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What are two sides in a trial called?
In criminal court. There is the prosecution and the defense.Added: In a civil case it is the Plaintiff and the Defendant
What are the name of the parties in a civil trial?
Plaintiff/Defendant
What is the name of the person on trial in a court of law?
Which person? In most trials, there is a judge, a prosecutor or plaintiff's attorney, a plaintiff, a defendant, defendant's attorney, a court reporter and clerk, baliffs, witnesses, jurors, and observers.
What are the two side in a criminal trial?
The sides in a civil trial are the same as a criminal trial. There is a plaintiff and a defendant. In a criminal trial the plaintiff is usually the jurisdictioni charging the defendant.
What is the name of both sides in a criminal case?
That will depend on whether the case is a civil or criminal trial. In a civil court case the two sides are the defendant and the plaintiff. For a criminal court it will be the defendant (the accused) and the government entity bringing the charges, usually the State or Country.
What type of cases are civil defense?
During a civil hearing or trial. A defence in which the defendant attempts to prove that he or she is not liable to any civil damages to the plantiff.
What is the defendant in court?
The term "defendant" is usually used to describe the accused in a criminal trial. Occasionally the term is loosely used in civil court cases where the defendant is more properly known as the "respondant."
In a civil case can the trial proceed if the plaintiff or defendant is in jail?
Yes, but HIGHLY unlikely. In a civil case the state is under no obligation to spend the taxpayers money to transport and guard the incarcerated individual involved in a civil trial.
When do you have a trial by judge?
In most cases, you have the right to a trial by jury, but this is not a requirement. In a criminal case, if the defendant opts to have a bench trial, there will be no jury. In a civil case, if neither party requests a jury, it will be a bench trial.
Civil trial vs criminal trial?
In a Criminal Trial, you have a Prosecutor and Defendant. The prosecutor's job is to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. In a Civil Trial, you have a Plaintiff and a Defendant. The plaintiff's jog is to present the preponderance of the evidence. Both can be jury trials. The bar is lower for the defendant in the Criminal trial. He can demand a jury trial and get it in most situations. Beyond a reasonable doubt means almost certain. Preponderance of evidence means the evidence on the side of the plaintiff is a whole lot stronger than that on the side of the defendant. Still, what a jury will decide and award one party is frequently simply a guess. It can differ quit a bit from theory.
What happens in court?
In civil court, the Rules of Civil Procedure are followed, either the State rules or the federal rules if the court is federal. One person brings a lawsuit, serving a summons on the defendant, then the defendant has a certain period of time to ANSWER (often 20 days). Motions are made and then the matter is heard before the court (either a Bench Trial or a Jury Trial), or the parties can settle before the case is heard in the court.
What is it called when the defendant is called before the court to answer the indictment and the time place and date of the trial is set?
arraignment
