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Simple English definitions for legal terms

departure

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A quick definition of departure:

Departure means going away from a usual rule or way of doing things. For example, if someone gets a punishment that is less severe than what is usually given, it is called a downward departure. If someone gets a punishment that is more severe than what is usually given, it is called an upward departure. Departure can also mean changing from one argument to another during a legal case.

A dependent is someone who relies on another person for support, like a child who needs their parents to take care of them. It can also refer to someone who receives benefits from the government or private funds.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: A deviation or divergence from a standard rule, regulation, measurement, or course of conduct.

Example: An impermissible departure from sentencing guidelines.

This means that when a court does not follow the standard guidelines for sentencing a criminal, it is considered a departure. For example, if the court gives a more lenient sentence than what the guidelines suggest, it is called a downward departure. On the other hand, if the court gives a harsher sentence than what the guidelines suggest, it is called an upward departure.

Example: A variance between a pleading and a later pleading or proof.

This means that when there is a difference between what someone initially claimed in a legal case and what they later prove, it is called a departure. For example, if a plaintiff claims one thing in their initial pleading but later proves something different, it is considered a departure.

Example: A party's desertion of the ground taken in the immediately preceding pleading and resort to another ground.

This means that when someone changes their argument in a legal case, it is considered a departure. For example, if a defendant initially claims they have an alibi for a crime but later changes their argument and pleads guilty, it is considered a departure.

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1a2b3c4d26z
19:43
im okay with being called basic for that one
2big2fail
19:44
im gatekeeping my current book
Dkk
19:44
@2big2fail: looks like an Aristotle wannabe.
2big2fail
19:44
whatever. im just reading the financial times
1a2b3c4d26z
19:44
ft goated
concorde
19:45
I hate Dostoevsky
2big2fail
19:45
studying cloud computing, not the cloud of unknowing
babycat
19:45
@1a2b3c4d26z: serotonin is my fave houellebecq
1a2b3c4d26z
19:45
chefs kiss mwah
2big2fail
19:45
i honestly dont understand why people like houellebecq
1a2b3c4d26z
19:45
I'll try to describe how I feel about him
2big2fail
19:46
my favorite french authors are balzac and proust, as basic as that is
1a2b3c4d26z
19:46
basically I read his book and the whole time I read it I liked it so I finished it and I said hm I liked that book written by the author houellebecq
1a2b3c4d26z
19:46
balzac hahaha
2big2fail
19:46
lost illusions is goated
does it take longer to hear back if u applied to scholarships for schools like ucla???
Dkk
19:47
For Houellebecq I have only read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomised
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:47
you guys should read averroes
also do we think ucla wont do a wave tmw cuz they did a tiny one tonight, can schools do 2 days ina. row
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:47
perhaps read the incoherence of philosophy first and then read averroes’ response: “the incoherence of the incoherence”
2big2fail
19:47
@Dkk: i read that one. just thought it was boring and not really in touch with reality
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:47
SPLITTY usually they’re Friday!
Dkk
19:48
@2big2fail: I agree.
HUH then what the heck is this wave tonight ab are they tryna give us an attack???
babycat
19:49
@texaslawhopefully: don’t really remember it but my ibooks library says i read it in 2020. that whole year is a haze.
Dkk
19:51
My favorite book though, The Good Morty: https://archive.org/details/TheGoodMorty
Dkk
20:09
Man, I guess nobody like The Good Morty
2big2fail
20:10
didnt even look at it
Dkk
20:12
R.I.P.
Dkk
20:13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=0uzynaLi4Tg&t=0s such a minor joke, so good to me.
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