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Where can an action for a tort take place?
A"tort" is a civil wrong. Therefore, the case would take place in civil court.
What are reasons that one would have to appear at King County District Court?
Defendants in a criminal trial would have to appear in court, as well as people with traffic violations. Civil cases and corporate disputes sometimes have to be handled by the courts.
In the US how does one find records of civil court cases that either did not go to trial or settled before judgment?
Even if the case settled prior to trial - if the case was filed with The Clerk of The Court and it appeared on the court's docket, then there would be a publicly available record of it in the Court Clerk's Office. You would have to know where, and in what court system, the case was filed in order to locate the records of the proceedings and learn what the final dispostion was.
What type of court case is heard in civil courts?
criminal cases are dealt where ever the crime was committed and if the crime is that bad it will go to state , but criminal cases go to criminal courts, civil cases deal with such things as money or private property or divorce but no lawsuit will be made that would happen in a state court. Anything that goes against the constitution or is unconstitutional will be reviewed (appealed) and go to supreme court.
Can a case be dismissed during a rehearing?
It would depend on the legislation of the country concerned.Additional AnswerA rehearing is no different than the initial hearing in that it is subject to the same rules governing dismissals as the first hearing.One example would be if a conviction were set aside by an appellate court because the trial court allowed evidence of a confession that should have been excluded. The appellate court would remand the case to the trial court for a rehearing or retrial. If the trial court felt the prosecution's case was insufficient to sustain a conviction absent the confession, it would dismiss the case on rehearing.Another example would be if a conviction or finding of civil liability were based on a statute later declared unconstitutional, the case would be remanded to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with the declaration that the statue was void. On rehearing the court would dismiss the case.
What is an antonym for the word kangaroo court?
"Fair trial" would be an antonym to kangaroo court.
Who is the respondent in a civil case?
The term "respondant" usually refers to a person in a civil court trial against whom the legal action is initiated. In a criminal case, a 'respondant' would be referred to as the 'defendant.'
What is a media trial as opposed to a court trial?
What an excellent question. A court trial is a step in our guaranteed right to due process in a criminal case. Each state has a step by step procedure in place to comply with this Constitutional guarantee. It is a trial held to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused with evidence and testimony that has been accepted by the court to present in the case.A media trial is not an actual trial, it is a term used to describe the tendency of the media to decide the guilt or innocence of an accused based on whatever they decide is evidence, whether it would be acceptable in a court of law or not. A media trial also includes a great deal of opinion on the part of the media participants.
What is the definition of defendant-cross-appellant?
The cross-appellant in a case is the person who files a cross-appeal to counter an appeal already filed by the original appellant. Usually, the original appellant would be the party which lost the case in trial court, and would be asking the Appeals court to overturn the trial court verdict. A cross-appellant is usually the party which received a verdict partially in their favor at trial, and is counter-appealing some aspect of the trial court's verdict to the Appeals court. A 'defendant-cross-appellant' is means that the party which was the defendant in the trial court, is now the cross-appellant in Appeals court.
Which court would handle the first appeal of a case tried in a higher level state trial court?
The State Supreme Court
Can there be a civil attachment to a criminal conviction in Virginias general district court?
No. A separate action would have to be filed in the Civil Divison of Court.
Who would first try a federal crime committed in the US Virgin Islands?
The federal trial court for the US Virgin Islands is the District Court of the United States Virgin Islands, which has two Divisions, one in St. Croix and the other in St. Thomas/St. John. This District is part of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which is where an appeal to a decision in the trial court would be filed. The Virgin Islands' equivalent of the state court with original jurisdiction over criminal and civil cases is the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands (formerly called the Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands).
