Moambique Rule
A legal principle established by the UK House of Lords …
Category: Litigation
Moot, Issue is
Most commonly used in U.S. law to describe a situation …
Moron in a Hurry
A legal standard coined by Justice Foster in the 1979 …
Motherhood & Apple Pie
Refers to the cliché “everyone’s in favor of [supports] Motherhood …
Motion, to Dismiss, Summary Judgment, Set Aside the Verdict
A motion is a request filed before the court that …
Mutually Assured Injunction
Pun on Mutually Assured Destruction, a doctrine of nuclear weapons …
Narrative Pleading
Refers to a pleading style where the complaint, motion, request-for-arbitration …
Nasty-gram
Slang for a warning letter, i.e., a cease or desist …
National Treatment
Most commercial treaties, especially involving intellectual property, for example the …
Nautilus v. Biosig
See Indefiniteness, Void for, on Grounds of