PARALEGAL TECHNOLOGY GLOSSARY

Hello, my name is Boris Keite Ntasigana and I have been in the program of Paralegal Technology for 4 sessions. As time goes by, law gets more and more abstract. This is why, by using Wikipedia and Google, I was able to create this glossary which contains 15 terms with a definition, an example, an image, a translation, and a vocal pronunciation, for each of them. I hope that this glossary will be helpful for my readers, whether it's in their academic life or professional one.

bail: noun; The temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money be lodged to guarantee their appearance in court.; Example: He had been imprisoned for want of bail.; en: caution
bankruptcy: noun; The state of being bankrupt.; Example: Bankruptcy hit a private operator in 1985 and MDC continues to have difficulty attracting further developers to manage the site.; en: la faillite
burden of proof: noun; The obligation to prove one's assertion.; Example: O'Reilly argued that, "the use of adverse inferences will erode or eliminate the right to silence and, in doing so, shift the burden of proof to the accused, in some cases reduce the prosecution's burden of proof, and will weaken or remove the presumption of innocence.; en: charge de la preuve
disbarment: noun; The act of taking away someone's right to work as a lawyer, especially because they have done something wrong or illegal, or the situation of having this right taken away from you.; Example: The judges would, in effect, be saying that they were not willing to sanction the disbarment of a barrister pursuant to unfair procedures, and would be insisting that the matter should be handled again more appropriately.; en: radiation
doctrine: noun; Set of legal works intended to explain or interpret the law.; Example: This case mainly deals with the doctrine of constructive trusts.; en: doctrine
exonerate: verb; Absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing, especially after due consideration of the case.; Example: However, there was no attempt to exonerate the reputation of the dead man.; en: disculper
habeas corpus: noun; A recourse in law through which a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment to a court and request that the court order the custodian of the person, usually a prison official, to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether the detention is lawful.; Example: Accordingly, a writ of habeas corpus could not issue; the appropriate remedy was an application for bail before a judge in chambers.; en: habeas corpus
hearsay: noun; The report of another person's words by a witness, which is usually disallowed as evidence in a court of law.; Example: English law has special provisions to allow for computer records to be admitted, however, it is currently uncertain whether the conditions apply to all computer evidence or only when admitted as hearsay.; en: ouï-dire
injunction: noun; A judicial order that restrains a person from beginning or continuing an action threatening or invading the legal right of another or that compels a person to carry out a certain act, e.g., to make restitution to an injured party.; Example: At his trial he would protest that, although he could remember being told not to hold or defend the Copernican system, he had no recollection of an injunction against teaching it.; en: injonction
jurisprudence: noun; The theory or philosophy of law.; Example: Matrimonial jurisprudence was primarily focused on this marital contract.; en: jurisprudence
liability: noun; The state of being responsible for something, especially by law.; Example: Criminal liability for the individuals will be one of gross negligence manslaughter because there is no 'malice aforethought' and the single test devised by the Court in Adamako will be used.; en: Responsabilité
perjury: noun; The offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation.; Example: Some of the older cases suggest that there should be no recovery by a person who has suffered prenatal injuries because of the difficulties of proof and of the opening it gives for perjury and speculation.; en: parjure
plea: noun; A formal statement by or on behalf of a defendant or prisoner, stating guilt or innocence in response to a charge, offering an allegation of fact, or claiming that a point of law should apply.; Example: He allows that, despite his claiming to have no consciousness of them, a court may punish a man for his drunken actions, but this is only because it cannot be sure of distinguishing in the defendant's plea "what is real, what counterfeit".; en: plaidoyer
probation: noun; The release of an offender from detention, subject to a period of good behavior under supervision.; Example: Henceforth probation work will no longer be an alternative to punishment but an alternative form of punishment.; en: probation
proxy: noun; A term denoting either a person who is authorized to stand in place of another or the legal instrument by which the authority is conferred.; Example: Firstly, by appointing a proxy to perform the oath, and secondly, transferring the fief and his rights over it to another person.; en: procuration