Glossaries
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Forcible Entry and Detainer | A special proceeding for returning possession of lands, tenements or other real property to a person who has been wrongfully kept off the land or deprived of use of the land. This is a common proceeding used in landlord/tenant disputes, also known as eviction. |
| Foreign personal representative | A personal representative appointed by another jurisdiction. |
| Formulario de manutención infantil | Un documento utilizado para calcular la cantidad de manutención de menores adeudada |
| Full Faith & Credit | The constitutional principle which entitles a judgment of the court of one state to recognition and enforcement in a court in another state. |
| Fundamentos de Derecho | Las preguntas legales que un caso puede plantear. |
| Garante | Una persona que se hace responsable de los pagos o el rendimiento del deudor. |
| Garantía por costas | El dinero que un apelante paga al tribunal para cubrir los costos de la otra persona si pierde la apelación. |
| Garnishee | The person upon whom a garnishment is served. (Verb: to institute garnishment proceedings.) |
| Garnishment | A legal remedy whereby the property or money of the debtor that isin the possession or under the control of a third person (garnishee) is withheld from the debtor and applied to the debt. |
| Gastos de Cuidado Pasado | Gastos por los costos reales del embarazo, el parto, cualquier prueba genética y otros costos relacionados. |
| Gastos de educación adicionales | Cualquier gasto razonable y necesario para asistir a escuelas privadas o especiales o gastos necesarios para satisfacer las necesidades educativas particulares de un niño. |
| Gastos infantiles extraordinarios | Gastos asociados con las necesidades especiales de niños dotados o discapacitados. |
| General Jurisdiction Court | Court that has authority to hear all legal actions not assigned exclusively to another court. |
| General Jurisdiction Court | Court that has authority to hear all legal actions not assigned exclusively to another court. |
| Genetic Testing | A way to determine the parents of a child by testing the chromosomes of each parent and child through taking a blood sample. |
| Governing instrument | A deed, will, trust, insurance or annuity policy, account with pay on death designation, security registered in beneficiary form, pension, profit sharing, retirement or similar benefit plan, instrument creating or exercising a power of appointment or a power of attorney or a dispositive, appointive or nominative instrument of any similar type. |
| Government Attorney | The lawyer who represents ICE when individuals go to court hearings. They sit at the table next to the individual and also talks to the judge. It is usually the job of this attorney to ask the judge to order the deportation. |
| Gran jurado | Un grupo de 12 a 16 ciudadanos que por lo general cumplen un mandato, no más de 120 días, para escuchar o investigar los cargos de conducta delictiva. |
| Grand Jury | A group of 12 to 16 citizens who usually serve a term of not more than 120 days to hear or investigate charges of criminal behavior. Their indictment, called a true bill, leads to a court trial of the person charged. |
| Grand Jury | A group of 12-16 citizens who usually serve a term of not more than 120 days to hear or investigate charges of criminal behavior. TA grand jury indictment is a written accusation charging a defendant with commission of a crime. |