Glossaries
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Comparecencia inicial | La primera comparecencia en el tribunal por parte del acusado en un caso criminal. |
| Compensación | La reducción de un endeudamiento de apoyo. |
| Complaint | Legal paper telling the court and the defendant what the claims of the plaintiff are. This document is filed with the court at the beginning of a case. |
| Complemento de Manutención | Una cantidad de dinero agregada a una asignación de manutención infantil para garantizar que el niño viva en las mismas condiciones de vida, que tendría si viviese con el otro padre. |
| Conciliación | El departamento con el que un cónyuge puede postularse para tratar de preservar un matrimonio o desde donde un padre puede encontrar ayuda para resolver desacuerdos con respecto a los hijos. |
| Conciliación | Un acuerdo que proporciona satisfacción a una o ambas personas en una demanda civil a cambio de la desestimación del caso. |
| Conciliation Court | A branch of the Superior Court to which a spouse may apply in an effort to preserve a marriage or from whom a parent may request assistance in settling disputes regarding children. Services provided may include: parent education classes, counseling, mediation, parenting conferences, evaluations, and parenting coordination. |
| Concluir | Cuando una persona ha presentado toda la evidencia que tiene planeada ofrecer. |
| Conclusiones de derecho | La decisión tomada por el juez al aplicar la ley a los hechos del caso. |
| Conclusions of Law | The decision made by the judge by applying the law to the facts of the case. |
| Condena | Una decisión del juez o un veredicto del jurado determinando que una persona acusada de un delito es culpable más allá de una duda razonable. |
| Conservator | A person who is appointed by a court to manage the estate of a protected person. |
| Consolidación | La unión de dos o más cationes para fines de prueba. |
| Consolidation | The union of two or more actions for the purposes of trial. |
| Constable | An elected official whose primary duty is to deliver and return legal notices and documents as directed by a justice court. |
| Constable | An elected official whose primary duty is to deliver and return legal notices and documents as directed by a justice court. |
| Constable | An elected official whose primary duty is to deliver and return legal notices and documents as directed by a Justice of the Peace. |
| Constable | A public official with limited policing authority; duties include the removal of tenants who have been evicted from their rental homes and serving papers/subpoenas. |
| Constancia de notificación | Una declaración de que una queja u otro documento ha sido entregado a una persona. |
| Contact order | An order allowing contact between a ward and a person with a significant relationship to the ward. |