Legal Terminology 15 (copy)

Arraignment

in criminal law, the format hearing at which the defendant is called before the judge to plead to the charge.

Court of record

court which is required to make a record of an preserve its proceedings.

De minimis

insignificant; minute; frivolous.

Ex relatione (ex re-LAY-SHE-own)

upon relation of information. Legal proceedings which are instituted by the attorney general (or other proper person) in the name an behalf of the state, but on the information and at the instigation of an individual who has a private interest in the matter, are said to be taken "on the relation" (ex relatione) of such person, who is called the "relator." (REL-a-tor) Such a cause is usually entitles thus: State ex rel. Doe v. Roe.

Inter vivos

among the living, done during lifetime.

Irrelevant

not pertinent; does not relate to the matter at issue.

Plea

a pleading in a civil or criminal case.

Res (race)

literally, the thing; i.e., the trust res is the property held in trust.

Slander

oral defamation.

Transcript

an official report of the proceedings of a trial.

Trauma

physical or mental injury to a person caused by external violence.

Unclean hands

one of the equitable maxims embodying the principle that a party seeking equitable relief must not have done any dishonest act in the transaction upon which he/she maintains an action of equity.

Viz (veez)

videlicet; namely.

Whiplash injury

neck injury commonly associated with "rear end" automobile collisions.