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Learned treatise

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leading casenoun(chiefly UK, Australia, Canada, Commonwealth, law) A reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved.
testimonynounAn account of first-hand experience.
lawbooknounA book in which laws are codified.
ancient documentnoun(law) In the law of evidence, a document which is admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule, and which is considered self-authenticating, because it is older than a certain age (usually twenty years) and in a condition that makes it free from suspicion concerning its authenticity, and was found in a place where such a writing was likely to be kept.
dhammasatthanounA kind of Buddhist treatise on the law.
hearsay evidencenounevidence based on what someone has told the witness and not of direct knowledge
matter of recordnounA fact or statement that is recorded in governmental records or in publications.
hearsaynounInformation that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.
restatementnounThe act of restating.
case notenoun(chiefly in the plural) A note about a case by a doctor, lawyer, therapist, or similar professional.
contemporanea expositionoun(law) The doctrine that the legal opinions of the time a document was written should be used to interpret laws in preference to more modern formulations.
case reportnoun(medicine) A detailed report of the symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of an individual patient, possibly containing a demographic profile of the patient, but usually describing an unusual or novel occurrence.
test casenoun(computing) Any of a set of conditions and variables used to test an application.
rule of recognitionnoun(law) A notion of what should "count" as law.
conclusive presumptionnoun(law) A matter that is deemed by law to be true, and therefore provides no opportunity for evidence to the contrary to be presented.
good lawnoun(law) A legal statute, regulation, or judicial decision that is considered still valid and applicable.
case reporternoun(law) A bound volume containing printed legal opinions from a specific jurisdiction.
law reviewnoun(law) A scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association.
oyernoun(law, archaic) A hearing in a civil case which is based on the content of a document, in which the plaintiff is required to produce the document.
judicial noticenoun(law) In the law of evidence, the power of a court to deem the burden of proof to be established as to a particular fact without the introduction of evidence, because the fact is one that is a matter of common knowledge, or is readily demonstrated by reference to sources of unquestionable authority.

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