ACADEMIC TOPICS

world wide web (www)

The World Wide Web (WWW), often known as WWW, W3, or the Web, is the most widely used software platform on the globe. Tim Berners-Lee proposed the architecture of what became the World Wide Web. It is an information-based environment where...

writ of coram nobis

A writ of coram nobis is a writ of error issued by the court to correct errors of law in its own judgment. It is a common law tradition that allows the court to correct its judgment and administer justice should facts that would have changed...

writ of coram vobis

A writ of coram vobis is a directive from an appellate court to a lower court to review its decision in a case due to the presence of a fact which existed during consideration of the initial case, but was missing from the record due to some...

yield

To yield is to give something up or surrender control, especially when required by law. For example, to stop in order to allow other vehicles or pedestrians to go past -- the right-of-way. To yield is also to bring forth a result, as when a search...

Your Honor

Your Honor is the traditional way to address a judge. It is used as a sign of respect. The honorific typically appears in court proceedings.

The term is sometimes controversial, as some see it as a title of “nobility” that...

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