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Adjudication
Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree, or the rendering of a decision on a matter before a court.
Ex parte
By or for one party only. Ordinarily courts are not allowed to engage in communications with one party only (ex parte communications). Both parties must be heard.
Fourteenth Amendment
Among other matters, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without adequate due process.
Search and seizure, unreasonable
The closure of court records to inspection, except to the parties.
Custody
The right to or responsibility for a child's care and control, carrying with it the duty of providing food, shelter, medical care, education and discipline.
Expert testimony
Testimony given in relation to some scientific, technical or professional matter by experts, i.e., persons qualified to speak authoritatively by reason of their special training, skill or familiarity with the subject.
Complainant
Synonymous with "plaintiff," or, in criminal cases, the complaining witness.
Precedent
A rule of law that is established by an appellate court in an earlier case serves as binding precedent in all subsequent similar cases.
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