court procedure
Formal judicial steps
Court procedure is the formal rules and steps that govern how cases move through a legal system.
It covers everything from filing documents to presenting evidence to making objections: The attorney objected on procedural grounds.
Distinct from substantive law, which defines rights and wrongs, court procedure determines how those matters get resolved.
Also called judicial procedure or legal procedure.
- admissibilityQuality of being permitted
- summonsFormal court notification
- appealFormal review request
- answerSolution to query
- judgeOne who decides
gag order · order · burden of proof · subpoena · bench trial · opening statement · filing · voir dire · chain of custody · arraignment · exclusionary rule · jury selection · retrial · cross-examination · case management · continuance · change of venue · bench
- criminal justicearrest, jail, prison, crime, guilty
- legal systemsconstitutional law, judiciary, criminal code, penal code, laws
- judicial reformjudicial reform, justice reform, legal reform, judicial independence, judicial appointments
- Halakhahalakhah, halacha, Jewish law, mitzvot, commandments
- Islamic Lawsharia, Sharia, Shariah, Islamic law, fatwa
- Scots Lawpursuer, defender, advocates, advocate, solicitors
court procedureinformal settlement
Unplanned, unofficial housing area
handshake deal · out-of-court settlement · arbitration · mediation · plea bargaining
court procedurevigilante justice
Unauthorized punishment by civilians
mob justice · lynch mob · taking the law into one's own hands · frontier justice · vendetta