what does "ripe" mean? a legal term.?

Answer 1

Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law

Answer 2

Basically, "ripe" or "ripeness" is used to separate theoretical injuries from actual injuries.

For example, a representative introduces a bill that you think would be unconstitutional. Until that bill passes and becomes law, a lawsuit challenging that bill would probably not be considered ripe. The basic reasoning would be that the mere filing of a bill has no legal effect as lots of bills are filed each year that never get out of committee.

Another example would be a cigarette smoker. There have been lots of lawsuits recently from people who have gotten cancer as a result of cigarette smoking. However, a lawsuit filed by a cigarette smoker who does not have cancer would probably not be considered ripe as that smoker has not "yet" suffered any injury from the use of cigarettes.

The best way to understand ripeness is by considering opposite concept in the law "mootness." A case is moot when the item being disputed no longer effects either party. Using the first example above, if the law being challenged was repealed the case would become moot since the allegedly invalid law no longer had any effect.

In short, there is a continium going from an unripe claim (for which the time for filing has not yet arrived) to a ripe claim (ready to be filed) to a moot or stale claim (past the time for filing and litigating).

Answer 3

It means striking -- in some jurisdictions, even touching -- a person against their will and without their permission. An "assault", legally, is threatening a battery in such a way that a person of ordinary firmness of mind (now, there's a legal phrase for you!) believes the threat. If you tell somebody you are going to slug him/her, and then do it, you have committed "assault and battery". If you don't threaten, but strike by surprise, then it's just a battery. Then too, there are degrees of battery depending on how much damage you did, whether you used a weapon, whether the "party of the second part" had offered provocation... but you didn't ask about all that.

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what does "ripe" mean? a legal term.?

Answer 5

adj. in constitutional law, referring to a law case appealed from a state or federal court which is ready for consideration by the Supreme Court, meaning that all other avenues for determining the case have been exhausted, there is a real controversy and the law needs to be settled on one or more issues raised by the case.

Answer 6

The first answer is correct.

It basically means "ready to be dealt with".