Court terms starting with E

5 terms

  1. Elements of a Crime If you were to take a criminal statute and break it down into each of the parts that the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, each part…
  2. Equal protection This refers to the notion, grounded in the U. S. Constitution, that no person or class of persons be denied the same protection of the laws which is…
  3. Evidence (EV-uh-dins): Information that is collected in an orderly way about a disease or its treatment. This information often comes from research.
  4. Expedited Appeals The court will expedite or speed up cases involving child custody, Child Protective Act proceedings, termination of parental rights, adoption, and all…
  5. Expungement Expungement means sealing the public record of a court action. If your eviction is expunged, then someone searching court files cannot find a record of…