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Area Case Meaning A log containing the complete history of each case in brief chronological entries 1 Used by US federal courts 1 Source US courts glossary 1 Judgment
Area Case Meaning The official decision of a court finally resolving the dispute between the parties 1 Used by US federal courts 1 Source US courts glossary 1 Dismissal with prejudice
Area Case Meaning Court action that prevents an identical lawsuit or criminal charges from being filed later 1 Used by US federal courts 1 Source US courts glossary 1 Dismissal without prejudice
Area Case Meaning Court action that allows a later filing 1 Used by US federal courts 1 Source US courts glossary 1 Stay
Area Case Meaning An action taken by a court to stop a legal proceeding or the actions of a party, often temporary 3 Used by Courts in the US 3 Stay of execution
Area Case Meaning Halts the enforcement of a judgment or sentence 3 Used by Courts in the US 3 Automatic stay
Area Case Meaning An injunction that usually comes into force automatically when a bankruptcy case is filed 1 Used by US bankruptcy courts 1 Source US courts glossary 1 Vacate
Area Case Meaning To set aside or annul a previous judgment or order 4 Used by Civil and criminal courts in the US 4 Remand
Area Case Meaning An appellate court sends a case to a lower court for further proceedings 1 Used by US federal courts 1 Source US courts glossary 1 Affirmed
Area Case Meaning The appellate court finds the lower court decision correct and it will stand 1 Used by US federal courts 1 5 Source US courts glossary 1 Reverse
Area Case Meaning A court sets aside the decision of a lower court 1 Used by US federal courts 1 Source US courts glossary 1 Stay pending appeal
Area Case Meaning A stay of a judgment or order during an appeal, ordinarily sought first in the district court 6 Used by US federal courts 6 Appeal not a stay
Area Case Meaning An appeal does not by itself stay the lower court's order, save where a court orders otherwise or for appeals from the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the Upper Tribunal 5 Used by Civil courts in England and Wales 5 Permission to appeal refused
Area Case Meaning The court will not hear the appeal, and the refusal has no status as a precedent 7 Used by UK Supreme Court 7 Writ of certiorari
Area Case Meaning An order of the US Supreme Court directing the lower court to send records for a case it will hear on appeal 1 Used by US Supreme Court 1 Source US courts glossary 1 Second reading
Area Bill Meaning The first chance for MPs to debate the main principles of a bill 8 Ping pong
Area Bill Meaning A bill goes back and forth between the Commons and the Lords until both agree the wording 9 Used by UK Parliament 9 10 Royal Assent
Area Bill Meaning The Monarch's agreement that turns a bill into an Act of Parliament 2 Commencement order
Area Bill Meaning An order by a minister bringing all or part of an Act into force after Royal Assent 2 Cloture
Area Bill Meaning A Senate vote to limit debate, needing a supermajority, usually three fifths 10 Source Congressional Research Service 10 Conference report
Area Bill Meaning A compromise text agreed by a temporary panel of members of both chambers 10 Source Congressional Research Service 10 Conciliation
Area Bill Meaning A committee convened within six weeks to agree a joint text in six weeks, failing which the act is deemed not adopted 11 Used by EU ordinary legislative procedure 11 Source Article 294 TFEU 11 Active proposal to strike off
Area Company Meaning A status detail used by Companies House under an active company 12 Used by Companies House 12 Source Companies House enumerations 12 Dormant
Area Company Meaning No significant transactions in the financial year, with accounts and a confirmation statement still due 13 Used by Companies House 13 In Administration
Area Company Meaning An administrator is appointed to manage the company's affairs, business and property 14 Used by Companies House 12 ,14 Dissolved
Area Company Meaning Struck off the register after the second Gazette notice, after which the company does not legally exist 15 Used by Companies House 12 ,15 Strike off in progress
Area Company Meaning Status shown once ASIC begins to deregister a company 16 Deregistered
Area Company Meaning The company's existence as a legal entity has ended 16 Pipeline, Active, Closed, Dropped
Area Project Meaning The four status values in the World Bank projects database 17 Implementation Completion and Results Report
Area Project Meaning Self-evaluation compiled by the Bank when an operation is completed and closed, validated by the Independent Evaluation Group 18 Nothing matches. Clear the search or pick another filter.
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Sources United States Courts: Glossary of Legal Terms UK Parliament: Royal Assent Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: stay, Wex Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: vacate, Wex Ministry of Justice: Civil Procedure Rules, Part 52 Appeals Legal Information Institute: Rule 8. Stay or Injunction Pending Appeal, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure UK Supreme Court: Permission to Appeal, July 2026 UK Parliament: Second reading (Commons) UK Parliament: Consideration of amendments Congressional Research Service: Introduction to the Legislative Process in the U.S. Congress, R42843 (10 March 2025) EUR-Lex: Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Article 294 Companies House: api-enumerations, constants.yml (GitHub) GOV.UK: Dormant companies and associations, Dormant for Companies House Companies House: Liquidation and insolvency (updated 10 March 2022) GOV.UK: Strike off your limited company from the Companies Register, Apply to strike off ASIC: When ASIC initiates a company's deregistration World Bank: Projects API v2, project records by status (queried 6 November 2026) World Bank: World Bank Operation Cycle 