courts and procedure

Seizure is when the government or its agent removes property from an individual's possession following unlawful activity or to satisfy a judgment entered by the court.

Self-authenticating documents are considered authentic and require no extrinsic evidence of authenticity to be admitted in a legal proceeding.

Self-incrimination is the intentional or unintentional act of providing information that will suggest your involvement in a crime, or expose you to criminal prosecution.

• lawsuits-court
• criminal law
• trial
• Fifth Amendment
• PRIVILEGE AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION
• self-incrimination
• criminal procedure
• Fourth Amendment
• tax
• Internal Revenue Service
• custodial interrogation
• state constitution
• state courts
• georgia
• Supreme Court
• SEIZURE
• blood alcohol content analysis
• driving under the influence
• CRIMINAL
• criminal law and criminal procedure

A sentence is the judgment that a court formally delivers after finding a criminal defendant guilty.  "Sentence" refers to the term of imprisonment or probation imposed on a convicted

Sentencing refers to the process by which a court imposes a penalty on a defendant following a conviction.

“Separate but equal” refers to the infamously racist decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) that allowed the use of segregation laws by states and local governments. The phrase “separate but equal” comes from part of the Court’s decision that argued separate rail cars for whites and African Americans were equal at least as required by the Equal Protection Clause.

To sequester is the act of isolating someone during trial proceedings. The jury, or witnesses, may be sequestered to preserve fairness during the trial. Thus, when not fulfilling their roles at trial, sequestered persons may live in a hotel so that they are not influenced by the opinions of journalists, friends, and family.

Sequestration is the process of temporarily removing property from its possessor under the process of law. The final decision is contingent on the outcome of a judicial dispute between multiple parties who claim ownership.

Service is the formal delivery of litigation documents to give the opposing litigant notice of the suit against them. The concept requiring proper service before individuals may be brought to court is also often referred to as service of process.

Service by fax is a substitute delivery of litigation documents to give the opposing litigant notice of the suit against them by faxing the documents to the party or parties requiring service. Generally, a person must consent to service by fax in advance to establish adequate service of process.