courts and procedure

King’s Bench is one of three divisional courts in the United Kingdom’s High Court that serves both as a court of original and appellate jurisdiction.

Under common law knock-and-announce rule, a police officer executing a search warrant generally should not immediately force their way into a residence. Instead, the officer must first knock, identify themselves and their intent, and wait a reasonable amount of time for the occupants to let them into the residence.

• criminal procedure

Laches is a doctrine in equity whereby courts can deny relief to a claimant with an otherwise valid claim when the party bringing the claim unreasonably delayed asserting the claim to the detriment of the opposing party.

The Lapp test is the standard used to determine whether a likelihood of confusion exists between two trademarks. Under the Lanham Act, liability for trademark infringement is based on a finding that the use of one trademark causes a likelihood of confusion with another previously established trademark.

• branding

Larceny is a crime at common law that refers to the illegal taking of the property of another with intent to deprive the owner thereof.

Law of indivisible injury is a tort law concept that allows plaintiffs to recover damages from an injury caused by multiple parties, whose acts cannot be separated to assess their direct harm.

A lay witness is someone who provides testimony in court based on their direct perceptions or personal experiences concerning the case. Federal Rule of Evidence 701 states that if a witness is not providing expert testimony, lay testimony in the form of an opinion is limited to one that is:

A leading question is a type of questioning in which the form of the question suggests the answer. In general, leading questions are not allowed during the direct examination of a witness and.

Legal action primarily refers to the act of bringing a lawsuit, prosecution, or judicial proceeding  to obtain a legal remedy or to ascertain or protect a legal 

A legal person is a human or a non-human legal entity that is treated as a person for legal purposes. A legal person is capable of engaging in all usual legal business that a real person can participate in, such as suing, being sued, owning property, and entering into contracts. 

• corporations
• business law