Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims. The person who sets up a trust. Also called the grantor or donor . An officer of a county, often chosen by popular election, whose principal duties are to aid the courts. The sheriff serves processes, summons juries, executes judgments and holds judicial sales.
People often represent themselves rather than hire an attorney.
This prevents a defendant from losing a case by default. Where damages would be inadequate compensation for the breach of a contract, the party who breached the contract will be compelled to perform specifically what he or she originally agreed to do. The legal right to sue or enter a lawsuit on a particular matter. The doctrine that, when a court has once laid down a principle of law as applicable to a certain set of facts, it will adhere to that principle and apply it to future cases where the facts are substantially the same. A suspending of a judicial proceeding by order of the court.