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English law, the parties may also be known as the 'demandant' and 'tenant', and 'applicant' and 'respondent' or the 'claimant' and 'defendant'. I think this article should be clearly marked as being applicable only in a general sense to the US and tentatively, to other common law jurisdictions, but further discussion is needed.
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It is inaccurate to refer to 'legal cases' as if they only occur between opposing parties. For example, divorce proceedings can often be brought by both spouses together. Many family law proceedings occur like this. Furthermore, the terms 'plaintiff' and 'defendant' are not used universally. In
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Hey, there are different ways that legal cases are handled around the world. this article may need to be changed to "US legal cases" or have "US" written throughout the article.
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are all names for THE SAME CASE, am i right? I would appreciate knowing why the plaintiff and defendant (or respondent or petitioner) sometimes change names, or swap places.
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There were multiple cases which were joined, all against the same person, Perry. The order of names is flipped when there is an appeal.
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in the articles, but I have heard of some admin code procedings as quazi criminal. Can anyone comment?
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I just read the last paragraph, looks ok, I deleted the globilize template.
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