Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
.The rules governing civil actions in the U.S. district courts. - Abbr. Fed. R. Civ. P.; FRCP.
civil procedure
1. The body of law - usu. rules enacted by the legislature or courts -governing the methods and practices used in civil litigation. ( An example is the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 2. A particular method or practice used in carrying on civil litigation.
death penalty sanction. Civil procedure.
A court's order dismissing the suit or entering a default judgment in favor of the plaintiff because of extreme discovery abuses by a party or because of a party's action or inaction that shows an unwillingness to participate in the case. ( Such a sanction is rarely ordered, and is usu. preceded by orders of lesser sanctions that have not been complied with or that have not remedied the problem.
outcome-determinative test. Civil procedure.
A test used to determine whether an issue is substantive for purposes of the Erie doctrine by examining the issue's potential effect on the outcome of the litigation. See ERIE DOCTRINE.