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* TheJudge: The one who gives the final word in a case, stern, gruff, and not playing around ''at all.''
** CircuitJudge: A judge who moves from place to place within a territory.
** HangingJudge: A judge who is so ruthless that everyone in the court fears him. If this judge is giving your sentence, expect it to be horrifying no matter what crime you've committed.
** SternOldJudge: The archetypical no-nonsense, venerable judge.
** CircuitJudge: A judge who moves from place to place within a territory.
** HangingJudge: A judge who is so ruthless that everyone in the court fears him. If this judge is giving your sentence, expect it to be horrifying no matter what crime you've committed.
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* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: When someone asking for a lawyer is treated as s sure sign of a guilty conscience.
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* CourtMartialed: Soldiers (or anyone within a place with else living under military rule) break the law and/or get out of hand. Thus, they have to answer for it in military court.
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* KangarooCourt: A trial with no due process, fairness, or even order, wherein the accused has absolutely no chance of ''trying'', let alone winning, because their verdict has already been decided.
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* KangarooCourt: A trial with no due process, fairness, or even order, wherein the accused has absolutely no chance of ''trying'', let alone winning, because their verdict has already been decided.decided; the trial is just a show, and its only purpose is to legally declare that there was a trial.
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* CourtroomAntics: It’s where characters involved in the trial engage in foolish behavior in order to make their case.
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* LoveIsACrime: Love itself is illegal.
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TrialByCombat: When two parties have to settle their legal dispute by violently fighting in a duel.
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* StreisandEffect: When attempting to use legal action to hide something minor backfires and makes it far more visible than it would have been otherwise.
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* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers
* OnlyLawFirmInTown
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* AmbulanceChaser
AmbulanceChaser: A lawyer exaggerates their client's injuries to get more in compensation.
*AmoralAttorney
AmoralAttorney: An attorney whose practices make it easy to call them evil.
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EvilLawyerJoke: The work or characters within it joke about lawyers being evil.
*ArmyOfLawyers
ArmyOfLawyers: Group of lawyers (or "legal team", alternatively) used as an intimidation tactic.
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BailEqualsFreedom: When a work treats paying bail as a one-time fine for freedom, even though that's not how it works in RealLife.
*BlackCapOfDeath
BlackCapOfDeath: A judge puts on a black cap to let all those present know that the death penalty has already been decided and will soon be passed.
*BlindJustice
BlindJustice: Someone who works for justice and law is also blind.
*ChewbaccaDefense
ChewbaccaDefense: Using something besides logic and reason to win a case. Can cross over into InsaneTrollLogic.
*CommonNonsenseJury
CommonNonsenseJury: A wrong verdict is passed not because of ill intent, unfair rules, etc. The jury's just plain stupid.
*ComputerizedJudicialSystem
ComputerizedJudicialSystem: A justice system that relies almost entirely on computers.
*CourtMartialed
CourtMartialed: Soldiers (or anyone within a place with military rule) break the law and/or get out of hand. Thus, they have to answer for it in military court.
*CourtroomEpisode
CourtroomEpisode: An episode that focuses on a court case.
*CrusadingLawyer
CrusadingLawyer: A lawyer who cares more about doing what's right, protecting the weak, and giving a fair trial than money.
*DecoyTrial
DecoyTrial: A trial falsely accusing someone in hopes that the true guilty party will come out.
*DisneyOwnsThisTrope
DisneyOwnsThisTrope: When a company has ownership of something so specific or unexpected that it can make one ask, "Really? They own that?"
*DivorceAssetsConflict
DivorceAssetsConflict: Two characters decide to get a divorce, but deciding who gets what part of the property is a big hassle.
*EmancipatedChild
EmancipatedChild: A child legally disowns themselves from their own parents.
*FantasticLegalWeirdness
FantasticLegalWeirdness: The presence of the supernatural interacts pretty weirdly with legal processes.
*AFoolForAClient
AFoolForAClient: A character decides to represent himself/herself in court.
*FrivolousLawsuit
FrivolousLawsuit: A lawsuit based on a pretty flimsy reason.
*GoodLawyersGoodClients
GoodLawyersGoodClients: If a client is good, then the lawyer must be as well, and vice-versa.
*HelloAttorney
HelloAttorney: An attorney who provides a good bit of {{Fanservice}}.
*HilaritySues
HilaritySues: The hero saves the day or the villain wins...and then they're brought into court.
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HollywoodLaw: Any case in which the RealLife workings and proceedings for law and justice are changed for dramatic purpose.
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InsanityDefense: Character(s) uses the defense that they're insane in hopes of evading a death penalty.
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JokerJury: A hero is brought into course. Problem being, the judge and jurers are their worst enemy (or enemies, even.)
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TheJudge: The one who gives the final word in a case, stern, gruff, and not playing around ''at all.''
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CircuitJudge: A judge who moves from place to place within a territory.
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HangingJudge: A judge who is so ruthless that everyone in the court fears him. If this judge is giving your sentence, expect it to be horrifying no matter what crime you've committed.
*JudgeJuryAndExecutioner
JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: A single group or even one person is given all the authority when it comes to justice.
*JudicialWig
JudicialWig: The long, white, curly wig worn by a judge.
*JuryDuty
JuryDuty: An episode/arc about a character serving jury duty or doing their best to get out of it.
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JuryAndWitnessTampering: The jury or witness is bribed or threatened into changing their testimony/decision.
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RogueJuror: One juror's opinion goes against the others', and it's up to them to change their minds.
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JuryOfTheDamned: The accused is granted a trial with a jury, but said jury is composed of untrustworthy or even malicious people.
*KangarooCourt
KangarooCourt: A trial with no due process, fairness, or even order, wherein the accused has absolutely no chance of ''trying'', let alone winning, because their verdict has already been decided.
*TheLawFirmOfPunPunAndWordplay
TheLawFirmOfPunPunAndWordplay: A law firm with silly, funny names.
*LongerThanLifeSentence
LongerThanLifeSentence: The accused is given a sentence longer than they could possibly live. [[note]]This is TruthInTelevision to some degree, as those guilty of multiple crimes can have their sentences stacked up.[[/note]]
*LoveIsACrime
LoveIsACrime: Love itself is illegal.
*MakeTheDogTestify
MakeTheDogTestify: A witness that is unconventional or just plain bizarre.
*MiscarriageOfJustice
MiscarriageOfJustice: Any case where an innocent is found guilty.
*NotablyQuickDeliberation
NotablyQuickDeliberation: The jury comes to their decision ''very'' quickly, for any reason.
*OccultLawFirm
OccultLawFirm: A law firm that defends the occult or supernatural beings.
*OmnidisciplinaryLawyer
OmnidisciplinaryLawyer: In fiction, if you have a law degree, you can represent in any trial for any crime.
*OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers
OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: When someone asking for a lawyer is treated as s sure sign of a guilty conscience.
*OnlyLawFirmInTown
OnlyLawFirmInTown: It seems that in a given location, there's only one law firm that exists to choose from.
*PenultimateOutburst
PenultimateOutburst: Someone in a courtroom causes so much disruption that the judge warns them one more time, or else.
*ScalesOfJustice
ScalesOfJustice: The literal or metaphorical image of scales in a court.
*SimpleCountryLawyer
SimpleCountryLawyer: A lawyer from the country who may not be rich or expensive to hire, but tries to win over the jury with their charm and appeal.
*SpousalPrivilege
SpousalPrivilege: Married characters have certain privileges in court, such as being free to ''not'' testify for or against their spouse.
*StatuteOfLimitations
StatuteOfLimitations: After a certain time, a character cannot be convicted of a crime.
*StockLegalPhrases
StockLegalPhrases: You know, the phrases that seem to pop up in ''every'' fictional trial. "Stop badgering the witness!" "Has the jury reached a verdict?" etc.
*ThatWasObjectionable
ThatWasObjectionable: A lawyer objects in a trial, except they have no reason to.
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ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: The censorship of something due to copyright is very noticeable.
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ContractualObligationProject: A creator makes or completes a work because they are legally obligated to.
*LawyerFriendlyCameo
LawyerFriendlyCameo: It's pretty clear that a copyrighted character is making a cameo, but a lawsuit is avoided by technical means, like blurring their faces or making point-blank statements.
*OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope
OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope: A work is prefaced or followed by a legal statement.
*ScrewedByTheLawyers
ScrewedByTheLawyers: When a work is discontinued because of lawyers.
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WritingAroundTrademarks: A name is already trademarked, so it's changed just slightly to avoid copyright lawsuits.
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