placita juris
placita juris (plas-[schwa]-t[schwa] joor-is). [Law Latin “pleas of law”] Hist. Positive statements or guiding principles of the law, in contrast to legal conclusions or maxims.
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tender of issue
tender of issue. Common-law pleading. A form attached to a traverse, by which the traversing party refers the issue to the proper mode of trial. [Cases: Pleading 100, 112. C.J.S. Pleading §§ 183, 764, 769.] “[I]t is the object of all pleadings to bring the parties, in the course of their mutual altercations, to an
larrison rule
Larrison rule (lar-[schwa]-s[schwa]n).Criminal law. The doctrine that a defendant may be entitled to a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence of false testimony by a government witness if the jury might have reached a different conclusion without the evidence and it unfairly surprised the defendant at trial. Larrison v. United States, 24
transact
transact, vb. 1. To carry on or conduct (negotiations, business, etc.) to a conclusion (transact business). 2. Civil law. To settle (a dispute) by mutual concession. See TRANSACTION(4). 3. To carry on or conduct negotiations or business (refuses to transact with the enemy).
memorandum opinion
A unanimous appellate opinion that succinctly states the decision of the court; an opinion that briefly reports the court’s conclusion, usu. without elaboration because the decision follows a well-established legal principle or does not relate to any point of law. — Also termed memorandum decision; memorandum disposition; (slang) memdispo. [Cases: Courts 103, 107. C.J.S. Courts
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ruling
ruling, n. 1. The outcome of a court’s decision either on some point of law or on the case as a whole. — Also termed legal ruling. Cf. JUDGMENT(1); OPINION(1). [Cases: Courts 88. C.J.S. Courts § 139; Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition § 187.] “A distinction is sometimes made between rules and rulings. Whether or
poenae secundarum nuptiarum
poenae secundarum nuptiarum (pee-nee sek-[schwa]n-dair-[schwa]m n[schwa]p-shee-air-[schwa]m). [Latin “penalties of second marriages”] Roman law. Disabilities that, for the protection of children of a first marriage, are imposed on a parent who remarries. “If either parent re-married, the interests of the children of the first marriage were protected (in the later Roman Empire) by a number of
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