Marshal: A law enforcement officer who has the power to arrest, serve legal documents in civil cases and subpoenas, and serve as a sheriff in the courtroom. habeas corpus: The name of an injunction that brings a person before a court or judge to decide whether that person is unlawfully deprived of liberty. It comes from Latin. Request for surrender [demurrer]: When a defendant asserts that the facts advanced by the plaintiff are true, but are not sufficient to establish or prove the defendant`s legal liability. Bifurcation: separation of legal issues and a case. For example, sometimes spouses or life partners cannot resolve all divorce issues and this delays the dissolution of the marriage itself. The parties may want to go ahead and end the marriage or civil partnership, while other issues still need to be resolved. In this case, a party may request a “range” of marriage/civil partnership status. This means that the court will make a decision on whether to dissolve your marriage or civil partnership, while other questions remain unanswered. Click here to see how to apply for a fork in a divorce or separation case.
Writ of possession: A document issued by a court after the landlord has won the eviction action (embezzlement). The order to take possession is legally served on the tenant by the sheriff. The warrant informs the tenant that they must vacate the rental unit within five days, or the sheriff will forcibly evict them. Quasi-communal property: Quasi-communal property refers to any type of property acquired by one or both spouses or life partners while living in another state, and which, if acquired in California, would have been classified as community property. In other words, if you or your spouse or partner lived outside of California during your marriage or registered domestic partnership and earned money, bought a home, or acquired any other type of property that would have been a community asset in California, that property is called quasi-community property. And in the event of divorce or legal separation in California, it is treated as a common good. Investigation: A judicial inquiry before a court of law or judicial officials authorized to conduct investigations, usually to determine the cause and circumstances of a death. Manslaughter: killing a person illegally, but unintentionally. This may be voluntary, for example when a person is unlawfully killed in circumstances that do not imply an intentional intent to kill. Or unintentionally, for example when a person is accidentally killed because someone else is performing another illegal act or negligently performing a legal act. (Compare with murder, see also murder.) Lockout: When a landlord prevents a tenant from entering a rental unit in order to end it.
Closures and other acts of self-eviction are illegal. Long-standing jurisdiction: A legal provision that allows 1 state to claim personal jurisdiction over a person living in another state. There must be a significant connection between the person and the State or district claiming jurisdiction so that the authority of a court or authority can go beyond its normal jurisdiction. Defence: In civil proceedings, the facts or arguments advanced by the defendant to show that the plaintiff is not entitled to the relief sought. In a criminal case, the reasons why a defendant should not be convicted of the charge. Hello, Steve, As you can see, I have included “comunicación de hechos relevantes” under “Derecho de sociedades” because it is one of the obligations of listed companies in Spain (although the term certainly also falls into the category “Derecho bursátil” or “Derecho de los mercados de valores..”) I translate this as “notification/disclosure of material events” because “material events” is the term used by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, although, as you suggest, Spanish companies often use “relevant facts/events” etc.