legal education and practice

Judicial bypass is a legal method for minors to obtain an abortion without parent permission through a judge’s order.

Judicial ethics is part of the larger legal category of legal ethics. Judicial ethics consists of the standards and norms that bear on judges and covers such matters as how to maintain independence, impartiality, and avoid impropriety.

Judicial notice is a method used by a court when it declares a fact presented as evidence as true without a formal presentation of evidence. A court can take judicial notice of indisputable facts, usually for purposes of convenience. If a court takes judicial notice of an indisputable fact in a civil case, the fact is considered conclusive.

A judicial proceeding is any proceeding over which a judge presides. The precise definition of judicial proceeding varies depending on the jurisdiction, and may include quasi-judicial proceedings. For example:

Judicial review is the idea, fundamental to the U.S.

A judicial sale refers to a situation when, after the monetary final judgment of a lawsuit is issued, the judgment creditor must collect the judgment debt  from judgment debtor through the sale of some piece

Judiciary is a jurisdiction’s system of courts responsible for interpreting the laws and administering justice. At the federal level, Article III established the federal judiciary. States also have their own judiciary.

The Judiciary Act of 1789 is the federal act which established the lower federal courts and other functions of the federal judiciary. 

A jumbo loan, or jumbo mortgage, is a mortgage loan that exceeds the limit set by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). The 2023 FHFA limit for a single-family home in most states is $726,200.