Legal Term 10

Question 1

Friend of the court; one who volunteers information, with the courts permission, on matters of law. 

Answer 1

Amicus curiae

Question 2

From another source; it from outside.

Answer 2

Aliunde

Question 3

Auxiliary; supplementary.

Answer 3

Ancillary

Question 4

The court room attendant, who maintains order and facilitates the conduct of the trial. 

Answer 4

Bailiff

Question 5

Listed prior in the same index or material.

Answer 5

Ante

Question 6

Doing business as.

Answer 6

d/b/a

Question 7

Let the buyer beware.

Answer 7

Caveat Emptor

Question 8

The document that a lawyer files with the court argue, the law and fax in support of his/her case.

Answer 8

Brief

Question 9

The duty that falls upon a party to provide a fact, affirmatively.

Answer 9

Burden of proof

Question 10

Fraudulent use of money interested to one’s care.

Answer 10

Embezzlement

Question 11

Indirect evidence; evidence from which you can draw a conclusion, but it, itself, it does not establish the fact.

Answer 11

Circumstantial evidence

Question 12

Relating to private rates and remedy, sought by suit, distinct from criminal proceedings.

Answer 12

Civil

Question 13

A decision, or order of a court, often a dissolution of marriage .

Answer 13

Decree

Question 14

Freed of parental control, although not yet having reached aged of maturity.

Answer 14

Emancipation

Question 15

The monetary redress, which one seeks to recover from another.

Answer 15

Damages