See jury instructions. Typically refers when a judge gives a jury instruction to limit the admissibility of evidence that has been presented in court. It may occur where the evidence may be admissible to be used for one purpose but not another or where only part of the evidence may be used but the remainder must be stricken from the record and is deemed inadmissible. … [Read more...]

A police procedure done in a police station after an arrest. The police line up the suspect along with several other people, reasonably similar to the suspect, and ask a witness or the victim of the crime whether they can identify the person they saw commit the crime. For example, if a suspect is described as a certain ethnicity or characteristic such as being tall, it would be … [Read more...]

Enamel. Du Cange. … [Read more...]

(1) A unit in a connected series; anything which serves to connect or bind together the things which precede and follow it. Thus, we speak of a "link in the chain of title." (2) A common abbreviation of "hyperlink" which is an address of a web page on the World Wide Web such as http://www.thelaw.com. … [Read more...]

In old English law. A flax plat, where flax is grown. Du Cange. … [Read more...]