Arbitration is a process that involves both parties meeting with a qualified arbitrator who functions similarly to a judge in a courtroom by deciding which party's argument and the case has more merit and should prevail. This process can be either binding or non-binding, depending on the langua...
The defendant is not guilty, but somebody in this courtroom is." The logos in this case lies in Atticus' emphasis on the facts of the case, or rather, the fact that there are no facts in the case against Tom. He temporarily ignores questions of racial justice and emotional trauma so ...
A procedure for settling a dispute outside the courtroom. Most forms of ADR are not binding, and involve referral of the case to a neutral party such as an arbitrator or mediator. Amicus curiae Latin for "friend of the court." It is advice formally offered to the court in a brief filed...
a working spouse may be required to pay monthly support to a non-working spouse, or the court may order a non-custodian to pay support to the custodial parent. The debtor must bring an action in court if he wishes to change the payment obligation...
A lawyer may choose not to. What About Outside of the States? That's going to depend on the country. In the United Kingdom, differentiation is essential. Again the term “attorney” refers to someone who practices law in the courtroom. One may further divide lawyers in the United King...
The last time I’d been in a courtroom, the Judge had invited me into the “well” (the open space between the bench and the council tables) to read a letter I had been encouraged to write by a parole officer named Diane. As I faced the bench, Diane stood by my right side holding...
The use of Systemic Functional Linguistics proposed by Halliday and Matthiessen (2004) is rarely applied mostly in courtroom discourse analysis. This article presents the analysis of modality system used in the lawyer and witness's utter... R Ramadhani,R Amalia,LM Indrayani,... - 《Els Journal...
Conflictive courtroom discourse from a sociohistorical pragmatic perspective: power dynamics in the civil trial of Anne Hutchinson (1637) with special reference to speech acts, Gricean maxims and (im)politeness strategies This has been demonstrated by studies in the Salem witch trials (e.g. Culpeper...
used to establish mood and rhythm in a story; true alliteration has three words beginning with the same sound (two words beginning with the same sound would be called alliterative)Examples: bucking bronco; miserable morning; Bed, Bath, and Beyond Allusion - a reference in one story to a well...
Deposition.Testimony of a witness taken under oath, but not in a courtroom. May be used to discover evidence prior to trial or to preserve testimony for use in court at a later time. De Novo.A new. A trial de novo is a new trial of a case. ...