The document in which all of the facts are recited as part of a lawsuit which explains, in detail, what occurred in the course of dealing with the adverse party. … [Read more...]

A statement by a trial judge which addresses and provides the option to a criminal defendant of making a speech or statement on the defendant's own behalf to convince the judge as to whether there is any legal reason why he or she should not be found guilty and/or sentenced for punishment if the jury votes to convict the defendant. See Allocutus. … [Read more...]

That increase of the earth on a shore or bank of a river, or to the shore of the sea, by the force of the water, as by a current or by waves, which is so gradual that no one can judge how much is added at each moment of time. Inst. 1, 2, t 1, … [Read more...]

When a suit is instituted in the English ecclesiastical courts, in order to obtain alimony, before it is allowed, an allegation must be made on the part of the wife, stating the property of the husband. This allegation is called an allegation of faculties. … [Read more...]

In criminal procedure, when a prisoner is convicted on a trial for treason or felony, the court is bound to demand of him what he has to say as to why the court should not proceed to judgment against him; this demand is called the "aV locutus," or "allocution," and is entered on the record. Archb. Crim. PI. 173; State y. Ball, 27 Mo. 324. … [Read more...]