Important Legal Terms/ How To Read Judgments of Courts. (Part-1)

#legalterms #ImportantLegal #Civljudge #Sessionjudge #ASJ #CSS #PAS #PBSC #ImportantLegalTerms/HowToReadJudgmentsofCourts #Ashrafasmiadvocate #Affirm: Affirms To ratify; to confirm the law or judgment passed by the former court. #Afortiori: A fortiori: Literally, a stronger reason; a logic or term which denotes that if one argument is true, then the less improbable and unusual fact analogous to the former argument must also exist. #Amicus Curiae Amicus Curiae: Literally, a friend of court; a party not involved in litigation may petition the court to give expert testimony, a rationale consistent with its own views. #Avermen Averment: Positive statement of facts in pleading. Cause: Legal action; Litigation; any question initiating a legal proceeding. Cause of action: Fact or combination of facts, on which a party initiates a lawsuit. #Certiorari Certiorari: Literally, to be informed of; to be made certain in regard to; the name of the writ issued by the appellate court to the inferior court, to convey the record of the proceeding. #DeclaratoryJudgment Declaratory Judgment: A judgment defining the rights of the parties or an interpretation of law, without ordering anything to be done. When a party is unclear about a law or about the rights and status of litigants, it can ask for a declaratory judgment. #Demurrer Demurrer: Court issuing an order, that the alleged facts are true but they do not form the grounds for civil damages or violation of law. #DenovoTrial De novo Trial: Trying a matter anew; a trial or hearing which is being conducted for the second time in the lower court, as if no decision has been previously rendered, on the order of the appellate court. #Dicta Dicta: Opinion, observation or remark of a judge, which is not binding on the subsequent cases as legal precedent.