Your Honor is the traditional way to address a judge. It is used as a sign of respect. The honorific typically appears in court proceedings.
The term is sometimes controversial, as some see it as a title of “nobility” that...
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youthful offender
A youthful offender is a legal term used to describe an adolescent who has committed a crime but is granted special status to avoid the full consequences of a criminal conviction. Instead of being tried in an adult court, a youthful offender...
Zambrano
The term Zambrano refers to a significant legal case in the United States. In the United States, Zambrano v. I.N.S. was a class action case lasting from 1988 to 2002, where the plaintiffs, who were undocumented immigrants, challenged...
zealous witness
A zealous witness is someone whose testimony is clearly biased in favor of the party for whom they are testifying. This is usually the case when a witness shows far more than expected enthusiasm when providing testimony.
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zero tape
Zero tape (also called a zero report) refers to a file produced by electronic voter machines which show that the machine has no votes tallied at the beginning of an election. Many states require poll workers to retrieve a zero tape before...
zone of interests
The zone of interests is a legal concept used to determine whether a particular plaintiff has standing to bring a lawsuit. It refers to the range of interests or concerns that a law or regulation, whether a constitutional provision or...