Technical Words (CDI 4)

Notice - is a vital principle of fairness and due process in legal

procedure and must be given to both parties, to all those
affected by a lawsuit or legal proceeding, to the opposing
attorney and to the court.
Official Notice - means a written notice, approval, consent,
request or demand expressly required under this Agreement.
Summons - is given to a person who has already been charged
with an offense.
Appearance Notices - is given to a person before he/she is
charged with an offense.
Summary Conviction Offenses - It is a “less serious” offence
and is punishable by different sets of rules, regulations and
lower sentencing guidelines.
Indictable Offenses - It is a crime for which a grand jury
determines that there is enough evidence to charge a
defendant with a felony.
Court - a place where trials and other legal cases happen, or the
people present in such a place, especially the officials and those
deciding if someone is guilty.
Offense - is a legal term used to refer to conducts or omissions
that violate and are punishable under criminal law.
Subpoena - This is an order from the court that requires an
individual to be somewhere in person at a certain place, date
and time to testify as a witness in a case.
Subpoena Ad Testificandum – it orders a person to testify
before the ordering authority or
face punishment
Subpoena Duces Tecum – it orders a person to bring physical
evidence before the ordering authority
or face punishment
Warrant of Arrest - is a document issued by a judge or
magistrate that authorizes the police to take someone accused
of a crime into custody.
Search Warrant - an order in writing issued in the name of the
People of the Philippines signed by a judge and directed to a
peace officer, commanding him to search for personal property
described therein and bring it before the court.
of Appeal - is a formal notice served by the appellant, a person
who initiates an appeal, on the court and the parties involved
informing them of the appellant’s intention to request review
of a lower court’s order.
Plaintiff - is a person who brings a legal case against someone
in a court of law.
Addressee - means a person to whom a check form is sent.
Defendant - the party sued in a civil lawsuit or the party
charged with a crime in a criminal prosecution.
Testify - means to give one's testimony under oath as a
witness; to give evidence as a witness.
Case - is a civil or criminal proceeding at law or in equity.
Omission - failure to perform an act agreed to, where there is a
duty to an individual or the public to act (including omitting to
take care) or where it is required by law.