August 20
2015
July 30
2015
Legal Vocabulary: Champerty
Champerty is defined as follows: “A bargain made by one not a party to the suit to bear expenses of litigation in consideration of a share of the matter sued for.”
Machine Briefs:
OPTION #1: champerty= KHAFRPT
OPTION #2: champerty= KHAFRP/PER/T*I
OPTION #3: champerty= KHAFRP/PER/TAO*E
OPTION #4: champerty= KHAM/PER/T*I
OPTION #5: champerty= KHAM/PER/TAO*E
July 2
2015
Legal Vocabulary: Casus
June 23
2015
Legal Vocabulary: Case Law vs. Statutory Law
Case law also known as common law is defined as follows: “Law based upon or settled by decided cases; decisions handed down by judges and having the effect of law.”
Statutory law is defined as: “The law as set forth in statutes. (A legislative enactment duly sanctioned and authenticated by constitutional rule; act of Parliament, Congress, etc.; also, any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law.)”
Here’s a quick video that explains the difference between case and statutory law:
May 18
2015
Legal Vocabulary: Avulsion
Avulsion is defined as: “The immediate and noticeable addition to land caused by its removal from the property of another, by a sudden change in a water bed or in the course of a stream.
When a stream that is a boundary suddenly abandons its bed and seeks a new bed, the boundary line does not change. It remains in the center of the original bed even if water no longer flows through it. This is known as the rule of avulsion.” [SOURCE: The Free Dictionary]
Machine Briefs:
OPTION #1: avulsion= A/VUL/SH*UN
OPTION #2: avulsion= A/VULGS
OPTION #3: avulsion= A/V*ULGS
CLICK HERE for the medical definition of avulsion.
May 13
2015
Legal Vocabulary: Assumpsit
Assumpsit as the following definitions: “(1) A promise by which someone assumes or undertakes an obligation to another person. (2) An agreement or promise made orally or in writing not under seal; a contract. (3) A legal action seeking compensation for the nonperformance of a contract that was not officially approved or recorded. (4) An actionable promise. (5) A legal action for a breach of agreement.”
Machine Briefs:
OPTION #1: assumpsit= A/SUM/S*IT
OPTION #2: assumpsit= A/SUFRP/S*IT
April 14
2015
Legal Vocabulary: Blue-Sky Laws
February 20
2015
Legal Vocabulary: Percipient Witness
February 4
2015
Legal Vocabulary: Bill of Attainder
A bill of attainder is a legislative act that declares a person or a group of people guilty of crime, and gives them a punishment, without giving them a judicial trial.
A bill or attainder is also called an act of attainder, writ of attainder, and bill of pains and penalties.
A bill of attainder takes away a person’s civil rights. This includes the right to own property, the right to hold a title, and the right to life and liberty.
Because a bill of attainder violates due process of the law, it has been banned by the U.S. Constitution (Article 1, Section 9) and all of the United States’ 50 states constitutions (Article 1, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution).
January 6
2015
Practice Video: Examination Under Oath (EUO)
Here are some briefs and phrases from the video:
my name is= MAOINS
driver’s license= DLND
2011= TWOUFNL
date of birth= DOB/DOB
photograph= FOF
that’s correct= THAERK
A. That’s correct= SKREFRBLGTS
yes or no= YORN
under the influence= NUFL
if you want= FUPT
do you understand= DOUNDZ
court reporter= KRORPT
courtesy= KURTS
yes, I do= YOID
Louisiana= LA/LA
conceal= SKAOEL
with you= WU
for the record= FRORD
let the record reflect= LORK
car insurance= KARNS
income tax= N-KT
cellular phone= SLOERN
Where do you live?= WROUF
how long= HOUNG
operator= PRAEURT
roughly= RUFL
24-hour= 24OUR
how much= HOUFP
verifying= VOIFG
excuse me= SKAOUM
girlfriend= GOIF
chemical= KHEM
rear end= RAOERND
have you ever= VUFR
on this= ONTS
repairs= R-PS
mechanical= MEBLG
battery= BRAET
thank you= THAUNG
that I can= THAIK
