{"id":13488,"date":"2018-02-09T18:37:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T18:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13488"},"modified":"2023-04-21T21:42:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T21:42:07","slug":"courtroom-proceedings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13488","title":{"rendered":"Judicial Proceedings – general terms:"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 This page is continued from<\/span> State Law Consists of Two Parts<\/a> >>>><\/span> Adjective Law<\/a> >>>><\/span> Procedure<\/a>:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This section includes legal terms used in both civil<\/a> and <\/em>criminal proceedings<\/a>.\u00a0 For instance, motions<\/a>, pleas, pleadings<\/a>, and court orders are used in criminal and<\/em> civil cases.\u00a0 Page in making.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

pleadings<\/a><\/span> – formal documents setting forth or responding to (civil) allegations, claims, denials, defenses, or (criminal) charges.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

motions<\/span><\/a> – request a specific ruling or order.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

objections<\/span><\/a> – oppose something that occurred or is about to occur: seek an immediate ruling on the point.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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proceeding<\/span>:<\/span><\/span>
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\u00a0<\/span>l. The regular and orderly progression of a lawsuit, including all acts and events between the time of commencement and the entry of judgment.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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2. Any procedural means for seeking redress from a tribunal or agency.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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3. An act or step that is part of a larger action.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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4. The business conducted by a court or other official body; a hearing.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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5.<\/strong> Bankruptcy<\/em>. A particular dispute or matter arising within a pending case \u2014 as opposed to the case as a whole. <\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/div>\n
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1. In ordinary usage, including all methods of invoking the action of courts and applicable generally to any step taken by a suitor to obtain the interposition or action of a court.\u00a0 1 Am J2d Actions \u00a7 3<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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An action.\u00a0 More particularly, any application to a court of justice, however made, for aid in the enforcement of rights, for relief, for redress of injustices, for damages, or for any remedial object.\u00a0 1 Am J2d Actions \u00a7 3<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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In reference to the restriction upon federal courts of granting an injunction to stay proceedings in state courts: \u2014 any step taken, or which may be taken, in the state court or by its officers, from the institution of the action to the termination of final process.\u00a0 Hill v Martin<\/em>, 296 US 393, 80 L Ed 293, 56 S Ct 278<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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In one peculiar sense, the equivalent of special proceeding.\u00a0 In a broad sense, inclusive of an inquiry before a grand jury.\u00a0 Hale v Henkel<\/em>, 201 US 43, 66, 50 L Ed 652, 662, 26 S Ct 370<\/span>, even the conduct of a matter before an executive department or administrative agency.\u00a0 Bowers v New York & Albany Lighterage C<\/em>o. 273 US 346, 71 L Ed 676, 47 S Ct 389<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/div>\n
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1. In one sense, every procedural aspect of a lawsuit, from beginning to end, including all means of process by which a party is able to cause a court to act; a suit; an action. \u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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2. In another sense, any procedural aspect of a lawsuit undertaken to enforce rights to achieve redress.\u00a0 EXAMPLE: a hearing on a motion.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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3. A specific course of action.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Excerpt from\u00a0Edwin E. Bryant’s<\/span>\u00a0The Law of Pleading Under the Codes of Civil Procedure<\/a><\/em>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201c\u2018Proceeding\u2019 is a word much used to express the business done in courts.\u00a0 A proceeding in court is an act done by the authority or direction of the court, express or implied.\u00a0 It is more comprehensive than the word \u2018action,\u2019 but it may include in its general sense all the steps taken or measures adopted in the prosecution or defense of an action, including the <\/span><\/span>pleadings<\/a> and judgment<\/a>.\u00a0 As applied to actions, the term \u2018proceeding’ may include-<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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\n(1) the institution of the action;
\n<\/strong>(2) the appearance of the defendant;
\n<\/strong><\/span>(3) all ancillary or provisional steps, such as arrest, attachment of property, garnishment<\/span>,<\/span> injunction<\/a>,<\/span> writ of ne exeat<\/em><\/a>;<\/span>
\n (4) the<\/span> pleadings<\/a>;<\/span>
\n<\/strong>(5) the taking of testimony before trial;
\n<\/strong><\/span>(6) all<\/span> motions<\/a> made in the action;<\/span>
\n (7) the trial;<\/span>
\n (8) the judgment;<\/span>
\n (9) the execution;<\/span>
\n (10) proceedings supplementary to execution, in code practice;<\/span>
\n (11 ) the taking of the appeal o<\/span>r<\/span> writ of error<\/a>;<\/span>
\n (12) the<\/span> remittitur<\/a>, or sending back of the record to the lower court from the appellate or reviewing court;<\/span>
\n (13) the enforcement of the judgment, or a new trial, as may be directed by the court of last resort.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/strong>[4]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See action<\/em>; ancillary proceeding<\/em>; practice<\/em>; procedure<\/em>; special proceeding<\/em>; summary proceeding<\/em>. [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See administrative proceeding<\/em>; adversarial proceeding<\/em>; judicial proceeding<\/em>; legal proceeding<\/em>; special proceeding<\/em>; summary proceeding<\/em>; supplementary proceeding<\/em>. [3]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Civil Proceedings<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Criminal Proceedings<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

References:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Disclaimer:<\/strong><\/span> All material throughout this website is compiled in accordance with Fair Use<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>with Pronunciations<\/b><\/em>
\n<\/em>Third Edition<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[3]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/a> <\/b><\/em>by Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Doctored<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[4]:\u00a0Edwin E. Bryant, The Law of Pleading Under the Codes of Civil Procedure<\/a><\/em> 34 (2d ed. 1899).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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