Law Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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estreatment n. Critics say his case underscores another failing in the system: that sureties are rarely held to account and ordered to forfeit their money. When the Crown does demand payment—a process called estreatment—the amount is often reduced by a judge. [English Law Money & Finance] [full cite] (Aug. 16, 2006)

exploding offer n. So how do judges compete with one another to attract top law students? The most favored method is the pre-emptive strike, or “exploding offer.”…By interviewing and making offers to students just a few days earlier than her colleagues and making a take-it-or-leave-it offer to the best interviewees—under which the chosen students must decide whether to accept the offer within a very short time frame, or even on the spot—a judge can ensure that she, rather than another judge, gets her first choice of law clerks. [English Employment Law Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 16, 2007)

fórum shopping n. Ese procedimiento, por el cual el denunciante elige deliberadamente juez, se llama en la jerga tribunalicia “fórum shopping” y ha sido utilizado últimamente en otros casos de maniobras y de ataques contra medios de comunicación y otras empresas. [English-derived Spanish Argentina Law] [full cite] (Mar. 10, 2005)

faint hope clause n. Olson owned up to his culpability in 1982 when B.C. authorities agreed to give Olson’s wife $10,000 for each child he killed in exchange for telling them where their bodies and personal effects were. In 1997, Olson applied for early release under what is known as Canada’s faint hope clause. At the hearing, Olson displayed a pornographic picture of a child and grinned at the families of the victims. As a result of that hearing, the faint hope clause was amended making those who commit multiple homicide ineligible for applying for early release. [English Canada Law Jargon] [full cite] (Oct. 25, 2006)

foot fault n. [Antonin] Scalia, the only justice on Favish’s side today, puts it bluntly to him: “We have relatives here who will be very much harmed. You’ve demonstrated some foot faults, the investigators made mistakes. Who cares?” [United States Law] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2004)

foot fault n. TEI is highly concerned that even the slightest misstep—a mere foot fault—by a corporate employee could lead to Draconian personal penalties. [English United States Law] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2004)

foot fault n. Telstra suffered a judicial humiliation when it was constrained from making false and misleading statements about charges for its services and in what might be regarded as another foot fault, it was forced to give refunds to customers who were overcharged. Some little mistake that. Just $45 million. [English Law] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2004)

foot fault n. But if the jury finds against Forstmann, a cascade of copycat litigation and reform proposals could erupt. “We will all examine every inch of what occurred and find out if there was a foot fault that was justifiable.” [English Law] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2004)

foot fault n. This argument rests on a procedural foot fault that our circuit has held should not defeat jurisdiction where the district court asserts its jurisdiction by directing proceedings even in the absence of a formal grant of leave to appeal. [English Law] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2004)

fox hole n. Fox Hole: area beneath desk where telephone calls can take place peacefully. [English United Kingdom Law Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 15, 2007)

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