criminal admissions
criminal admissions 刑事承认 指刑事被告人直接或默示地对与争议问题相关的事实所作的承认，该承认与其他经证明的事实一起倾向于证明被告人有罪。但此种承认不同于有罪供认〔confession of guilt〕,仅依此承认不足以对被告人作有罪认定。
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anomalous plea
An equitable plea consisting in both affirmative and negative matter. • That is, it is partly confession and avoidance and partly traverse. The plea is appropriate when the plaintiff, in the bill, has anticipated the plea, and the defendant then traverses the anticipatory matters. — Also termed plea not pure. Cf. pure plea.
sacramentum decisionis
sacramentum decisionis (sak-r[schwa]-men-t[schwa]m di-sizh-ee-oh-nis). [Latin “the oath of decision”] Civil law. The offer by one party to accept the opposing party’s oath as decisive of the issues involved in a lawsuit. Pl. sacramenta decisionis. “The defendant or person accused was … to make oath of his own innocence, and to produce a certain number of
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danelaw
danelaw (dayn-law). Hist. 1. A system of rules, introduced by the Danes during their invasions of England primarily in the ninth century and maintained principally in the midland and eastern counties where the invasions occurred. • Danelaw was the prevailing law in these regions from the reign of King Edgar to Edward the Confessor, who
et hoc paratus est verificare
et hoc paratus est verificare 〈拉〉并愿证明此事属实 这是常用于承认原告所述之事但又规避其法律效果的答辩〔plea in confession and avoidance〕中总结部分的拉丁短语 。(→confession and avoidance)
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rule of optional completeness
rule of optional completeness. The evidentiary rule providing that when a party introduces part of a writing or an utterance at trial, the opposing party may require that the remainder of the passage be read to establish the full context. • The rule has limitations: first, no utterance can be received if it is irrelevant,
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judgment note
judgment note. 1. A nonnegotiable promissory note, illegal in most states, containing a power of attorney to appear and confess judgment for a specified sum. 2. COGNOVIT NOTE.
dedimus potestatem
dedimus potestatem (ded-[schwa]-m[schwa]s poh-tes-tay-t[schwa]m). [Law Latin “we have given power”] 1. A commission issuing from the court before which a case is pending, authorizing a person named in the commission to compel the attendance of certain witnesses, to take their testimony on the written interrogatories and cross-interrogatories attached to the commission, to reduce the answers
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warrant of attorney
warrant of attorney. 1. POWER OF ATTORNEY(1). 2. Archaic. Written authority given by a client to a lawyer to appear in court and to confess judgment in favor of a specified party. • It usu. instructed the attorney not to bring any action, seek a writ of error, or file a bill in equity that
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approver
approver ([schwa]-proo-v[schwa]r), n. Hist. 1. One who offers proof; esp., a criminal who confesses and testifies against one or more accomplices. See relative confession under CONFESSION. Cf. ANTITHETARIUS. 2. An agent or bailiff; esp., one who manages a farm or estate for another.