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Restitution

RESTITUTION:: Restitution is the amount of money the defendant should given the victim to compensate them for lost money or property due to a crime. The defendant may have to pay the victim a given amount that does not exceed two times the amount of the victim's losses.

Respondeat Superior

RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR :: A legal doctrine that says that an employer may be legally responsible for the acts of an employee if the employee performed the act in the scope and course of his or her employment.

Res Ipsa Loquitur

RES IPSA LOQUITUR:: Res Ipsa Loquitur is Latin for "the thing speaks for itself."It signifies that negligence is self-evident and that harm would not have occurred without someone being negligent.

Reply

REPLY:

In legal terms, a reply is a plaintiff's response to the defendant's answer. A plaintiff gives a reply when a defendant has made a counterclaim or the court had made an order for a reply.

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Relevant Evidence

RELEVANT EVIDENCE:

Evidence which which tends to make the existence of any fact that is important in determining an action more or less probably than it would be without the evidence.

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Release

RELEASE:

The termination of any legal liability.

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Reasonable Medical Probability

REASONABLE MEDICAL PROBABILITY:

When medical opinion testimony is given in a personal injury case, it is the standard which must be met before the expert testimony can be admitted into evidence. The testimony may be that of a health care provider concerning the patient's condition, diagnosis or prognosis.

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Punitive Damages

PUNITIVE DAMAGES:

Punitive damages are compensation awarded to deter the defendant and similar persons from behaving in the same manner which injured the plaintiff. These damages are both a punishment and a public example.

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Proximate Cause

PROXIMATE CAUSE:

Proximate cause is a legal term which states that an event can be said to have caused a legally recognizable injury. In an accident injury lawsuit, it is the event(s) that if it had not happened, the injury would not have occurred.

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Protective Order

Protective Order:

A protective order is a type of court order in which a party is required to perform or refrain from performing certain acts. In civil suits, these orders may limit the scope of documents and evidence that a person may be compelled to produce.

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Product Liability

Product Liability:

Product liability law specifies that product manufactuers, distributors, suppliers, retailers and others who make and distribute products make insure they are free from defects and any injury caused a product's defect is the responsibility of said entity.

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Privilege

Privilege:

A privilege gives an individual a special immunity either by birth or marriage or by relationship from having to disclose information based upon information made in confidence. Privleged communication include priest and penitent, wife and husband, patient and doctor, and client and attorney.

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Preponderance of the Evidence

Preponderance of the Evidence:

In civil law, preponderance of the evidence, requires the plaintiff to convince the trier of fact -- the judge or the jury -- of his/her claim. The plaintiff must offer evidence that has a greater weight and is more convincing than the evidence against it. In a criminal case, the standard of proof is different and is "beyond a reasonable doubt."

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Power of Attorney

Power of Attorney:

A power of attorney is a paper filed in court which allows a person to act on ones behalf in a legal or business matter. A special power of attorney may be given on a specific matter and a general power of attorney covers all activities.

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Pleadings

Pleadings:

A pleading is a written statement filed with a court. The fist pleading filed in a court on behalf of a plaintiff is called a "complaint." Ensuing pleadings may set forth claims and defenses.

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Party

Party:

A party is a legal term which allows a person or a group of person to compose a single entity in a lawsuit. In civil lawsuits, the party bringing the lawsuit is identified as the plaintiff and the party who the case is brought against is the defendant.

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Perjury

Perjury:

Perjury is the act of lying or making false statements after taking an oath, or putting into writing, verifying that the statements are truthful. Perjury is a serious offense and is a crime. In a court, a witness may swear they are telling the truth using the Bible or a holy book.

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Plaintiff

Plaintiff:

Plaintiff is a legal term and it refers to the person inititiating a lawsuit before a court. In filing a lawsuit, the plaintiff is asking for the court to provide a legal remedy and issue a judgment in the lawsuit against a defendant.

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Paralegal

Paralegal:

A person who assists lawyers in their legal work. A paralegal may be employed by a law office or as an independent contractor. Usually, a paralegal has taken a course in an accredited program. A paralegal may become certified by three separate organizations:

National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA)
National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA)
American Alliance of Paralegals (AAPI)

Job duties can vary in legal offices for paralegals but they often coordinate investigations, prepare and answer interrogatories and take care of procedural motions and other specialized tasks.

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Pain and Suffering

Pain and Suffering:

Pain and suffering is the legal term for the physical injury and emotional stress caused by an injury. These injuries include permanent physical impairments, temporary or permanent physical limitations, life shortening injuries, emotional problems like depression or post traumatic stress, broken bones, deformities, pain from whiplash, sprained muscles, ruptured organs and scarring.

In filing a negligence civil suit a person can ask for general damages which is actual money lost and compensatory damages which are non economic but allows the person to recover monies for the mental anguish and physical pain caused by the injury accident.

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Negligence Per Se

Negligence Per Se:

Negligence per se is negligence due to violation of a public duty or law. Driving under the influence, speeding, etc., are examples of violations of statutes or codes and the person in violation is therefore proof of the defendant's negligence.

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Negotiation

Negotiation:

Negotiation is a conversation between parties in a dispute to resolve their disagreement or to craft a remedy. In a personal injury case, a negotiation may be brought forth between an attorney or attorneys and an insurance company for the purpose of resolving the dispute and with the intention of obtaining a damage award for a client. Negotiations can include a mediator or occur in a conference with a judge present.

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Objection

Objection:

An objection is a formal lawyer's protest raised in court about the legality of a question asked a witness by an opposing attorney and asking the court to disallow the testimony.

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Opening Statement

Opening Statement:

An opening statement is the first chance an attorney has to tell the jury or judge what the attorney intends to prove or defend and what the evidence will show. The opening statement serves as a road map to the jury and is limited to the evidence to be presented.

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Order

Order:

A court or court ruling is a decision or proclamation by a judge or court. The order may be for mundane items like setting the date of a trial to start or be very complex. Most orders are in writing.

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