Glossary

  • Nullification

    The process of canceling a law by the federal government.

  • Nuremberg Trials

    a series of criminal trials between 1945 and 1949 prosecuting German officials and other individuals accused of Nazi war crimes

  • Opinion

    The formal, written result of a case by a judge or judicial panel which resolves a legal dispute.

  • Opinion of the Court

    An opinion joined by a majority of the justices explaining the legal basis for the Court’s decision and regarded as binding precedent in future decisions.

  • Opinions

    The formal, written result of a case by a judge or judicial panel which resolves a legal dispute.

  • Oral Advocates

    An attorney who presents legal briefs and arguments at an appellate level.

  • Oratory

    Formal speaking in public.

  • Oratory

    formal speaking in public.

  • Pacific Club Set

    Wealthy California businessmen Leland Stanford, C.P. Huntington, Lloyd Tevis, and others

  • Pacifist

    a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable.