Court terms starting with R

9 terms

1. Rehabilitate To permanently change behavior.
2. Relevant Directly related to the issue as it tends either to prove or disprove the point.
3. Remand To send a dispute back to the court where it was originally heard. Usually it is an appellate court that remands a case for proceedings in the trial court…
4. Remedy Legal or judicial means by which a right or privilege is enforced or the violation of a right or privilege is prevented, redressed, or compensated.
5. Reply Brief A brief filed to respond to and rebut the arguments and facts raised in the other party’s brief.
6. Respondent 1. The person that must respond to allegations contained in a petition. 2. The person against whom an appeal is taken. See petitioner.
7. Respondent’s Brief The respondent’s answer to the appellant’s brief, where the respondent argues that the decision of the lower court was correct.
8. Restitution Act of restoring anything to its rightful owner; the act of restoring someone to an economic position he enjoyed before he suffered a loss.
9. Reverse An action of a higher court in setting aside or revoking a lower court decision.