Judicial Admission (Noun)
Meaning
(law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record; "a stipulation of fact was made in order to avoid delay".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The parties made a judicial admission regarding the authenticity of the disputed document to expedite the trial proceedings.
- During the pretrial conference, the attorney for the defendant entered a judicial admission to a critical piece of evidence presented by the prosecution.
- A judicial admission was filed in writing by both parties, stipulating that the contract in question had indeed been signed on the agreed-upon date.
- As part of the court record, a judicial admission was entered by the plaintiff's attorney, acknowledging the defendant's ownership of the disputed property.
- Before the commencement of the trial, the opposing lawyers negotiated a judicial admission on several key points to streamline the judicial process.