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Today's Terms
Continuance
Definition:
A court order postponing proceedings.
Retainer:
Definition:
Similar to an injunction, commanding the party to leave the other party alone, usually in a divorce proceeding.
Public defender
Definition:
In a civil tort action such as a medical malpractice suit, the plaintiff must show that an act or omission of the defendant was a proximate cause of the plaintiff's injury or loss. Similarly, in a criminal action, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant's action was the direct cause of the crime
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