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71Noerr-Pennington doctrine — Competition law Basic concepts History of competition law Monopoly Coercive monopoly Natural monopoly …
72Adequate and independent state ground — The adequate and independent state ground doctrine is a doctrine of United States law governing the power of the U.S. Supreme Court to review judgments entered by state courts. Introduction It is part of the basic framework of the American legal… …
73McCorvey v. Hill — McCorvey v. Hill, 385 F.3d 846 (5th Cir. 2004)[1], was a case in which the principal original litigant in Roe v. Wade,[1] (1973) Norma McCorvey, also known as Jane Roe , requested the overturning of Roe. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth… …
74Heliaia — or Heliaea(Greek: polytonic|Ήλιαία) (Doric: Halia) was the supreme court of ancient Athens. Τhe generally held scientific view is that the court drew its name from the ancient Greek verb polytonic|Ήλιάζεσθαι, which means polytonic|συναθροίζεσθαι …
75appellant — ap·pel·lant /ə pe lənt/ n: a person or party who appeals a court s judgment compare appellee Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. ap …
76champerty — cham·per·ty / cham pər tē/ n pl ties [Anglo French champartie bargaining for a share of disputed property, from champart share of crops paid as rent, share of property in dispute, from champ field + part portion]: an unenforceable agreement by… …
77complainant — com·plain·ant /kəm plā nənt/ n: the party (as a plaintiff or petitioner) who makes the complaint in a legal action or proceeding Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. complainant …
78defendant — de·fen·dant /di fen dənt, ˌdant/ n: the party against whom a criminal or civil action is brought see also answer, codefendant compare accused, plaintiff …
79petitioner — I noun applicant, asker, litigant, movant, one who applies for relief, one who files an application for relief, one who requests relief, party, pleader, solicitant, solicitor, supplex, supplicant associated concepts: aggrieved party II index… …
80plaintiff — plain·tiff / plān təf/ n [Middle French plaintif, from plaintif, adj., grieving, from plaint lamentation, from Latin planctus, from plangere to strike, beat one s breast, lament]: the party who institutes a legal action or claim (as a… …
