrogation
succession
noun
A number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other.
Example: The common law is the foundation of the English legal system, described by Sir Edward Cooke as "a maxim of policy, and trial by experience" and as having been "refined and perfected by the wisest men in former SUCCESSION of ages".
en: Succession
trust
noun
Firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.