decemviri litibus judicandis (di-sem-v[schwa]-rIlI-ti-b[schwa]s joo-d[ schwa]-kan-dis). [Latin “ten persons to decide lawsuits”] Roman law. A group of five senators and five knights who assisted the elected magistrate in deciding legal disputes concerning liberty. — Also spelled decemviri stlitibus judicandis.
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servitium regale (s[schwa]r-vish-ee-[schwa]m ri-gay-lee). [Latin “royal service”] Hist. The right of a lord of a royal manor to settle disputes, make assessments, mint money, and the like.
litigious (li-tij-[schwa]s), adj. 1. Fond of legal disputes; contentious (our litigious society). 2. Archaic. Of or relating to the subject of a lawsuit ( the litigious property). 3. Archaic. Of or relating to lawsuits; litigatory ( they couldn’t settle the litigious dispute). — litigiousness, litigiosity (li-tij-ee-os-[schwa]-tee), n.
offer of compromise. An offer by one party to settle a dispute amicably (usu. by paying money) to avoid or end a lawsuit or other legal action. • An offer of compromise is usu. not admissible at trial as evidence of the offering party’s liability but may be admissible for other purposes. Fed. R. Evid.
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adjudication ([schwa]-joo-di-kay-sh[schwa]n), n. 1. The legal process of resolving a dispute; the process of judicially deciding a case. 2. JUDGMENT. former adjudication. See FORMER ADJUDICATION. 3. Scots law. The Court of Session’s transfer of heritable property to a creditor as security for or in satisfaction of a debt, or its vesting title in an entitled
A plea that objects to the place, time, or method of asserting the plaintiff’s claim but does not dispute the claim’s merits. • A defendant who successfully asserts a plea in abatement leaves the claim open for continuation in the current action or reassertion in a later action if the defect is cured. — Also
nonjuridical (non-juu-rid-i-k[schwa]l), adj. 1. Not of or relating to judicial proceedings or to the administration of justice (the dispute was nonjuridical). 2. Not of or relating to the law; not legal (a natural person is a nonjuridical entity). Cf. JURIDICAL.
no man’s land. Labor law. The lack of clear jurisdiction between a state government and the federal government over labor disputes. • This term was common in the 1950s, but its use has declined as later laws have clarified jurisdictional issues.
polity approach. A method of resolving church-property disputes by which a court examines the structure of the church to determine whether the church is independent or hierarchical, and then resolves the dispute in accordance with the decision of the proper church-governing body. [Cases: Religious Societies 11, 14. C.J.S. Religious Societies §§ 5, 38–42, 85–86, 88–92.]
choice-of-law clause. A contractual provision by which the parties designate the jurisdiction whose law will govern any disputes that may arise between the parties. Cf. FORUM-SELECTION CLAUSE. [Cases: Contracts 129(1).C.J.S. Contracts §§ 229, 238–240.]
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