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*'''Hearing''': A formal meeting with a judge for a conference to argue an application or for a trial. | *'''Hearing''': A formal meeting with a judge for a conference to argue an application or for a trial. | ||
*'''Interim Application''': An application for an interim order. | *'''Interim Application''': An application for an interim order. | ||
*''Interim Order''': An order made after a court case has begun but before it has ended by a trial or a settlement. Interim orders are temporary and last until they are changed by another interim order or until trial or settlement. | *'''Interim Order''': An order made after a court case has begun but before it has ended by a trial or a settlement. Interim orders are temporary and last until they are changed by another interim order or until trial or settlement. | ||
*'''Litigation''': A process for resolving a dispute through the court system, which starts with service of the court forms stating the court case and describing the legal claims and ends with the abandonment of the court case by the person who started it, a settlement or a trial. | *'''Litigation''': A process for resolving a dispute through the court system, which starts with service of the court forms stating the court case and describing the legal claims and ends with the abandonment of the court case by the person who started it, a settlement or a trial. | ||
*'''Married Spouse''': Someone who has been legally married to someone else. | *'''Married Spouse''': Someone who has been legally married to someone else. | ||