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Legal Word Game

Page no : 4

(Guest)

 


Nunc Pro tnuc means Deemed retroactive  ex. A Court order or judgment which has been antedated.

 


Next Word  : Culpa Lata

Guest (n/a)     30 June 2008

Culpa Lata means Gross Negligence.


Next Term: Voir Dire

 


 


(Guest)

Respondeat Superior


Doctrine of Respondent superior implies the responsibility of the superiors on the actions done by their employees, agents, subordinates etc when they are doing such actions during their assigned duties. So when an accident happens while handling an explosive involved in the work assigned to such person, The master is responsible for such loss. The Latin word (rehs-pond-dee-at superior) means 'let the master answer'


(Guest)

Voir Dire


Voir dire is the opportunity to examine the jurors before their appointment as regards to their integrity and balanced approach. Voir dire means to see the person and talk to him personally with a purpose to evaluate him. Jurors are interviewed by judges and attorneys before assigning the case to them.

Shree. ( Advocate.)     01 July 2008

Next word: Own recognizance

(Guest)

own recognizance (O.R.) n. the basis for a judge allowing a person accused of a crime to be free while awaiting trial, without posting bail, on the defendant's own promise to appear and his/her reputation. The judge may consider the seriousness of the crime charged, the likelihood the defendant will always appear, the length of time the person has lived in the area, his/her reputation in the community, his/her employment, financial burdens, and the demeanor of the accused. In minor crimes, traffic offenses, and technical law violations such as leaky septic systems, judges routinely grant release on one's own recognizance

Shree. ( Advocate.)     01 July 2008

Post another word to continue further.

Prakash Yedhula (Lawyer)     01 July 2008

Ok lets continue. I shall post the next word


 


Audi alteram partem

KamalNayanSaxena (lawyer)     02 July 2008

Although there are no positive words in the statute requiring that the party shall be heard, yet the justice of the common law will supply the omission of the legislature. The principle of audi alteram partem, which mandates that no one shall be condemned unheard, is part of the rules of natural justice.


next maxim :     "Judicis est jus dicere, non dare"


 

VIKAS GARG (LAWYER)     02 July 2008

"Judicis est jus dicere, non dare."


(It is the duty of the judge to declare the law, not make it.)


 


— Latin Proverb


next word                                                                                                                                 


judicium a non suo judice datum nullus est momenti                                             

Shree. ( Advocate.)     02 July 2008

Judicium a non suo judice datum nullus est momenti  :


Order of a court having no jurisdiction makes the order extinct immediately.


Next  term: Laconscience est la plus changeante des regles

D.V.RamaKrishna (Advocate)     02 July 2008

La conscience est la plus changeante des regles (lat.) : Conscience is the most changeable of rules;


Next Word: Uxor sequitur domicilium viri (lat.)

Shree. ( Advocate.)     02 July 2008

Uxor sequitur domicilium viri (latin) 


A wife follows the domicile of her husband.


Next word: Non solum ingenii, verum etiam virtutis.

SANJAY DIXIT (Advocate)     04 July 2008

Non solum ingenii, verum etiam virtutis(Latin)


Not only talent, but also virtue.


Next Word : novissima verba

Shree. ( Advocate.)     05 July 2008

novissima verba - (Latin)   The final words; a person’s last words.


Next word: Accessorium non trahit principale


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