| A | B |
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| adjudicate | to hear and settle a case by judicial procedure. |
| appellate | having the power to hear appeals and to reverse lower court decisions. |
| collusion | a secret agreement for a deceitful or fradulent purpose; conspiracy. |
| deposition | testimony under oath; especially a written statement by a witness for use in court in his/her absence. |
| equity | something that is just, impartial, and fair. |
| exhume | to dig out of the earth; disinter; reveal. |
| incommunicado | without the means or right of communication with others; as one held in solitary confinment. |
| intestate | having made no valid will; one who dies without a legal will. |
| ipso facto | by the fact itself; by that very fact. |
| lein | the right to take and hold or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt or mortgage. |
| litigation | legal action or process. |
| perjury | the deliberate, willful giving of false, misleading, or incomplete testimony by a witness under oath in a criminal proceeding. |
| pettifogger | a petty, quibbling, unscrupulous lawyer; a shyster. |
| tort | any wrongful act not involving breach of contract for which a civil suit can be brought. |
| tribunal | a seat or court of justice. |
