Federal question jurisdiction is one of the two ways for a federal court to gain subject matter jurisdiction over a case (the other way is through diversity jurisdiction). Generally, in order for federal question jurisdiction to...
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Federal Sentencing Guidelines
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines are a set of non-binding rules established by the United States federal court system in 1987 to provide a uniform sentencing policy for criminal defendants convicted in the federal court system. The...
fictitious defendants
Fictitious defendants are unknown defendants that plaintiffs include in their pleading in order to avoid the statute of limitations. Including the fictitious defendant in the pleading allows the plaintiff to relate back to that time whenever...
fieri facias
Fieri facias (abbreviated fi.fa.) is a Latin phrase that refers to a writ of execution which directs a state specified officer, usually a sheriff, to take control of a piece of property and sell it in order to satisfy the owner’s debt or tax...
file
A file is an official record of a case; a portion of a lawyer’s case record. A file is also a collection of data or information stored on a computer.
To file means to deposit a legal document with the clerk or record...
filing fee
Filing fee is a charge by a state or federal government agency for processing documents and requests. Filing fees help cover the cost of reviewing the documents, storing them, and discourage unnecessary paper filings. Many different agencies...
final decree
Final decree (also called a final judgement) closes an adjudication, deciding all issues of fact and law on the rights of the parties. The only thing after a final decree to be settled usually is the execution of the decisions such as the...
final judgment
Final judgment is the last decision from a court that resolves all issues in dispute and settles the parties' rights with respect to those issues. A final judgment leaves nothing to be decided except decisions on how to enforce the judgment,...
forced sale
A forced sale is an involuntary transaction in which the sale is based upon legal and not economic factors, such as a decree, execution, or something different than mere inability to maintain the property. If the sale is made for purely...
forum non conveniens
Forum non conveniens refers to a court's discretionary power to decline to exercise its jurisdiction where another court, or forum, may more conveniently hear a case. Dismissing a case on forum non conveniens grounds is not a bar for res...