LOPE 1 Flashcards
Authorization
- The act of authorizing.
- Permission or power granted by an authority; sanction.
- A legislative act, document, etc., that authorizes.
Disbursement
Fund paid out (Miscellaneous expenses other than lawyer fees and court costs (i.e. filing fees)
Prejudice
A leaning toward one side of a cause for some reason other than a conviction of its justice.
Confidentiality
not to be disclosed, not to be quoted
Precedent
A court decision that is cited as an example or analogy to resolve similar questions of law in later cases
Deponent
An individual who, under oath or affirmation, gives out-of-court testimony in a deposition. A deponent is someone who gives evidence or acts as a witness.
Ledger
The principal book of accounts of a business enterprise in which all the daily transactions are entered under appropriate headings to reflect the debits and credits of each account. _____________________________
Information that is contained in a ledger can be admitted into evidence in a lawsuit pursuant to the business record exception of the Hearsay rule.
Barrister
A barrister is a counselor who is learned in law and who has been admitted to plead at the bar. A barrister drafts the pleadings in all cases, with the exception of the simplest ones.
Solicitor
A type of practicing lawyer in England who handles primarily office work
Lawyer
a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law
Attorney
is a person who is a member of the legal profession
Instruments
A formal or legal written document; a document in writing, such as a deed, lease, bond, contract, or will.
Affidavit
a declaration in writing made upon oath before a person authorized
Acknowledgement
A recognition of something as being factual.
Recital
An account or description of some fact
Disciplinary
To punish, correct or instruct
Endorsement
An amendment to an insurance policy; a rider
Et al.
And other persons
Fiduciary
A person who required to act for the benefit of another person on all matters within the cope of their relationship
Testimonium
Witness – evidence
Attestation
The act of attending the execution of a document and bearing witness to its authenticity, by signing one’s name to it to affirm that it is genuine.
Statutory
Of or relating to legislation
Jurat
A certification added to an affidavit or deposition stating when and before what authority the affidavit or deposition stating when and before what authority the affidavit or deposition was made
Authenticate
To prove the guenuineness of
Privilege
A special legal right, exemption or immunity granted to a person or class of person
Statute
A law passed by a legislative body
Citation
A court issued write that commands a person to appear at a certain time an place to do something denuded in a writ
Terminology
An expression, word, or phrase that has a fixed and known meaning in a particular art, science, or profession. A specified period of time
Schedule
A written list or inventory, a statement that is attached to a document and gives a detailed showing of this matters referred to in the document
Omission
A failure to do something
Declaration
A formal statement, proclamation, or announcement
Counsel
Advise or assistance
Council
A deliberative assembly
Execution
The act of carrying out or putting into effect
Peruse
to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study
verb analyze, browse, check, con, conduct reeearch on, consider, contemplate, delve into, devote oneeelf to, examine, explore, feel out, glance over …
Secretary
Administrative assistant
Notaries Public
A person authorized by a state to administer oath, certify documents, attest authonticy of signature and perform official act in commercial matters
Declarant
One who has made a statement
Queen’s Counsel/ Q.C
In united Kingdom, Canada, and territories that have retained the rank, an elite , senior level barrister or advocate.
Case Law
Legal principles enunciated and embodied in judicial decisions that are derived from the application of particular areas of law to the facts of individual cases.
Commissioner
A person who directs a commission, a member of a commission
Dockets
A formal record in which a judge or court clerk briefly notes all the proceeding in a court
Due Date
The particular day on or before which something must be done to comply with law or contractual obligation
E. & O.E.
E&OE is an initialism standing for errors and omissions excepted.[1] The phrase is used in an attempt to reduce legal liability for incorrect or incomplete information supplied in a contractually related document such as a quotation or specification
Retainer
A client’s authorization for a lawyer to act in a case
Direction
The course taken in relation to the point toward or away from which something or someone is moving
Undertaking
A promise, pledge or engagement
Promissory Note
An unconditional written promise signed by the maker to pay absolutely and in any event a certain sum of money either to, or to the order of, the bearer or a designated person.
Statutory Declaration
Law a declaration made under statutory authority before a justice of the peace or commissioner for oaths which may in certain cases be substituted for a statement on oath
Notarial Copy
A facsimile of a document which has been examined by a Notary Public and certified to be an accurate reproduction of the original.
Power of Attorney
An instrument granting someone authority to act as agent or attorney-in-fact for the grantor
