reopen
reopen. (Of a court) to review (an otherwise final and nonappealable judgment) for the purpose of possibly granting or modifying relief. • A court will reopen a judgment or case only in highly unusual circumstances. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 60.
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interim measure of protection
interim measure of protection. Int’l law. An international tribunal’s order to prevent a litigant from prejudicing the final outcome of a lawsuit by arbitrary action before a judgment has been reached. • This measure is comparable to a temporary injunction in national law.
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recall of mandate
recall of mandate. The extraordinary action by an appellate court of withdrawing the order it issued to the trial court upon deciding an appeal, usu. after the deadline has passed for the losing party to seek a rehearing. • Because this action can interfere with trial-court proceedings on remand, and also because it clouds the
judicial economy exception
judicial-economy exception. An exemption from the final-judgment rule, by which a party may seek immediate appellate review of a nonfinal order if doing so might establish a final or nearly final disposition of the entire suit. See FINAL-JUDGMENT RULE. [Cases: Appeal and Error 68; Federal Courts 572. C.J.S. Appeal and Error §§ 82–84.]
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attachment lien
A lien on property seized by prejudgment attachment. • Such a lien is initially inchoate but becomes final and perfected upon entry of a judgment for the attaching creditor and relates back to the date when the lien first arose. — Also termed lien of attachment. See ATTACHMENT. [Cases: Attachment 177; Federal Civil Procedure 589.