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Certification
Definition:
Generally used to refer to the process of transferring a minor's case from the Juvenile Court to the adult court for trial. Usually reserved for capital or first-degree felonies or for chronic offenders.
Search and seizure, unreasonable
Definition:
The closure of court records to inspection, except to the parties.
Of counsel
Definition:
A phrase commonly applied to counsel employed to assist in the preparation or management of the case, or its presentation on appeal, but who is not the principal attorney for the party.
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