An item of personal property so affixed to the real estates as to be considered a part thereof; a fixture.
Chattel Real
A distinct statement of plaintiff’s cause of action. A complaint or indictment may contain one or more counts.
Count
To carry on legal contest by judicial process.
Litigate
To release or relinquish a claim. A quitclaim deed releases right or title to another without professing validity of title.
Quitclaim
State of trial proceedings demonstrating evidence of previous witnesses as untrue; the evidence itself.
Rebuttal
The ordinary jury, distinguished from grand jury.
Petit Jury
False swearing.
Perjury
For only the particular case at hand.
Ad Hoc
Held by a third party until an agreed event takes place.
Escrow
Written questions propounded by one party and served on adversary, who must serve written answers thereto under oath.
Interrogatories
A charge against property.
Lien
A writ of notification requiring the person to appear and defend.
Summons
An entire panel from which a jury is drawn.
Venire
While suit is pending
Pendente Lite
On or at the threshold; at the very beginning; preliminary.
In limine
