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The person charged. The person who has allegedly committed the offence

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Acknowledgement of service

Form of reply to, or confirmation of, service of process

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Discharge of defendant following verdict or direction of not guilty

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Law, as an act of parliament

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Adjourned generally or sine die

Temporary suspension of the hearing of a case by order of the Court (maybe for a short period, eg to next day or sine die). See LATIN TERMS

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Judgment or decision of a Court or tribunal

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Administration order

An order by a County Court directing a debtor to pay a specified monthly instalment into Court in respect of outstanding debts. The Court retains the

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Admiralty actions

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An act by which the rights and duties of the natural parents of a child are extinguished and equivalent rights and duties become vested in the adopter

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Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not the spouse, while the marriage is still valid. This is a common fa

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A barrister or solicitor representing a party in a hearing before a Court

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(see Statement) A written statement of evidence confirmed on oath or by affirmation to be true and taken before someone who has authority to administe

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Declaration by a witness who has no religious belief, or has religious beliefs that prevent him/her taking the oath, that the evidence he/she is givin

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Allocation questionnaire

Issued to all parties after a defence has been filed. This form details all the evidence to be used as well as the required domestic arrangements for

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Alternative dispute resolution

An alternative method by which parties can resolve their dispute - could be arbitration

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Ancillary relief

Additional claims (eg in respect of maintenance) attached to the petition for divorce/judicial separation/nullity

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To declare no longer valid

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Application to a higher Court or authority for review of a decision of a lower Court or authority

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Person who appeals

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Person making the request or demand, eg person who issues an application

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The act of applying to a Court

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Appraisement or appraisal

Valuation of goods seized under warrant of execution prior to sale

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Assisted person (legally)

A party to legal proceedings who is receiving legal aid

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Attachment of earnings

An order that directs an employer of a debtor to deduct regularly an amount, fixed by the Court, from the debtor\'s earnings and pay that sum into Cou

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Result of an arbitration hearing or the amount of damages assessed by a Court

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Release of a defendant from custody, until his/her next appearance in Court, subject sometimes to security being given and/or compliance with certain

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Officer of the County Court empowered to serve Court documents and execute warrants

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Insolvent - unable to pay creditors and having all goods/effects administered by a liquidator or trustee and sold for the benefit of those creditors;

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The collective term for barristers

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(see Counsel; Silk) A member of the bar: the branch of the legal profession which has rights of audience before all Courts

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A warrant issued by the judge for an absent defendant to be arrested and brought before a Court

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(see Taxation of costs, Summary assessment and Detailed assessment.

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Bill of indicment

A written statement of the charges against a defendant sent for trial to the Crown Court, and signed by an officer of the Court

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In the Crown Court or (more usually) the Magistrates Court, and signed by an officer of the Court

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Bind over for sentence

An order which requires the defendant to return to Court on an unspecified date for sentence. Failure to observe this order may result in a forfeit or

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Written instructions to counsel to appear at a hearing on behalf of a party prepared by the solicitor and setting out the facts of the case and any ca

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Case conference

Usually the first hearing in a Multi track claim and an opportunity to take stock and consider the way forward

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A unique reference number allocated to each case by the issuing Court

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i) Notice given to the Land Registry by any person with an interest in particular land to ensure that no action is taken in respect of the land withou

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A notice given to the registrar that effectively prevents action by another party without first notifying the party entering the caveat

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Certificate of Legal Aid Costs

A certificate of costs allowed following taxation by a judicial or taxing officer (Previously referred to as an Allocatur)

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A grant of representation of limited duration which has ceased and expired

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i) Private room, or Court from which the public are excluded in which a District Judge or Judge may conduct certain sorts of hearings ii) Offices used

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Chancery Division

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A formal accusation against a person that a criminal offence has been committed (see also Charging order)

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An order directing that a charge be registered at the Land Registry on property owned by the debtor. This is also a form of enforcing civil debt. An o

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A judge who sits in the County Court and/or Crown Court

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Matters concerning private rights and not offences against the state

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Civil Justice Reforms

The result of the Access to Justice report by Lord Woolf The aim is to provide more effective access to Justice through quicker, cheaper and more prop

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