Civil Procedure
The complete list of terms and definitions.
Civil procedure is a branch of law dealing with the court’s procedural standards and rules of civil lawsuits. The rules of civil procedure determine what steps must be taken at any given stage of a civil lawsuit, and governs the actions and conduct of parties, the court, and any other relevant people, such as witnesses. Featured below is a list of common legal terms associated with civil procedure and their dictionary definitions.
- Action in Rem
- Adequate Remedy at Law
- Adjourn
- Admiralty and Maritime Claims
- Affirmative Defense
- Amendment of Pleadings
- Ancillary Jurisdiction
- Answer
- Appeal of Interlocutory Order
- Arbitration
- Assignment of Errors
- Attachment
- Attorney Work Product
- Cause of Action
- Certificate of Service
- Challenges for Cause
- Choice of Laws
- Civil Docket Entries
- Civil Liability
- Civil Litigation
- Civil Remedy
- Class Action
- Class Certification
- Clerk of Court
- Closing Argument
- Complaint
- Compulsory Counterclaim
- Condemnation Proceedings
- Consent Decree
- Counterclaim
- Court Administrator
- Court of Equity
- Court of General Jurisdiction
- Court of Limited Jurisdiction
- Cross-Examination
- Crossclaim
- Damages
- Declaratory Judgment
- Default Judgment
- Defendant
- Defense
- Deficiency judgment
- Demand for Jury Trial
- Demurrer
- Denial
- Deposition Upon Written Questions
- Direct Examination
- Directed Verdict
- Discovery
- Discovery Disclosure
- Discovery in Aid of Execution
- Discovery Rule
- Dismissal With Prejudice
- Dismissal Without Prejudice
- Dispositive Motion
- Diversity Jurisdiction
- Domicile and Residence
- Duty to Supplement Discovery
- Entry of Judgment
- Entry Upon Land
- Erie v. Tompkins
- Excusable Neglect
- Execution
- Extradition
- Failure to State a Claim
- Fed.R.Civ.P. 11
- Fed.R.Civ.P. 60
- Federal Question Jurisdiction
- Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
- Frivolous Defense
- Garnishment
- Indispensable Party
- Insufficiency of Service of Process
- Interpleader
- Intervention
- Involuntary Dismissal of the Action
- Irreparable Injury
- Joinder of Claims
- Joinder of Parties
- Joint and Several Liability
- Judgment Creditor
- Judgment Docket
- Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict
- Judgment on the Pleadings
- Jury Deliberations
- Jury Instructions
- Laches
- Limited Jurisdiction
- Magistrate Judge
- Mediation
- Memorandum of Law
- Misjoinder
- Mortgage Foreclosure Action
- Motion for More Definite Statement
- Motion for New Trial
- Motion for Substitution of Parties
- Motion for Summary Judgment
- Motion in Limine
- Motion to Consolidate
- Motion to Dismiss
- Motion to Strike
- Motions
- Notice of Appeal
- Oral Deposition
- Order to Compel Discovery
- Peremptory Challenges
- Permissive Counterclaim
- Personal Jurisdiction
- Physical and Mental Examination
- Plaintiff
- Pleadings
- Preliminary Injunction
- Pretrial Conference
- Procedural law
- Proximate Cause
- Quasi In Rem Actions
- Real Party in Interest
- Record on Appeal
- Recusal of Judge
- Redirect Examination
- Relation Back
- Relief
- Remedy
- Remittitur
- Removal Action
- Request for Production of Documents
- Requests for Admissions
- Responsive Pleading
- Rule 11 Sanctions
- Rule 12(b) Motion to Dismiss
- Scope of Discovery
- Service of Process
- Sheriff's sale
- Show Cause Order
- Special Verdict
- Spoliation
- Standing
- Standing Orders
- Statute of Limitations
- Stay Upon Appeal
- Stipulation of Counsel
- Subject Matter Jurisdiction
- Subpoena
- Summons
- Supersedeas Bond
- Supplemental Pleadings
- Temporary Restraining Order
- Third Party Complaint
- Third Party Defendant
- Venue
- Verdict
- Video Deposition
- Voir Dire
- Voluntary Dismissal
- Waiver of Summons
- Writ of Mandamus
- Writ of Scire Facias
- Written Interrogatories
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