General (not jurisdiction-specific)

The person or institution that holds and manages trust property for the beneficiaries.

A process for collecting a judgment from money a third party owes the debtor, such as wages. Procedures are set largely by state law.

Proceeding without prepaying court fees because of inability to pay.

A person entitled to benefit from a trust, will or other arrangement.

A court order pausing proceedings or the enforcement of a judgment.

A written statement of facts sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths.

A person who must act in another’s best interest, such as a trustee or agent.

A request that a higher court review a lower court’s decision for legal error.

A written statement of facts signed under penalty of perjury. In federal matters, 28 U.S.C. § 1746 allows an unsworn declaration in place of an affidavit in many situations.

Under Federal Rule of Evidence 401, evidence is relevant if it has any tendency to make a fact more or less probable than it would be without the evidence, and the fact is of consequence in determining the action.