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To help you understand some of the legal language, you will find this legal glossary useful. We include English and Latin terms that are in common use in law. Just click on the word or expression to find the definition:
| PARTICULARS |
| Details relevant to a claim |
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| PARTY |
| Any of the participants in a Court action or proceedings |
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| PARTY AND PARTY |
| Costs that one party must pay to another |
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| PATIENT |
| A person who is deemed incapable of handling his/her own affairs by reason of mental incapacity and who is under the jurisdiction of the Court of Protection |
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| PENAL NOTICE |
| Directions attached to an order of a Court stating the penalty for disobedience may result in imprisonment |
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| PERSONAL APPLICATION |
| Application made to the Court without legal representation |
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| PERSONAL SERVICE |
| Personal delivery (ie not by mail) of a claim, summons or notice |
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| PETITION |
| A method of commencing proceedings whereby the order required by the petitioner from the Court is expressed as a prayer, eg the petitioner therefore prays that the marriage be dissolved (divorce proceedings) |
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| PETITIONER |
| A person who presents the petition |
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| PLAINT NOTE |
| see NOTICE OF ISSUE |
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| PLAINT NUMBER |
| Old-fashioned term for Claim Number |
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| PLEA |
| A defendant's reply to a charge put to him by a court; ie guilty or not guilty |
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| PLEADINGS |
| Documents setting out claim/defence of parties involved in civil proceedings |
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| POSSESSION PROCEEDINGS |
| Legal proceedings by a landlord to recover land/property ie house, flat, garage etc |
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| POWER OF ARREST |
| An order attached to some injunctions to allow the police to arrest a person who has broken the terms of the order |
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| PRECEDENT |
| The decision of a case which established principles of law that act as an authority for future cases of a similar nature |
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| PRESIDENT OF THE FAMILY DIVISION |
| Senior judge and head of the family Division of the High Court of Justice |
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| PRE-TRIAL REVIEW |
| A preliminary appointment at which the District Judge consider the issues before the Court and fixes the timetable for the trial |
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| PROBATE |
| The legal recognition of the validity of a will |
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| PROCESS |
| The document commencing a claim or subsequent action |
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| PROSECUTION |
| The institution or conduct of criminal proceedings against a person |
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| PROSECUTOR |
| Person who prosecutes (see PROSECUTION) |
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| PUBLIC TRUSTEE |
| A person (usually a barrister or solicitor) appointed by the Lord Chancellor as i) Trustee for Trusts managed by the Public Trust Office; ii) Accountant General for Court Funds; iii) Receiver (of last resort) for Court of Protection patients |
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| PUISNE JUDGE |
| (Pronounced Puny) High Court judge. Any judge of the High Court other than the heads of each division. The word puisne means junior and is used to distinguish High Court judges from senior judges sitting at the Court of Appeal |
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| PUTATIVE FATHER |
| The alleged or supposed father of an illegitimate child |
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