HR Gazette hopes that your company never gets sued.  We also hope that you win the state lottery!  But just in case, you should know the language.  Trial lawyers speak a language all their own — full of things like demurrers, interrogatories, injunctions and remands.

–   Just what the heck is a demurrer anyway?  Don’t panic.  All the words are here.

– And if someone happens to spring a new one on you, send a note to Admin@HRGazette.com and we’ll add it to the list.

 

 

 

 

 

- A -

Actual Notice

Admission

Admission of Guilt

Admission to Bail

Adverse Witness

Affidavit

Affirmative Defense

Amended Pleading

Amicus Curiae Brief

Answer

Appellate Court

Application for Temporary Restraining Order (TRO)

Approach the Witness

Arbitration

Attorney Client Privilege

Attorney of Record

Attorneys’ Fees

Attorney Work Product Doctrine

- B -

Bailiff

Bankruptcy Court

Bench

Brief

Burden of Proof

- C -

Calendar

Calendar Call

Cease and Desist Order

Chambers

Character Witness

Circuit Courts

Closing Argument

Complaint

Constructive Notice

Contempt of Court

Contingency

Contingency fee

Continuing Objection

Court

Court Calendar

Court Clerk

Court Costs

Court Trial

Courtroom

Credible Witness

Cross Complaint

Cross Examination

- D -

Declarant

Declaration

Defendant

Defense

Demand for Inspection

Demurrer

Deponent

Deposition

Direct Examination

Discovery

Docket

- E -

Elmo

Emotional Distress

Evidence

Examination

Exhibit

Ex Parte

Ex Parte Application

Expert Witness

Eyewitness

- F -

Form Interrogatories

- G - 

Gag Order

- H - 

Hearing

Hearsay

Hearsay Rule

Hold Letter (Freeze Letter)

Hostile Witness

- I -

In chambers

Injunction

Interim Order

Interrogatory

Irrelevant

- J - 

Judicial Council Form

Judicial Notice

Jury

Jury Alternate

Jury Consultant

Fury Foreman

Jury Instructions

- K -

- L -

Law and Motion Calendar

Leading

Leading Question

Leading the Witness

- M -

Material Witness

Matter of Record

Meet and Confer

Memorandum

Memorandum of Points and Authorities

Minute Order

Motion

Motion for a New Trial

Motion for Dismissal

Motion for Summary Judgment

Motion in Limine

Motion to Compel

Motion to Strike

Motion to Suppress

- N -

Notice

Notice of Default

- O -

Objection

Opposition

Oral Argument

Order

Order to Show Cause

- P -

Perjury

Personal Service

Petition

Petition for Injunction

Plaintiff

Pleading

Privilege

Proof

Proof of Service

Public Record

- Q -

Question of Fact

Question of Law

- R -

Rebuttal

Record

Redirect Examination

Relevant

Remand

Removal

Reply Brief

Request for Admission (RFA)

Return of Service

Restraining Order

 - S -

Sealing of Records

Sanction

Sequester

Service

Service of Process

Shifting Burden of Proof

Side Bar

Speaking Objection

Stay

Subornation of Perjury

Substituted Service

Substitution

Substitution of Attorney

Summons

Surrebuttal

- T -

Temporary Restraining Order (TRO)

- U -

- V -

Verification

- W -

Well

Witness

Witness Stand

- X -

- Y - 

- Z -