Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Bar examination.
A written test that a person must pass before being licensed to practice law. 0 the content and format of bar examinations vary from state to state. - often shortened to bar.
Examination
1. The questioning of a witness under oath. See DIRECT EXAMINATION; CROSS-EXAMINATION. 2. Bankruptcy. The questioning of a bankrupt, esp. at the first meeting of creditors, concerning such matters as the bankrupt's debts and assets. 3. Patents. An inquiry made at the Patent and Trademark Office, upon application for a patent, into the alleged invention's novelty and utility, and whether it interferes with any other patented invention. 4. PRELIMINARY HEARING. 5. A test, such as a bar examination.
Multistate Bar Examination
See BAR EXAMINATION.
Multistate bar examination
a part of every state's bar examination given in the form of a multiple-choice test covering broad legal subjects, including constitutional law, contracts, criminal law, evidence, property, and torts. - abbr. Mbe.
Reexamination
n. 1. REDIRECT EXAMINATION <the attorney focused on the defendant's alibi during reexamination>. 2. Patents. A procedure whereby a party can seek review of a patent on the basis of additional references to prior art not originally considered by the U.S. Patent Office <the alleged infringer, hoping to avoid liability, sought reexamination of the patent to narrow its scope>. - reexamine, ub.
cross-examination
n. The questioning of a witness at a trial or hearing by the party opposed to the party who called the witness to testify. ( The purpose of cross-examination is to discredit a witness before the fact-finder in any of several ways, as by bringing out contradictions and improbabilities in earlier testimony, by suggesting doubts to the witness, and by trapping the witness into admissions that weaken the testimony. The cross-examiner is typically allowed to ask leading questions but is traditionally limited to matters covered on direct examination and to credibility issues. -Also termed cross-interrogation. - cross-examine, Ub. Cf DIRECT EXAMINATION; RECROSSEXAMINATION.
direct examination
The first questioning of a witness in a trial or other proceeding, conducted by the party who called the witness to testify. - Often shortened to direct. - Al•(, termed examination-in-chief. Cf, CROSS-EXAMINATION; REDIRECT EXAMINATIU'
examination on the voir dire
See VOIR DIRE.
examination pro interesse suo
[Latin "according to his interest"] A judicial inquiry into the merits of a person's claim to sequestered property. "In practice, an examination pro interesse suo is an inquiry described as follows: When any person claims to be entitled to an estate or other property sequestered, whether by mortgage or judgment, lease or otherwise, or has a title paramount to the sequestration, he should apply to the court to direct an inquiry whether the applicant has any and what interest in the property sequestered." 79A C.J.S. Sequestration § 31, at 589 (1995).
examination-in-chief
See DIRECT EXAMINATION.
recross-examination
A second cross-examination, after redirect examination. - Often shortened to recross. See CROSS-EXAMINATION.
redirect examination
A second direct examination, after cross-examination, the scope ordinarily being limited to matters covered during cross-examination. - Often shortened to redirect. - Also termed (in England) reexamination. See DIRECT EXAMINATION.
separate examination
1. The private interrogation of a witness, apart from the other witnesses in the same case. 2. The interrogation of a wife outside the presence of her husband by a court clerk or notary for the purpose of acknowledging a deed or other instrument. ( This was done to ensure that the wife signed without being coerced to do so by her husband.