Saturday, December 12, 2015

Peace

Peace... 

Aeiou... PEACE in Every Language: 

A Paz... Galician, Portuguese 
Achukma... Choctaw 
Alaáfía... Yoruba 
Amaithi... Tamil 
Aman... Malay, Urdu 
Amaní... Swahili 
Amniat... Persian, Farsi, Iran 
Ashtee... Pashto 
Asomdwee... Twi-Akan 
Aylobaha Gafuleya... Chontal 
Bake... Basque 
Barish... Turkish 
Béke... Hungarian 
Boóto... Mongo-Nkundu 
Búdech... Palauan 
Chibanda... Ila 
Däilama... Sa'a 
Der Frieden... German 
Damai... Indonesian 
Diakatra... Maranao 
Dodolimdag... Papago/Pima 
Eace-pay... Pig Latin:-)) 
Echnahcaton... Munsterian 
Emem... Efik 
Ets'a'an Olal... Maya 
'Éyewi... Nez Perce 
Fandriampahalemana... Malgache 
Fiadanana... Malagasy, Madagascar 
Filemu... Samoan 
Fois... Scottish, Gaelic 
Fred... Danish, Norwegian, Swedish 
Fride...Swiss 
Frieden... German 
Fridur... Icelandic 
Goom-jigi... Buli 
Gúnnammwey... Carolinian 
Hasîtî ...Kurdish 
Hau... Tahitian 
Heddwich... Welsh 
Heiwa... Japanese 
Hmethó... Otomi 
Hoa Bình... Vietnamese 
Heping... Mandarin 
Ilifayka... Koasati 
Innaihtsi'iyi... Blackfoot 
Iri'ni... Greek 
Írq... Amharic 
Isithangami... Zulu 
Ittimokla... Alabama 
Kagiso... Setswana 
Kalayaan... Philippines 
Kalilíntad... Magindanaon 
Kapayapaan... Tagalog Filipino

Kappia.. Ilocano, Philippines
Kareenan...Pangasinan, Philippines 
Katahimikan... Philipino 

K'é... Navajo 
Keamanan... Indonesian 
Ketenteraman... Malay 
Kev Thajyeeb Nyab Xeeb... Hmong Daw 
Khanhaghutyun... Armenian 
Khotso... Sesotho 
Kiñuiñak... Northwest Alaska Inupiat Inuktitut 
Kiba-kiba... Rapanui 
Kunammwey... Chuuk 
Kupia Kumi Laka... Miskito 
Kutula... Fanagolo 
Kwam Sa... Lao 
La Pace... Italian, Romanian 
La Paix... French 
La Paqe... Albanian 
La Patz... Aranés 
La Pau... Catalán 
La Paz... Spanish 
Lapé... Haitian Creole 
Layéni... Zapoteco 
Li-k'ei... Tlingit 
Linew... Manobo 
Lìmana... Hausa 
Mabuhay... Tagalog 
Maluhia... Hawaiian 
Meleilei... Ponapean 
Melino... Tonga 
Mier... Slovak 
Miers... Latvian 
Mina... Wintu 
Mír... Bosnian, Bulgarian, Byelorussian, Croatian, Czech, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Ukrainian Mtendere... Chewa, Nyanja 
Muka-muka... Ekari 
Musango... Duala 
Mutenden... Bemba 
Nabad Da... Somali 
Nanna Ayya... Chickasaw 
Ñerane'i... Guaraní 
Nimuhóre... Ruanda 
Nirudho... Pali 
Nye... Ntomba 
Nyein-jan-ye... Burmese 
Olakamigenoka... Abenaqui

Pace... Italian. Romanian

Paçi... Maltese 
Paco... Esperanto

Pau...Catalan

Pax... Latin

Paz in Portuguese

Peace... English 
Perdamaian... Indonesian 
Pingan... Chinese 
Pokój... Polish, Slovak 
Pyong'hwa... Korean 
Rahu... Estonian 
Rangima'arie... Maori 
Rauha... Finnish 
Rerdamaian... Indonesian 
Roj...Klingon, Star Trek:-))
Rukun... Javanese 
Saamaya... Sinhalese 
Saanti... Nepali 
Sai Gaai Òh Pìhng... Yue 
Salam... Arabic, Persian 
Santipap... Thai 
Saq... Uighur 
Shalom... Hebrew Shîte 
Shiy-De... Tibetan 
Shanti... Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Sanskrit, Balinese 
Shulem... Yidish 
Síocháin... Irish 
Sìth... Gaelic, Scottish 
Soksang... Khmer 
Solh... Dari, Persian 
Sonqo Tiaykuy... Quechua 
Sulh... Turkish 
Taika... Lithuainian 
Tecócatú... Nhengatu 
Thayu... Gikuyu 
Tsumukikatu... Comanche 
Tuktuquil Usilal... Kékchí 
Tutkiun... North Alaska Inuktitut 
Ubucwantalala... Zulu 
Udo... Igbo 
Ukuthula... Zulu 
Uvchin... Mapudungun 
Uxolo... Xhosa 
Vrede... Afrikaans and Dutch  
Wâki Ijiwebis-I... Algonquin 
Wetaskiwin... Cree 
Wolakota... Lakhota 
Wôntôkóde... Micmac 
Wo'okeyeh... Sioux 



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The Discovery Process

One of the legal processes that often stymies pro se litigants is the discovery process. Both sides are entitled to the information on which his opponent bases his case. In theory, all the information and documents about the case are out in the open, and available upon request. But, for a pro se litigant up against an opposing attorney the process can be daunting.

The three most widely used discovery tools are:

A Request for Interrogatories is a set of questions asked of the opposing party to gather information pertinent to the case. The questions are crafted to elicit specific responses designed to move the case forward. The questions can ask the opposing party almost anything about the case or facts of the case within the opposing party's own personal knowledge. The questions may not be designed to harass or embarrass the opposing party. The number of interrogatories is limited to 30 questions including sub-parts.

A Request for Production generally requests documents, but it can request other things or tangible items such as audio tapes, video tapes, drawings, etc. which are in the possession or control of the party receiving the request.

A Request for Admissions is a particularly powerful discovery tool. The requesting party submits up to 30 statements to the other party asking the receiving party to either admit or deny the statements. Any statement in a Request for Admission that is not answered is deemed admitted.

The procedure is similar for each of these types of discovery requests. The requesting party files a notice of discovery in the court record, but not the discovery request itself. The requesting party then provides a copy of the notice and the actual discovery request to the opposing party. In general, responses to discovery requests are due within 30 days, although more or less time for response can be allowed by the court. The requesting party files a notice of discovery in the court record, but not the discovery request itself.

The discovery requests include instructions for the recipient such as when and where to respond; and any other instruction to clarify the request for the respondent. A list of definitions of terminology is also included, again to clarify exactly what is meant in the request.

Following are Florida Rules of Procedure for each of these types of discovery requests:


RULE 1.340 INTERROGATORIES TO PARTIES


(a) Procedure for Use. Without leave of court, any party may serve upon any other party written interrogatories to be answered
(1) by the party to whom the interrogatories are directed, or
(2) if that party is a public or private corporation or partnership or association or governmental agency, by any officer or agent, who shall furnish the information available to that party. Interrogatories may be served on the plaintiff after commencement of the action and on any other party with or after service of the process and initial pleading upon that party. The interrogatories shall not exceed 30, including all subparts, unless the court permits a larger number on motion and notice and for good cause. If the supreme court has approved a form of interrogatories for the type of action, the initial interrogatories shall be in the form approved by the court. Other interrogatories may be added to the approved forms without leave of court, so long as the total of approved and additional interrogatories does not exceed 30. Each interrogatory shall be answered separately and fully in writing under oath unless it is objected to, in which event the grounds for objection shall be stated and signed by the attorney making it. The party to whom the interrogatories are directed shall serve the answers and any objections within 30 days after the service of the interrogatories, except that a defendant may serve answers or objections within 45 days after service of the process and initial pleading upon that defendant. The court may allow a shorter or longer time. The party submitting the interrogatories may move for an order under rule 1.380(a) on any objection to or other failure to answer an interrogatory.

(b) Scope; Use at Trial. Interrogatories may relate to any matters that can be inquired into under rule 1.280(b), and the answers may be used to the extent permitted by the rules of evidence except as otherwise provided in this subdivision. An interrogatory otherwise proper is not objectionable merely because an answer to the interrogatory involves an opinion or contention that relates to fact or calls for a conclusion or asks for information not within the personal knowledge of the party. A party shall respond to such an interrogatory by giving the information the party has and the source on which the information is based. Such a qualified answer may not be used as direct evidence for or impeachment against the party giving the answer unless the court finds it otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence. If a party introduces an answer to an interrogatory, any other party may require that party to introduce any other interrogatory and answer that in fairness ought to be considered with it.

(c) Option to Produce Records. When the answer to an interrogatory may be derived or ascertained from the records of the party to whom the interrogatory is directed or from an examination, audit, or inspection of the records or from a compilation, abstract, or summary based on the records and the burden of deriving or ascertaining the answer is substantially the same for the party serving the interrogatory as for the party to whom it is directed, an answer to the interrogatory specifying the records from which the answer may be derived or ascertained and offering to give the party serving the interrogatory a reasonable opportunity to examine, audit, or inspect the records and to make copies, compilations, abstracts, or summaries is a sufficient answer. An answer shall be in sufficient detail to permit the interrogating party to locate and to identify, as readily as can the party interrogated, the records from which the answer may be derived or ascertained, or shall identify a person or persons representing the interrogated party who will be available to assist the interrogating party in locating and identifying the records at the time they are produced.

(d) Effect on Co-party. Answers made by a party shall not be binding on a co-party.

(e) Service and Filing. Interrogatories shall be arranged so that a blank space is provided after each separately numbered interrogatory. The space shall be reasonably sufficient to enable the answering party to insert the answer within the space. If sufficient space is not provided, the answering party may attach additional papers with answers and refer to them in the space provided in the interrogatories. The interrogatories shall be served on the party to whom the interrogatories are directed and copies shall be served on all other parties. A certificate of service of the interrogatories shall be filed, giving the date of service and the name of the party to whom they were directed. The answers to the interrogatories shall be served upon the party originally propounding the interrogatories and a copy shall be served on all other parties by the answering party. The original or any copy of the answers to interrogatories may be filed by any party when the court should consider the answers to interrogatories in determining any matter pending before the court. The court may order a copy of the answers to interrogatories filed at any time when the court determines that examination of the answers to interrogatories is necessary to determine any matter pending before the court.


RULE 1.350 PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND THINGS AND ENTRY UPON LAND FOR INSPECTION AND OTHER PURPOSES

(a) Request; Scope. Any party may request any other party

(1) to produce and permit the party making the request, or someone acting in the requesting party's behalf, to inspect and copy and designated documents, including writings, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, phono-records, and other data compilations from which information can be obtained, translated, if necessary, by the party to whom the request is directed through detection devices into reasonably usable form, that constitute or contain matters within the scope of rule 1.280(b) and that are in the possession, custody, or control of the party to whom the request is directed;

(2) to inspect and copy, test, or sample any tangible things that constitute or contain matters within the scope of rule 1.280(b) and that are in the possession, custody, or control of the party to whom the request is directed; or

(3) to permit entry upon designated land or other property in the possession or control of the party upon whom the request is served for the purpose of inspection and measuring, surveying, photographing, testing, or sampling the property or any designated object or operation on it within the scope of rule 1.280(b).

(b) Procedure. Without leave of court the request may be served on the plaintiff after commencement of the action and on any other party with or after service of the process and initial pleading on that party. The request shall set forth the items to be inspected, either by individual item or category, and describe each item and category with reasonable particularity. The request shall specify a reasonable time, place, and manner of making the inspection or performing the related acts. The party to whom the request is directed shall serve a written response within 30 days after service of the request, except that a defendant may serve a response within 45 days after service of the process and initial pleading on that defendant. The court may allow a shorter or longer time. For each item or category the response shall state that inspection and related activities will be permitted as requested unless the request is objected to, in which event the reasons for the objection shall be stated. If an objection is made to part of an item or category, the part shall be specified. When producing documents, the producing party shall either produce them as they are kept in the usual course of business or shall identify them to correspond with the categories in the request. The party submitting the request may move for an order under rule 1.380 concerning any objection, failure to respond to the request, or any part of it, or failure to permit the inspection as requested.

(c) Persons Not Parties. This rule does not preclude an independent action against a person not a party for production of documents and things and permission to enter upon land.

(d) Filing of Documents. Unless required by the court, a party shall not file any of the documents or things produced with the response. Documents or things may be filed when they should be considered by the court in determining a matter pending before the court.



RULE 1.370 REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION


(a) Request for Admission. A party may serve upon any other party a written request for the admission of the truth of any matters within the scope of rule 1.280(b) set forth in the request that relate to statements or opinions of fact or of the application of law to fact, including the genuineness of any documents described in the request. Copies of documents shall be served with the request unless they have been or are otherwise furnished or made available for inspection and copying. Without leave of court the request may be served upon the plaintiff after commencement of the action and upon any other party with or after service of the process and initial pleading upon that party. The request for admission shall not exceed 30 requests, including all subparts, unless the court permits a larger number on motion and notice and for good cause, or the parties propounding and responding to the requests stipulate to a larger number. Each matter of which an admission is requested shall be separately set forth. The matter is admitted unless the party to whom the request is directed serves upon the party requesting the admission a written answer or objection addressed to the matter within 30 days after service of the request or such shorter or longer time as the court may allow but, unless the court shortens the time, a defendant shall not be required to serve answers or objections before the expiration of 45 days after service of the process and initial pleading upon the defendant. If objection is made, the reasons shall be stated. The answer shall specifically deny the matter or set forth in detail the reasons why the answering party cannot truthfully admit or deny the matter. A denial shall fairly meet the substance of the requested admission, and when good faith requires that a party qualify an answer or deny only a part of the matter of which an admission is requested; the party shall specify so much of it as is true and qualify or deny the remainder. An answering party may not give lack of information or knowledge as a reason for failure to admit or deny unless that party states that that party has made reasonable inquiry and that the information known or readily obtainable by that party is insufficient to enable that party to admit or deny. A party who considers that a matter of which an admission has been requested presents a genuine issue for trial may not object to the request on that ground alone; the party may deny the matter or set forth reasons why the party cannot admit or deny it, subject to rule 1.380(c). The party who has requested the admissions may move to determine the sufficiency of the answers or objections. Unless the court determines that an objection is justified, it shall order that an answer be served. If the court determines that an answer does not comply with the requirements of this rule, it may order either that the matter is admitted or that an amended answer be served. Instead of these orders the court may determine that final disposition of the request be made at a pretrial conference or at a designated time before trial. The provisions of rule 1.380(a)(4) apply to the award of expenses incurred in relation to the motion.

(b) Effect of Admission. Any matter admitted under this rule is conclusively established unless the court on motion permits withdrawal or amendment of the admission. Subject to rule 1.200 governing amendment of a pretrial order, the court may permit withdrawal or amendment when the presentation of the merits of the action will be subserved by it and the party who obtained the admission fails to satisfy the court that withdrawal or amendment will prejudice that party in maintaining an action or defense on the merits. Any admission made by a party under this rule is for the purpose of the pending action only and is not an admission for any other purpose nor may it be use against that party in any other proceeding.




Monday, December 7, 2015

Just Announced: FALDP offers Custom Course Bundles as a Year End Special

FALDP offers Custom Course Bundles as a Year End Special


The Florida Association of Legal Document Preparers (FALDP) is a trade association comprised of Florida nonlawyers who are in the business of assisting self-represented consumers in accessing the legal system. Document preparers assist pro se litigants by preparing professional forms for court filing, explaining procedure, and providing information. 800-515-0496


The Florida Association of Legal Document Preparers offers year end online course specials - Custom Course Bundles - Choose any 3 courses, bundle them together, and deduct 35%. This special is available through December 31, 2015. Savings up to $316.75.

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