Understanding the language of the court is the first step in claiming your jurisdiction.
"To settle definitively in a court of law. From the Latin 'adjudicare'—to pass judgment upon."
View Related Document →"A voluntary declaration of facts written down and sworn to by the declarant before an officer authorized to administer oaths."
View Related Document →"A court-ordered allowance one spouse pays to the other for maintenance and support during or after a legal separation or divorce."
View Related Document →"A group of operative facts giving rise to one or more bases for suing; a factual situation that entitles one person to obtain a remedy in court from another person."
View Related Document →"The fair and just division of property acquired during marriage, regardless of whose name is actually on the title."
View Related Document →"The physical destruction or sealing of criminal records so that they are no longer accessible to the general public."
View Related Document →"The lawful power of expression — the court's power to decide a case or issue a decree."
View Related Document →"A landlord's written notice demanding that a tenant vacate the premises by a certain date or face eviction proceedings."
View Related Document →"Appearing for oneself, as in the case of one who does not retain a lawyer and appears for himself or herself in court."
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