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 Sigma KEE - JudicialProcess

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JudicialProcess
Any legal proceeding which is conducted by a JudicialOrganization. Note that there is an important difference between the concepts LegalAction and JudicialProcess. The former refers to legal claims that are brought by a plaintiff, e.g. law suits, while the second refers to trials and other sorts of judicial hearings where the merits of a LegalAction are decided.
Relationships      
Parents PoliticalProcess An OrganizationalProcess carried out by, for or against officially constituted governments. Some examples would be voting on proposed legislation, electing a government representative, or even overthrowing a government in a revolution.
Children LegalAppealAsking that a higher court reconsider a LegalDecision of a lower court.
 LegalDecisionA decision issued by a court with respect to a LegalAction. Note that a LegalDecision is the act of Declaring a decision of a court, it is not the act of judge or jury Deciding the merits of a particular LegalAction.
 LegalSummonsAn official order that a person appear at a CourtRoom at a specified time.


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