Ex parte means “from one party” in Latin.
In the legal context, ex parte is used in several manners around ethics and civil procedure.
Legal EthicsIn legal ethics, ex parte refers to improper contact...
judicial administration
executive clemency
In the United States, executive clemency refers to the general powers of the president and of governors to pardon, grant amnesty, commutation, or reprieve to individuals who have either been convicted of or may face the prospect of conviction...
extension
Extension is a grant to increase the time originally specified in a written contract, a verbal agreement, or an obligation. It may be an additional time granted to make a payment of debt or a bill; it can be time granted to file a legal...
extradite
To extradite is to transfer an incarcerated person from one jurisdiction to another, so that the person might be tried or punished for crimes committed in the latter jurisdiction. An extradition request is initiated by one state or country,...
extradition
Overview
Extradition is the removal of a person (typically referred to as a fugitive) from a requested jurisdiction to another jurisdiction for criminal prosecution or punishment. Some relevant case law for extradition can be found in e.g....
false arrest
A false arrest is the restraint or detention by one person of another without lawful justification (probable cause or a valid arrest warrant) under an asserted legal authority to enforce the process of the law. False arrest is also referred...
Federal Arbitration Act
The Federal Arbitration Act is a federal statute, codified at 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16, that protects the integrity of many arbitration agreements by deeming them valid, irrevocable, and enforceable. As a result of this law, courts do not have the...
federal court
Any court of general or appellate jurisdiction created under the authority of the U.S Constitution or by federal statute. Such courts include the U.S Tax Court, U.S district courts, Courts of Appeal, and the U.S Supreme Court.
Federal courts...
federal courts
Federal Courts are courts of limited jurisdiction which have the authority to hear cases that fall both within the scope defined in Article III Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution and Congressional statutes (See 28 U.S.C. §1251, §1253, §1331...
federal question
A genuine issue of law or controversy that can be originally adjudicated within a United States federal court because it concerns U.S Constitutional law, federal statutory law, a treaty, or international law.
According to the U.S...