In the context of jurisprudence, a test is the standard of evaluating a claim to determine the resolution. To apply a legal test, one must apply the facts in light of the elements needed to satisfy the relevant legal test. Famous examples of...
legal practice/ethics
test case
Test cases refer to legal actions brought with the intention of challenging or receiving clarification on a present law. The strategy usually involves creating a “controversy” to get into a court that otherwise would not lead to a legal...
textualism
Textualism is a method of statutory interpretation that asserts that a statute should be interpreted according to its plain meaning and not according to the intent of the legislature, the statutory purpose, or the legislative history.
...third-degree instruction
Third degree Instruction is an instruction given by a court to a deadlocked jury to encourage it to continue deliberating until it reaches a verdict. Also called Allen charge, dynamite charge, nitroglycerine charge, and shotgun charge....
third-party beneficiary
A third-party beneficiary is a person who is not a contracting party of a contract but can still receive the benefits from the performance of the contract. The privity of the contract is between the contracting parties - the promisor and...
Tinker v. Des Moines
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Systems (1969) was a Supreme Court case famous as a foundational case on protecting first amendment rights of students at publicly funded schools. The case arose when school administrators...
transcarceration
Transcarceration is the transfer of prisoners or persons institutionalized for mental illness from one facility to another of the same type. Through transcarceration, prisoners are moved from one prison to another, and those institutionalized...
transmittal letter
A transmittal letter is a letter that accompanies some object and serves as a record of that object being delivered. The object being delivered is often a paper document (e.g., a pleading), but may also be a larger physical object (e.g.,...
trap and trace device
A trap and trace device is a device or process that records the sources of incoming signals to a specific phone or computer. This is often used by law enforcement as the advanced counterpart of Caller ID. A trap and trace device identifies...
treatment over objection
Treatment over objection refers to the administration of medical treatment to a patient without their consent. This usually occurs when the patient is incapable of making informed decisions due to serious mental illness or other conditions...