- Industry: Government; Legal services
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Primary federal criminal investigation and enforcement agency.
To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
Industry:Legal services
The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
Industry:Legal services
Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
Industry:Legal services
A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
Industry:Legal services
An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
Industry:Legal services
A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
Industry:Legal services
Las normas bajo las cuales se lleva a cabo un juicio; existen normas de procedimiento civiles, penales, normas para la producción de la prueba, para los procesos de quiebras y de apelaciones.
Industry:Legal services
