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Certiorari is one way to have a case from a U.S. Court of Appeals reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court may also use certiorari to review a decision by a state's highest court when there is a question as to the validity of a federal treaty or statute, or of a state statute on constitutional grounds.

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A provisional court order which orders that a marriage should be dissolved is called a...🤔

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🗒WORD OF THE DAY: CERTIORARI

a court order allowing the review by a higher court of a decision of a lower court

PHRASE OF THE DAY: MUTATIS MUTANDIS

a Latin phrase that means with the necessary changes having been made. The term is used in formal contexts, such as in certain legal documents.

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🗒WORD OF THE DAY: RECIPROCITY

a situation in which people or groups of people exchange things for mutual benefit

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Comity is sometimes used as if it only related to international law. However, it also applies to political subdivisions within a country (ie between US states).

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🗒WORD OF THE DAY: COMITY

The mutual recognition by jurisdictions of each other's laws and customs

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The national treatment is the principle of giving people
and companies from other states the same treatment as one’s own citizens.

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🗒WORD OF THE DAY: CONFLICT OF LAWS

The body of law dealing with disputes between private persons living in different jurisdictions and governing such things as applicable law, jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments.

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A trust territory is an area of land being governed by the United Nations or by another country appointed by the United Nations.

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🗒WORD OF THE DAY: SUPRANATIONAL LAW

The body of uniform laws held by a union of individual nation states.

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What is the difference between laches and statute of limitations?

Under a statute of limitations, a case must be brought within the time prescribed by the legislation. Under the doctrine of laches, there is no fixed period rather the focus is on the reasonableness of the delay.

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The right to treat a contract as if it never existed is known as which type of equitable remedy?

🗒WORD OF THE DAY: LACHES

An equitable defence under which a person who waits too long to bring a claim is not allowed to seek an equitable remedy (=a remedy other than monetary damages)

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The appellant brings the appeal which is answered by the appellee. Some courts use the terms petitioner and respondent, respectively, instead.

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The action of taking away part of someone's income or money to pay a person or institution to whom that person owes money is known as...

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🗒WORD OF THE DAY: WRIT

1. a legal document that tells a person about a lawsuit that has been filed against them.

2. an official document that tells someone to do something or to stop doing something.

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A court can grant a temporary injunction, also known as an interlocutory injunction or a preliminary injunction, ordering a party to stop doing something until the court makes a final decision in the matter.