An original document that is entered into evidence. May also refer to first hand evidence. … [Read more...]

Lat. That rule which monks were obliged to observe. Order; regular succession. An order of a court Ordo albus. The white friars or Augustines. Du Cange. Ordo attachlamentorum. In old practice. The order of attachments. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 51, … [Read more...]

practice. That which is given to courts to take cognizance of cases which may be instituted in those courts in the first instance. The constitution of the United States gives the supreme court of the United State original jurisdiction in cases which affect ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and to those in which a state is a party. … [Read more...]

Fr. In French law, an ordinance; an order of a court; a compilation or systematized body of law relating to a particular subject matter, as, commercial law or maritime law. Particularly, a compilation of the law relating to prizes and captures at sea. See Coolidge v. Inglee, 13 Mass. 43. … [Read more...]

This is a copyright term referring to a unique, new creative work that is expressed in a tangible expression (such as writing or on a canvas or stored on compact disc.) As long as the person creating the work had no other significant influence and created the work by way of his or her own independent expression, it would be considered original and able to be registered for … [Read more...]