Legal Glossary

Procedures allowing a higher court to review alleged errors committed at the trial court level.

One who appeals a decision or judgment to a higher court.

Of or relating to appeals.

One against whom an appeal is taken.

Pertinent to time, place or occasion.

Latin: “For the sake of argument.”

Procedure whereby a criminal defendant comes before the court to hear the charge and to enter a plea.

Taking into custody a person to answer accusations of criminal conduct.

A writ issued by a judge, based upon probable cause, to a law enforcement officer to take into custody the person named in it.

1. Civil. An intentional and unlawful attempt or threat, either by words or acts, to inflict injury upon another. 2. Criminal. Simple and aggravated assault are defined under Miss. Code Ann. Section 97-3-7.

One to whom an assignment is made.

Voluntary transfer of rights to property.

One who makes an assignment.

Latin: “He promised.” An action for the recovery of damages for the nonperformance of an implied contract.

Legal process by which property is seized and brought within the custody of the court to secure satisfaction of a judgment.

The formal authentication of an act or instrument by a subscribing witness or an official.

Doctrine that requires a landowner to exercise reasonable care in maintaining an inherently dangerous instrumentality if such is easily accessible to trespassing children.

Proof of extrinsic evidence as a condition precedent to admissibility to ensure that a matter in question is what its proponent claims it to be.

Procedure that automatically delays the execution or enforcement of a civil judgment until the expiration of ten days after the later of its entry or the disposition of a motion for a new trial.

Acting in the right of another.

A formal assertion stating a claim or defense.