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Legal Terminology
Terms used in court proceedings and legal documents. Each term is set out first in plain language, then in its technical sense, and then in the context in which it is ordinarily used. No terms have been published at present.
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Structure
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The fields below make up a single glossary entry.
Term
- Term
- Not yet published
- Plain-language meaning
- A short explanation for a reader without a legal background
- Technical legal meaning
- The meaning the term carries in law, with the provision or context in which it is used
- Example or contextual usage
- A short illustration of how the term is used in practice
- Related resource
- Internal link to a practice area, article, or question that refers to the term
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