Legal Terms and Definitions

Glossary of Legal Terms

Moot A moot point is one that need not be decided, due to a change of circumstances. Domicile That place where a person has his true and permanent home. A person may have several residences, but only one domicile Stipulation A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought. In criminal cases, prosecution is barred if not brought within the statute of limitations. Defendant The accused in a criminal case; the person from whom money or other recovery is sought in a civil case. Code A collection, compendium or revision of laws, rules and regulations enacted by the legislature, i.e., Utah Code Annotated. Parent Infant Trauma Syndrome (P.I.T.S.) See Battered Child Syndrome Miranda rule The rule, pronounced in Miranda v. Arizona, that confessions are inadmissible in a criminal prosecution if the police do not advise the suspect in custody of certain rights before questioning. Equity, courts of Courts which administer a legal remedy according to the system of equity, as distinguished from courts of common law. The English system upon which most American states modeled their court systems included two separate sets of courts: equity and law. Although Utah has now combined the two in a single system, court continues to refer to their powers in equity as distinct from their functions as courts of law. Equitable powers are flexible and try to do justice. Courts of law are rigid and must act strictly according to the law.

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