Here are some important legal terms used in court for parties in civil and criminal cases which are often confusing for even people from a law background, along with their meanings in simple language: To help you, here are some of the most important legal terms you should know. Common Legal Terms used in Civil…
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LEGAL MAXIMS Legal Maxims are general principles of law embodied in familiar phrases which are used as guiding principles by both judges and lawyers. In other words, Legal maxims are established principles of law that are universally admitted, and people in the legal field are very well aware of these words. They are mostly Latin…
Anton Pavlovich Chekov was a leading Russian playwright and master of modern stories, who captured the literary world’s imagination in the late 19th and early 20th century. “In the Court” is one of his finest works published in 1886. The story is a satire on the Russian judiciary. Anton Chekov, as is true to his…
Arthur T. Vanderbilt (July 7, 1888 – June 16, 1957) was the first Chief Justice of New Jersey Supreme Court from 1948 to 1957, the first Chief Justice under the revamped New Jersey court system established by the Constitution of 1947, in which the Supreme Court replaced the old court of Errors and Appeals as…
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Urban A. Lavery, in his essay “The Language of The Law” deals with the defects especially in legal writing and the lack of proper methodologies for lawyers to refer to, if they find any difficulties in legal language. The ability of the lawyer to confuse others has been the subject of proverbs (कहावत). In spite…
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Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882-February 22, 1965) was an American lawyer, professor, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He served on the Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962, and was a noted advocate of judicial restraint* in the judgments of the Court. Frankfurter was born…
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INTRODUCTION Good legal writing can play a very important role in winning cases but it is also hard work to be a good legal writer. To be effective, the sentences must be written clearly and persuasively(convincing) about complicated matters to readers. So like any other skills, good legal writing takes practice and a mastery of…
INTRODUCTION The Indian legal system is not indigenous (native) but based on the British legal system. Indian legal language is developed on the background of English legal language. The words from Latin, German and French which are found in legal English make it more difficult for the Indians. Indian legal language based on foreign legal…
INTRODUCTION Let’s discuss the conduct of advocates. Every advocate has some rights and duties. In this article we will discuss about the duties of advocates towards various parties such as clients, opponents, colleagues, public etc. Professional Ethics is a subject which has to be followed by everyone irrespective of their profession and it is not…
English is the predominant international language and it has a significant role in the development of the legal language. Legal English is the style of English used by lawyers and other legal professionals in the course of their work. Legal language contains a number of unusual features which are related to terminology, linguistic structure, punctuation…
