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1. Pre-trial release based on the person's own promise that he or she will show up for trial (no bond required). Also referred to as release on own recognizance or ROR.






2. Acts or declarations by which one implicates oneself in a crime.






3. An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.






4. A weapon which acts by force of gunpowder - such as a rifle - shotgun or revolver.






5. A case summary or commentary on the law cases - statutes - and rules illustrating its interpretation.






6. Recovery of land or rental property from another by legal process.






7. A trust set up and in effect during the lifetime of the grantor. Also called inter vivos trust.






8. A listing of all the criminal convictions against an individual.






9. A private person (who is not necessarily a lawyer) authorized by another to act in his or her place - either for some particular purpose - as to do a specific act - or for the transaction of business in general - not of legal character. This authorit






10. An assistant lawyer to the state's attorney.

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11. The rule preventing illegally obtained evidence to be used in any trial.






12. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.






13. The act of obtaining the property of another person through wrongful use of actual or threatened force - violence - or fear.






14. To unite - to combine - to enter into an alliance.






15. Legally responsible.






16. One who commits a crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.






17. One not trained in law.






18. Antisocial behavior by a minor; especially behavior that would be criminally punishable if the actor were an adult - but instead is usually punished by special laws pertaining only to minors.






19. A false statement given while under oath or in a sworn affidavit.






20. A formal written accusation - issued by a grand jury - charging a party with a crime.






21. A collection - compendium - or revision of laws - rules - and regulations enacted by legislative authority.






22. The place where a person has his or her permanent legal home. A person may have several residences - but only one domicile.






23. Pictures taken after a suspect is taken into custody (booked) - usually used as an official photograph by police officers.






24. The final decision of the court - resolving the dispute; an opinion; an award of damages.






25. See DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES.






26. To set right; to remedy; to compensate; to remove the causes of a grievance.






27. An estate consists of personal property (car - household items - and other tangible items) - real property - and intangible property - such as stock certificates and bank accounts - owned in the individual name of a person at the time of the person's






28. The study of law and the structure of the legal system.






29. Money or a written instrument such as a deed that - by agreement between two parties - is held by a neutral third party (held in escrow) until all conditions of the agreement are met.






30. Lie detector test and the apparatus for conducting the test.






31. Another hearing of a civil or criminal case by the same court in which the case was originally heard.






32. A belief in the American legal system which states that all people accused of a criminal act are considered not to have committed the crime until the evidence leaves no doubt in the mind of the court or the jury .






33. Act ofconsequences of a criminal act - accusation - or conviction. It may take the form of commutation or pardon.






34. 1. Property that is pledged as security against a debt. 2. A person belonging to the same ancestral stock (a relation) - but not in a direct line of descent.






35. The formal statement before the court that the accused admits committing the criminal act.






36. Act of giving the equivalent for any loss - damage or injury.






37. A court officer who has charge of a court session in the matter of keeping order and has custody of the jury.






38. The act which produces an effect.






39. The term pertains to liability for loss shifted from one person held legally responsible to another.






40. A document or other item introduced as evidence during a trial or hearing.






41. A document containing background material on a convicted person. It is prepared to guide the judge in the imposition of a sentence. Sometimes called a pre-sentence report.






42. A machine which records by a needle on a graph varying emotional disturbances when answering questions truly or falsely - as indicated by fluctuations in blood pressure - perspiration.respiration






43. 1. To discuss - ponder or reflect upon before reaching a decision. A judge will usually deliberate before announcing a judgment. 2. Intentional - characterized by consideration and awareness.






44. A statement of all important facts - which all the parties agree is true and correct -which is submitted to a court for ruling.






45. 1. To execute - perpetrate - or carry out an act. To commit a crime. 2. To send a person to prison - asylum - or reformatory by a court order.






46. Facts that do not constitute a justification or excuse for an offense but which may be considered as reasons for reducing the degree of blame.






47. A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it - before a notary or officer havingauthority to administer oaths.






48. To seat a jury. When voir dire is finished and both sides have exercised their challenges - the jury is impaneled.The jurors are sworn in and the trial is ready to proceed.






49. A judge's decision not to allow an objection. A decision by a higher court finding that a lower court decision was wrong.






50. The act of spending an allotted amount of time in a designated location such as a prison as punishment for the crime committed.







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