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• counsel — coun·sel 1 / kau̇n səl/ n pl counsel [Old French conseil advice, from Latin consilium discussion, advice, council, from consulere to consult]: lawyer: as a: a lawyer participating in the management or trial of a case in court ...to have the… …   Law dictionary

• assigned counsel — any private lawyer designated by a city or county court to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases at public expense. Cf. public defender. * * * ▪ law       a lawyer or lawyers appointed by the state to provide representation for indigent …   Universalium

• Cumis counsel — An attorney employed by a defendant in a lawsuit when there is an insurance policy supposedly covering the claim, but there is a conflict of interest between the insurance company and the insured defendant. Such a conflict might arise if the… …   Law dictionary

• suit money — Counsel fees allowed or awarded by court to party. An allowance, in the nature of temporary alimony, authorized by statute in some states to be made to a wife on the institution of her suit for divorce, intended to cover the reasonable expenses… …   Black's law dictionary

• Frederica Massiah-Jackson — is a Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas judge. She served as President Judge from November 2000 to January 2006.[1] Massiah Jackson graduated from the Philadelphia High School for Girls in three years at the age of 16. She also graduated… …   Wikipedia

• fee — n [Middle English, fief, from Old French fé fief, ultimately from a Germanic word akin to Old High German fehu cattle] 1: an inheritable freehold estate in real property; esp: fee simple compare leasehold; life estate at estate …   Law dictionary

• Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice LeBel — This is a list of all the opinions written by Louis LeBel during his tenure as puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Contents 1 2000 2 2001 3 2002 4 2003 …   Wikipedia

• property law — Introduction       principles, policies, and rules by which disputes over property are to be resolved and by which property transactions may be structured. What distinguishes property law from other kinds of law is that property law deals with… …   Universalium

• temporary suit money — An interim or preliminary allowance of counsel fees to the wife made during the pendency of an action for divorce. 24 Am J2d Div & S § 576 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• procedural law — Law that prescribes the procedures and methods for enforcing rights and duties and for obtaining redress (e.g., in a suit). It is distinguished from substantive law (i.e., law that creates, defines, or regulates rights and duties). Procedural law …   Universalium

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