Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority. Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist...
The Master denied that motion and found the right of first refusal to be unenforceable because it was an unreasonable restraint on the alienation of an interest in land, stating “based on the language used in (the paragraph), the court is unable to interpret and/or give meaning to the par...
Cultural objects have a special, protected, status because of their intangible ‘heritage’ value to people, as symbols of an identity. This has been so since the first days of international law and, today, there is an extensive legal framework to protect cultural objects and to prohibit lootin...
Appellate Court Victory: Joseph J. Bosick scored an appellate court victory on behalf of a newly established performance enhancement fitness training business (whose clientele consisted of a mixture of NFL football players and other types of athletes) and its principals, who were sued by the ...
an answer to the amended complaint after which appellant filed a reply thereto, alleging in substance that appellee was estopped from relying on certain pleaded defenses by reason of conduct allegedly constituting fraud. Following the issuance of the trial court's memorandum opinion, findings of ...
and rendered the escrow agent liable for any failure to observe an attorney's standard of care. Expert testimony on the standard was unnecessary; the trial judge could take judicial notice of what was reasonable. Failure to provide for personalty in the real estate contract was such an obvious...
The appellate court ultimately decided the case on behalf of the state citing, “language in the Alaska Constitution referring to the state as owner of Alaska’s natural resources” ([70], p. 37). Note the determination of the case based on the ultimate mineral title granted to the state ...
an order of reference in order to begin the default process. 1 however, it is all too common that a lender fails to submit this motion in a timely fashion. the law states that a failure to submit such a motion to initiate the default process within on year should lead the court to "...
an appellate system and the maintenance of arobusttradition of legal learning independent of the state. Although scholars have disagreed over the extent to which actual rulings of Islamic judges and the content of Islamic law were subservient to state interests, the tradition of learned, independent...
Typically used in legal writing to refer to a citation that appears prior to a later reference to it. An appellate court might give a complete citation to a particular case (or statute, constitutional provision, etc.) early in a written opinion, e.g.,Jones v. Smith, 287 So.2d 583 (Fl...