What does hearing mean in law in a simple term?

Answer 1

A hearing in a court of law is a proceeding in which a court hears and determines what happens in civil or criminal lawsuit. There are many types of court hearing like status hearing, motion hearing, preliminary hearing, trial hearing, etc. and are mostly relevant to a given case. The scope and type of court hearings within a given court of jurisdiction will vary but in all court hearings, a common factor is establishing a specific date, time, and location for the hearing to take place.

Answer 2

It can have two meanings, both of which are related.

Hearing can refer to a judge or jury listening to the presentation of facts and/or the argument of applicable law with the end result being a decision on the merits.

Hearing (used as a noun) generally refers to the increment of time that the parties (or their attorneys) appear before the court for a specified reason. Hearings are scheduled with the court for reasons that include those stated in the immediately above paragraph.

Answer 3

Both sides of a case present the arguments most favorable to them to the court and the judge decides (according to the way the laws are written) which one prevails over the other.

Answer 4

to enter defense

Answer 5

It depends on the type of hearing.

Answer 6

Depending on the listening or is it just listening to music or listening to the topic of the school lesson. So many are ruining it because of the wrong way of using it.