Past recollection recorded is an exception to the hearsay rule and is detailed in the Federal Rules of Evidence, Rule 803(5). This rule allows a memorandum or record of an event to be read into evidence if the record:
Pendent party jurisdiction is a form of supplemental jurisdiction codified by 28 U.S.C.
Pendente lite is a Latin term that means “pending the suit” or “pending [the] litigation underway.”
The term penitentiary is derived from the Latin term paenitentia, meaning repentance.
People often appears as the title given in a case name to stand for the government party, with the idea that the government is representing the public in the case. For example, the title in the case People v. Thomas is representing the people of New York State. Often, government names in cases appear either as the state name, simply “State,” or “United States” when the federal government is a party.
Per Curiam is a judicial opinion by a court with multiple judges without citing any single judge as the author.
