legal education and writing

e.g.,

E.g., is the abbreviation for the Latin phrase exempli gratia, meaning "for the sake of example."

In formal legal writing, e.g. is a signal indicating that the following source represents one supporting example out of a...

Education law is a broad topic that encompasses several legal subjects. Education exists as a government function, which is administered through the public school system by the Department of Education. The states,...

egregious

Egregious, from the Latin egregius, meaning “illustrious” or literally “standing out from the flock” is a term used to describe a conduct that is flagrant, or outrageous in comparison to a normal standard of conduct. In general, the term...

empirical legal studies

Empirical legal studies, sometimes abbreviated as ELS, refers to scholarly research undertaken by law professors using empirical social science research methods, but ELS research focuses more on purely legal issues. The two leading journals...

enjoin

Enjoin is the verb form of the term injunction, which means prohibit someone from doing something by issuing an injunction, in other words, a court enjoins something when it issues an injunction against it.

[Last updated in October of...

ex rel.

The abbreviation ex rel. stands for the Latin phrase ex relatione. Ex relatione is a procedural phrase in the Bluebook, meaning "on the relation of", “out of the relation of”, or “on behalf of.” This is a phrase showing that the plaintiff is...

fact

A fact is an event that actually happened, or a statement presented as objective truth. The determination of facts is the key responsibility of trial courts.

[Last updated in December of 2022 by the Wex Definitions Team]

fact pleading

Fact pleading is one of two main systems used in the United States that set requirements for what must be alleged to bring a lawsuit or other claims. Pleading requirements ensure that individuals seeking to bring a claim have sufficient...

finding

A finding, also known as a “finding of fact”, is the determination of a factual question contributing to a decision in a case by the trier of fact after a trial of a lawsuit. Depending on the circumstances, the finding can be made by a judge...

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a federal statute that provides individuals or any organization the ability to request access to government information from the public record. According to 5 U.S.C.§ 552(a), the executive agency should...