Court terms starting with I

12 terms

1. Immunity (ih-MYOO-nih-tee) The condition of being protected against an infectious disease.
2. Impeach In a criminal case, to impeach is to challenge the credibility or validity of the testimony of a witness.
3. Imprisonment The placement of an individual in a jail or prison.
4. in forma pauperis As a poor person; a pauper.
5. Incompetent One who lacks ability, legal qualification or fitness to manage his/her own affairs.
6. Indictment A written accusation by a grand jury charging a person with a felony. See information.
7. Indigent Needy or impoverished.
8. Injunction An order or remedy issued by the court at the request of the complaining party, which forbids another party to do some act which he/she is threatening or…
9. Insanity The inability to know what one is doing and to decide if the action is right or wrong.
10. Intake The step in juvenile process during which a decision is made either to detain the juvenile at a detention center or to release to the parents.
11. Interlocutory Appeal An appeal that is filed before the trial court has entered its final order in the case.
12. Irrelevant facts Evidence that does not tend to prove or disprove any issue of fact involved in a case.