Just because the credit card company writes off your debt doesnât mean that you are off the hook. A credit card debt write-off does not wipe out your liability for or obligation to pay that debt. It is simply a mechanism used by credit card companies to get bad debts off their books. As a result, debt collectors can still call or sue you to collect the debt even after it is written off.
Pre-Lit Paralegal Definition. Pre-lit, short for pre-litigation, is a subspecialty of the litigation practice area. It consists of all action taken on behalf of a potential plaintiff or a potential defendant before a complaint or petition is filed with the trial court.
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus. A meeting of the parties to an action and their attorneys held before the court prior to the commencement of actual courtroom proceedings. A pretrial conference is a meeting of the parties to a case conducted prior to trial. The conference is held before the trial judge or a magistrate, a judicial officer who possesses fewer judicial powers than a judge. A pretrial conference may be held prior to trial in both civil and criminal cases. A pretrial conference may be requested by a party to a case, or it may be ordered by the court. Generally, the term pretrial conference is used interchangeably with the term pretrial hearing.