See court decision.

The person against whom a lawsuit is brought in a civil court; in criminal court, it is the person against whom criminal charges are brought.

A means of objecting to the sufficiency in law of a pleading by admitting the actual allegations made, but disputing that they frame an adequate legal chain.

See obiter dictum.

A publication that organizes cases by subject matter.

A number sequentially assigned by the clerk at the outset to a lawsuit brought to a court for adjudication.