Hilary sittings. In England, a term of court beginning on January 11 of each year and ending on the Wednesday before Easter. • The Hilary sittings were known as Hilary term until 1875. Cf. EASTER SITTINGS; MICHAELMAS SITTINGS; TRINITY SITTINGS.
take the witness. You may now question the witness. • This phrase is a lawyer’s courtroom announcement that ends one side’s questioning and prompts the other side to begin its questioning. Synonymous phrases are your witness and pass the witness.
ab initio (ab i-nish-ee-oh), adv. [Latin] From the beginning (the injunction was valid ab initio). Cf. IN INITIO.
F.R.D.abbr. Federal Rules Decisions; a series of reported federal court decisions (beginning in 1938) that construe or apply the Federal Rules of Civil, Criminal, or Appellate Procedure, or the Federal Rules of Evidence. • Also included are rule changes, ceremonial proceedings of federal courts, and articles on federal-court practice and procedure. — Often written FRD.
de retorno habendo (dee ri-tor-noh h[schwa]-ben-doh). [Law Latin] For having a return. • This term applied to (1) a judgment for a defendant in a replevin action, (2) a writ of execution for a defendant awarded judgment in a replevin action, and (3) a surety provided by a plaintiff at the beginning of a replevin
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Corpus Juris Canonici (kor-p[schwa]s joor-is k[schwa]-non-[schwa]-sI). [Latin] Hist. The body of the canon law, compiled from the decrees and canons of the Roman Catholic Church. • The Corpus Juris Canonici emerged during the 12th century, beginning with the publication of Gratian’s Decretum (c. 1140). In addition to the Decretum, it includes Raymond of Peñaforte’s Liber
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a die datus (ay dI-ee day-t[schwa]s), n. [Latin “given from (such-and-such) a day”] A lease provision estab-lishing the beginning of the rental period.
incipitur (in-sip-i-t[schwa]r). [Law Latin] Hist. It is begun. • This refers to the practice of entering the commencement of a pleading on the court roll.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. A federal corporation that protects bank and thrift deposits by insuring accounts up to $100,000, examining banks that are not members of the Federal Reserve System, and liquidating failed institutions. • It was established in 1933 and began insuring banks in 1934. — Abbr. FDIC. [Cases: Banks and Banking 501–508. C.J.S.
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commission of assize. Hist. A royal authorization empowering a person to hold court and try cases arising while the justices in eyre held court elsewhere. Cf. EYRE. “[B]oth the presentment of crimes and the conduct of trials by assize or jury — which rapidly became a common feature of royal justice — required the presence
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