Glossaries
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Índice del Secretario | >Un documento de apelación que enumera todos los documentos presentados en el Tribunal Superior. Al referirse a estos documentos en informes, las personas deben identificar los documentos por su número de índice. |
| Indictment | A formal, written accusation by a grand jury charging that a person or business committed a specific crime. |
| Indictment | A formal, written accusation by a grand jury charging that a person or business committed a specific crime. |
| Indigent on Appeal | If you are declared “indigent on appeal” this means that a judge has formally ruled that you qualify for financial assistance with your appeal. You may not be required to pay for the record on appeal. You may also be assigned an attorney to assist with the appeal. The court may require you to contribute to the cost of the appeal and the services of the appointed attorney if the court determines that you can afford to pay a partial amount. |
| Indigente que busca apelación | Cuando un juez dictaminó formalmente que usted califica para asistencia financiera con su apelación. |
| Informal proceedings | Proceedings conducted without notice to interested persons by an officer of the court acting as a registrar for probate of a will or appointment of a personal representative. |
| Informe departamental | Es un documento preparado por el oficial donde se puede solicitar la presentación de cargos. |
| Informed consent | A voluntary decision following presentation of all facts necessary to form the basis of an intelligent consent by the patient or guardian with no minimizing of known dangers of any procedures. |
| Ingreso bruto | El ingreso total antes de deducciones, exenciones o reducciones de impuestos. |
| Initial Appearance | The first appearance in court by the defendant in a criminal case. |
| Initial Appearance | The first appearance by a party in a criminal case. |
| Initiating Jurisdiction | A county, district or state in which a legal action is initiated. Used most often in reference to interstate cases. |
| Injunction | An order of the court directing a person not to do certain things. For example an injunction in a dissolution case orders the spouses not to sell any of the community property. |
| Injunction | An order of the court directing a person not to do certain things. For example an injunction in a dissolution case orders the spouses not to sell any of the community property. |
| Injunctive relief | A court order to stop doing a particular act. |
| Injunctive relief | A court order to stop doing a particular act. |
| Inmigración y Control de Aduanas | La agencia que ha puesto a las personas en procedimientos de deportación y que está a cargo de detener a las personas indocumentadas. |
| Inpatient psychiatric facility | A hospital that contains an organized psychiatric services unit or a special hospital that is licensed to provide psychiatric services. |
| Insolvencia | Incapacidad o falta de medios para pagar deudas. |
| Insolvency | Inability or lack of means to pay debts. |