SEPARABLE CONTROVERSY

In the acts of congress relating to the removal of causes from state courts to federal courts, this phrase means a separate and distinct cause of action existing in the suit, on which a separate and distinct suit might properly have been brought and complete relief afforded as to such cause of action; or the case must be one capable of separation into parts, so that; in one of … [Read more...] about SEPARABLE CONTROVERSY

Latin meaning An interlocutory order can be revoked, a final order cannot be. … [Read more...] about SENTENTIA INTERLOCUTORIA REVOCARI POTEST DEFINITIVA NON POTEST

Latin: In the civil law. (1) Sense; Import; as distinguished from mere words. (2) The deliberate expression of one's will or intention, (3) The sentence of a judge or court. Sententia a mon judioo lata nemini debot noooro. A sentence pronounced by one who is not a judge should not harm any one. Fleta, 1. 6, c. 6, i 7. Sententia oontra matrimoninm nnnquam transit in rem … [Read more...] about SENTENTIA

See concurrent sentence. … [Read more...] about SENTENCES TO RUN CONCURRENTLY

(A) Punishment in a criminal case. A sentence can range from a fine and community service to life imprisonment or death. For most crimes, the sentence is chosen by the trial judge; the jury chooses the sentence only in a capital case, when it must choose between life in prison without parole and death. (B) A judgment, or judicial declaration made by a judge in a cause. The term … [Read more...] about SENTENCE