A judgment or decree.

The ruling of an appellate court that the judgment of a lower court is correct and should stand.

Party appealing a decision or judgment to a higher court.

The hearing and settlement of a dispute between opposing parties by a third party whose decision the parties have agreed to accept.

Trial held before judge sitting without a jury; jury waived trial.

The act by which a court or magistrate requires a person to enter into a recognizance or furnish bail to appear for trial, to keep the peace, to attend as a witness, etc. Also describes act of lower c [..]

A legal claim.

Moving a case from one court, or location, to another.

There are five classifications of felonies and three classifications of misdemeanors. With the exception of murder in the first degree, all felonies in the Revised Criminal Code, in the old Title 39 a [..]

A system of jurisprudence based on precedent rather than statutory laws.