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- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Arbitral award: means any decisions of the arbitral tribunal on the substance of the dispute submitted to it and includes an interim, interlocutory, or partial arbitral award. See Ohio Code 2712.01
- Arbitral tribunal: means a sole arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators. See Ohio Code 2712.01
- Arbitration: means any arbitration, whether or not administered by a permanent arbitral institution. See Ohio Code 2712.01
- Arbitration agreement: means an agreement by the parties to submit to arbitration all or certain disputes that have arisen or that may arise between them in respect of a defined legal, contractual or other relationship. See Ohio Code 2712.01
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Chambers: A judge's office.
- Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Conciliation: means any conciliation, whether or not administered by a permanent conciliation institution. See Ohio Code 2712.01
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
- Court: means a body or an organ of the judicial system of a state. See Ohio Code 2712.01
- Court of common pleas: means the court of common pleas of the county of this state described in or selected pursuant to section 2712. See Ohio Code 2712.01
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Foreign nation: means any nation other than the United States and includes any province, territory, or other political subdivision of that nation. See Ohio Code 2712.01
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
- Party: means a party to an arbitration or conciliation agreement. See Ohio Code 2712.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- state: means the United States and any foreign nation. See Ohio Code 2712.01
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Supreme court: means the supreme court of this state. See Ohio Code 2712.01
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
- Undertaking: includes a bond. See Ohio Code 1.02
- United States: includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States and any area subject to the legislative authority of the United States. See Ohio Code 2712.01