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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Argumentative question.

a question in which the examiner interposes a viewpoint under the guise of asking a question. ( this is considered an abuse of interrogation.

Assertive question

civil law. A question asked of a witness at a criminal trial, by which inadmissible evidence is sought, to provide the jury with details regarding another crime. Cf. Interrogative question.

Question

1. A query directed to a witness. -Abbr. Q.

categorical question

1. LEADING QUESTION. 2. (pl.) A series of questions, on a particular subject, arranged in systematic or consecutive order.

certified question

1. CERTIFICATION (5). 2. A point of law on which a U.S. court of appeals seeks guidance from either the U.S. Supreme Court or a state supreme court.

constitutional question

A legal issue resolvable by the interpretation of a constitution, rather than a statute.

cross-question

A question asked of a witness during cross-examination. - Abbr. XQ.

deposition on written questions

A deposition given in response to a prepared set of written questions, as opposed to a typical oral deposition. - Formerly also termed deposition on written interrogatories "The advantage of a deposition on written questions is that counsel for the parties need not go to some distant place to be present at the taking of the deposition. Instead they serve on each other questions and cross questions - and even redirect and recross questions -that they wish to have put to the deponent. These are then sent to the officer who is to take the deposition. The officer puts the questions to the witness, records the answers, and transcribes and files the deposition as with an oral deposition. The officer is merely to record what the witness says in response to the various questions propounded to him or her." Charles Alan Wright, The Law of Federal Courts § 85, at 618-19 (5th ed. 1994).

direct question

A question asked of a witness during direct examination.

extraneous question

A question that yond or beside the point to be decided.

fact question

See QUESTION OF FACT

federal question

See FEDERAL QUESTION.

federal-question jurisdiction

The exercise of federal-court power over claims arising under the U.S. Constitution, an act of Congress, or a treaty. 28 USCA § 1331.

hypothetical question

See HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION.

hypothetical question.

A trial device that solicits an expert witness's opinion based on assumptions treated as facts established by evidence. - Also termed abstract question.

interrogative question.

Civil law. In a criminal trial, a question asked of a witness to elicit inadmissible evidence relating to the crime at issue in the case. Cf. ASSERTIVE QUESTION.

judicial question

See JUDICIAL QUESTION.

jury question

1 An issue of fact that a jury decides. See QUESTION OF FACT. 2. A special question that a court may ask a jury that will deliver a special verdict. See special interrogatory under INTERROGATORY.

law question

See QUESTION OF LAW.

leading question

See LEADING QUESTION. 2. An issue in controversy; a matter to be determined.

legal question

See QUESTION OF LAW.

mediators of questions

Hist. Six persons authorized by 27 Edw. 3, St. 2, ch. 24 to settle disputes between merchants.

mixed question

1. MIXED QUESTION OF LAW AND FACT. 2. An issue involving conflicts of foreign and domestic law.

mixed question of law and fact

See MIXED QUESTION OF LAW AND FACT.

mixed question.

See MIRED QUESTION.

political question

See POLITICAL QUESTION.

political-question doctrine

The judicial principle that a court should refuse to decide an issue involving the exercise of discretionary power by the executive or legislative branch of government. political right. See RIGHT,

question of fact

See QUESTION OF FACT.

question of law

See QUESTION OF LAW.

question-and-answer

1. The portion of a deposition or trial transcript in which evidence is developed through a series of questions asked by the lawyer and answered by the witness. -Abbr. Q-and-A. 2. The method for developing evidence during a deposition or at trial, requiring the witness to answer the examining lawyer's questions, without offering unsolicited information. 3. The method of instruction used in many law-school classes, in which the professor asks questions of one or more students and then follows up each answer with another question. - Also termed Socratic method. See SOCRATIC METHOD.

suggestive question

See LEADING QUESTION.

vexed question

1. A question often argued about but seemingly never settled. 2. A question or point that has been decided differently by different tribunals and has therefore been left in doubt. - Also termed vexata quaestio (vek-say-to kwes-tee-oh). v.g. abbr. VERBI GRATIA.