An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted.
However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant.
In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based;
The act of complaining.
A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern.
In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.