THE LAWDOM

A subpoena is a special writ used to compel a witness's attendance to give evidence before the court.

Court martial may be defined as a judicial court where members of the Armed Forces accused of offences against military law are tried.

An ouster clause is a clause that seeks to exclude the jurisdiction of the court.

No oral evidence will contradict the document when anything (contract, disposition of property, etc.) has been reduced into writing.

Documentary evidence has been defined as any evidence introduced at a trial in the form of pieces of paper, booklets, etc.