Latin for Lawyers

L ATIN FOR L AWYERS

conduct of criminal trials. Procedural law is distinguished from substantive law, which deals with the definition of legal rights and duties. See SUBSTANTIVE LAW PROCEEDING [L. pro / to, towards + cedo, cedere / to go, move forward] Any of the steps in the conduct of litigation or in the determination of rights by the courts or by administrative agencies. An adjudication. A hearing, trial or application before the court. The official record of steps taken by a court or agency. PROCEEDS [L. pro / towards + cedere / to go forward] Any money or other asset resulting from a commercial transaction such as a sale. Also, money received to reimburse a loss under an insurance policy. Income or yield. Money received by a corporation upon the issuance and sale of securities. PROCESS [L. pro + cedere ] A series of steps culminating in a result. The continuous operation or use of a resource to achieve a particular result, as the raw material used in the process of manufacture . All of the steps in a legal proceeding. The summons or writ issued by a court to compel a party to attend or to answer a complaint or charge against him. The steps by which a court acquires jurisdiction over a particular action and of the parties to the action. PROCLAIM [L. pro / before + clamo, clamare / to call, shout] To announce publicly and with strength or force. To declare openly and defi antly. To announce officially or formally, as to proclaim a new government or the coming of the Messiah. To promulgate; to publish under governmental authority. To publicize. PROCLAMATION [L. pro + clamare / to to shout, to call out] A public announcement or notice of some action which requires public knowledge. A governmental document reciting a matter of great general importance. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, for example, constituted a public notice of historic significance to the American public. PRO CONFESSO [L. pro + confiteor, confitere / to confess, admit, acknowl edge] As confessed; because it is confessed. A decree in equity in favor of the plaintiff, issued when no answer is interposed by the defendant or the answer is frivolous or patently false. See DECREE PRO CONFESSO

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