A point or question of law which the court, not being fully satisfied how to decide, in the hurried trial of a cause, rules in favor of the party offering it, but subject to revision on a motion for a new trial. If, after argument, it be found to have been ruled correctly, the verdict is supported; if otherwise, it is set aside . … [Read more...] about POINT RESERVED
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POLITICAL ASYLUM
The acceptance of a person in an emigrating country who has fled one's home country for fear of persecution. … [Read more...] about POLITICAL ASYLUM
POINTS
construction. Marks in writing and in print, to denote the stops that ought to be made in reading, and to point out the sense. 2. Points are not usually put in legislative acts or in deeds: Eunom. Dial. 2, Section 33, p. 239; yet, in construing them, the courts must read them with such stops as will give effect to the whole. 4 T. R. 65. 3. The points are the comma, the … [Read more...] about POINTS
POLITICAL PARTY
Voluntary associations and groups which promote candidates for public office. Political parties are not government. … [Read more...] about POLITICAL PARTY
POINTS AND AUTHORITIES
Legal points and legal authorities; the basis in law and fact that comprises of an argument in a lawsuit. Typically a memorandum of law I included with a brief made in a persuasive argument to court that lists all the statutes, relevant case law and precedent that supports the party's position in the case. … [Read more...] about POINTS AND AUTHORITIES