Legal Terms and Definitions

Glossary of Legal Terms

Court reporter A court official who records testimony and arguments, and transcribes it into a permanent record of all court proceedings. Assault A willful attempt to illegally inflict injury on or threaten a person. Docket A brief entry or the book containing such entries of any proceeding in court. Parent Infant Trauma Syndrome (P.I.T.S.) See Battered Child Syndrome Dissent A term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court of appeals with the decision of the majorityA term commonly used to denote the disagreement of one or more judges of a court of appeals with the decision of the majority Polling the jury A practice whereby the jurors are asked individually on the record whether they agreed, and still agree, to the verdict. Incest The crime of sexual intercourse between a male and a female who are so closely related they would not legally be allowed to marry. Answer A pleading by which defendant responds to the plaintiff's complaint

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