A partition is a division of concurrent interests in land. Such types of concurrent ownerships are usually either joint tenancies or tenancies in common. The purpose of a partition proceeding is to eliminate a present concurrent interest in...
civil procedure
party
In legal parlance, a party is a person or entity who takes part in a legal transaction, for example a person with an immediate interest in an agreement or deed, or a plaintiff or a defendant in a lawsuit. A “third party” is a person who is a...
payment into court
1) Money or property that is given to the court clerk to be distributed after a lawsuit is concluded. Typically, the person making payment into court is a defendant who may be found liable to the plaintiff; the payment into court is meant to satisfy...
peace bond
A peace bond is a court-required surety bond or conditional fine, criminal or quasi-criminal in nature, that an individual must pay to guarantee that he or she will not commit a breach of the peace, be it through threats, public disturbance,...
pendent jurisdiction
Pendent jurisdiction was a doctrine which gave federal courts exercising federal question jurisdiction the power to hear related state-law claims that did not independently meet the requirements of federal subject-matter jurisdiction. The...
pendent party jurisdiction
Pendent party jurisdiction is a form of supplemental jurisdiction codified by 28 U.S.C. § 1367. Pendent party jurisdiction was a doctrine asserting that, if federal jurisdiction exists for a claim, the federal district court has the power to...
pendente lite
Pendente lite is a Latin term that means “pending the suit” or “pending [the] litigation underway.”
In the context of family law, for example, parties can file motions for pendente lite custody and child support. In Johnson...
Pennoyer rule
The Pennoyer rule is a legal principle that prevents courts from issuing personal judgments against defendants over whom they have no personal jurisdiction. This rule comes from the U.S. Supreme Court case Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U.S. 714 (1878...
people
People often appears as the title given in a case name to stand for the government party, with the idea that the government is representing the public in the case. For example, the title in the case People v. Thomas is representing the people...
per curiam
Per Curiam is a judicial opinion by a court with multiple judges without citing any single judge as the author.
OverviewA per curiam decision is a court opinion issued in the name of the Court rather than specific judges...