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damages: Monetary compensation or indemnity for wrong or injury caused by the violation of a legal right. 1. Compensatory damages - Reimbursement for actual loss or injury. 2. Exemplary damages - Monetary award by way of punishment for injury caused by aggravated circumstances or malice, in addition to compensation for the injury. 3. Punitive damages - Monetary compensation awarded in excess of ordinary damages, as punishment for a gross wrong. date-stamp: the stamping on a document of the date it is received decision: the determination reached by a court in any judicial proceeding, which is the basis of the judgment declaratory judgment: one fixing rights of parties without ordering anything to be done decree: a decision or order of the court - a final decree is one which fully and finally disposes of the litigation; an interlocutory decree is a provisional or preliminary decree which is not final default: a "default" in an action of law occurs when a defendant omits to plead or otherwise defend within the time allowed, or fails to appear at the trial defendant: the party being sued or the party accused of committing the offense charged deliberation: the process by which a panel of jurors comes to a decision on a verdict de novo: From the beginning, a new trial. deponent: One who testifies under oath to the truth of facts. deposition: sworn testimony of a witness direct examination: the first interrogation of a witness by the party on whose behalf the witness is called directed verdict: an instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict discovery (or disclosure): a proceeding whereby one party to an action may be informed as to facts known by other parties or witnesses dismissal: termination of a proceeding for a procedurally prescribed reason dismissal with prejudice: Action dismissed on the merits which prevents renewal of the same claim or cause of action. dismissal without prejudice: Action dismissed, not on the merits, which may be re-instituted. dispose: the act of terminating a judicial proceeding disposition: the result of a judicial proceeding by withdrawal, settlement, order, judgment or sentence dissolution of marriage: the effect of a judgment of dissolution of marriage is to restore the parties to the state of unmarried persons docket: a document which summarizes a case domicile: that place where a person has a true and permanent home - a person may have several residences, but only one domicile
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