judicial process
Legal case handling
Judicial process is the system of procedures by which courts administer justice—from filing a case through verdict and appeal.
The term encompasses hearings, motions, discovery, trials, and all formal steps in resolving legal disputes: The judicial process can take years to reach a final decision.
It implies methodical, rule-bound progression rather than arbitrary judgment.
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- rulingFormal legal determination
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- penaltiesPunishments for infractions
- judgeOne who decides
filing · legal brief · constitution · acquittal · case law · court · cross-examination · expert witness · sworn testimony · arraignment · Miranda rights · defendant · plea bargain · deliberation · precedent · prosecutor · habeas corpus · subpoena
- legal fieldscivil law, criminal law, administrative law, common law, family law
- litigationpleadings, lawsuit, plaintiff, complaint, lawsuits
- civil procedurecomplaint, complaints, answer, answers, pleadings
- GDR Lawpenal code, district courts, district court, defense attorneys, defense attorney
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- courtsfamily court, civil court, district court, criminal court, circuit court
judicial processvigilante justice
Unauthorized punishment by civilians
mob justice · lynch mob · vigilantism · taking the law into one's own hands · summary execution
judicial processtyranny
Oppressive, absolute governance
despotism · martial law · dictatorship · star chamber · show trial
judicial processsummary judgment
Court ruling without trial
summary execution · snap decision · drumhead trial · rush to judgment