court cases
Trials before judges
Court cases are legal disputes brought before a judge or tribunal for resolution.
The term covers everything from minor traffic violations to landmark constitutional battles.
Cases proceed through courts at various levels, with some reaching appellate courts or supreme courts: The court case dragged on for years.
High-profile court cases often shape public policy and legal precedent.
- litigationLegal dispute process
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- bench trialCourt case, judge only
- defendantParty facing charges
- appealFormal review request
plaintiff · burden of proof · verdict · jurisdiction · ruling · landmark ruling · judgment · testimony · expert witness · closing arguments · jurisprudence · legal precedents · judicial review · mootness · constitutional law · legal briefs · oral arguments · hung jury
- court casestrials, murder trials, verdicts, civil cases, criminal cases
- court recordssworn testimony, filing date, trial transcript, judgments, verdicts
- crime recordscriminal records, arrest records, police records, police reports, mugshots
- election disputescontested results, recount, recounts, vote recount, vote recounts
- legal recordsjudicial records, rulings, judgments, opinions, criminal records
- Colonial Archivesroyal decrees, parish registers, land titles, property deeds, testaments
court casesmediation
Intervention to resolve conflict
arbitration · settlements · handshake deals · backroom deals · informal agreements
court casesmutual understanding
Shared agreement between parties
harmony · cooperation · consensus · accord · reconciliation
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