A mode of obtaining a panel of special jurors in England, from which to select the jury to try a particular action. The proceeding takes place before the under-sheriff or secondary, and in the presence of the parties' solicitors. Numbers denoting the persons on the sheriffs list are put into a box and drawn until forty-eight unchallenged persons have been nominated. Each party … [Read more...]

Latin for choose not to; see nolo contendre. … [Read more...]

Latin: In Roman law. A form of plea or defense In an action for the recovery of real estate, by which the defendant sued as the person apparently in possession, alleges that he holds only in the name or for the benefit of another, whose name he discloses by the plea, in order that the plaintiff may bring his action against such other. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, 297. … [Read more...]

Latin for choose not to contest or I will not defend, also known as a no contest pleading. When a defendant pleads nolo contendere after being charged with the crime, the defendant neither admits nor denies committing the crime although agrees to punishment (usually a fine or jail time which is more lenient) as they were guilty of committing a crime. This type of an admission … [Read more...]

An appointment or designation of a person to fill an office or discharge a duty. The act of suggesting or proposing a person by name as a candidate for an office. Nomination to a living. In English ecclesiastical law. The rights of nominating and of presenting to a living are distinct, and may reside in different persons. Presentation is the offering a clerk to the bishop. … [Read more...]