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Subject : law
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1. A legal representative - attorney - lawyer.






2. Attested as being true or an exact reproduction.






3. Any form of cruelty to a child's physical - moral - or mental well-being.






4. The defendant's response to the plaintiff's allegations as stated in a complaint. An item-by-item - paragraph-by-paragraph response to points made in a complaint; part of the pleadings.






5. Money awarded to an injured person - over and above the measurable value of the injury - in order to punish the person who hurt him.






6. A legal doctrine by which acts of the opposing parties are compared to determine the liability of each party to the other - making each liable only for his or her percentage of fault.






7. A legal doctrine that makes each of the parties who are responsible for an injury liable for all the damages awarded in a lawsuit if the other parties responsible cannot pay.






8. 1. A unit of the judiciary authorized to decide disputed matters of fact - cases or controversies. 2. Figuratively - the judge or judicial officer. Judges sometimes use 'court' to refer to themselves in the third person - as in 'the court has read






9. Illegal sex acts performed against a minor by a parent - guardian - relative or acquaintance.






10. 1. In a criminal case - the person accused of the crime. 2. In a civil case - the person being sued.






11. 1. Arrest record. A written account listing all the instances in which a person has been arrested. 2. A form completed by a police officer when a person is arrested.






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






13. A witness whose testimony is not favorable to the party who calls him or her as a witness. A hostile witness may be asked be cross-examined by the party who calls him or be cross-examined by the party who calls him or leading questions and may her to






14. 1. A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a sentence for that crime; a prison inmate. 2. To find a person guilty of an offense by either a trial or a plea of guilty.






15. The right of an accused to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution.






16. Among other matters - the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from depriving any person of life - liberty - or property without adequate due process .






17. A seizure; the obtaining of money by legal process through seizure and sale of property.






18. A method of discharging a claim upon agreement by the parties to give and accept something in settlement of the claim.






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






20. Synonymous with reversible error ; an error which warrants the appellate court in reversing the judgment before it.






21. One who supervises a person placed on probation and is required to report the progress and to surrender the and conditions of the probation.probationer if they violate the terms






22. Against - or not authorized by law; unlawful.






23. An aggravated unlawful assault in which there is threat to do bodily harmwithout justification or excuse by use of any instrument calculated to do serious bodily harm or cause death.






24. A formal - written statement by legislature declaring - commanding - or prohibiting something.






25. Specific factors that define a crime which the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt in order to obtain a conviction. The elements that must be proven are 1) that a crime has actually occurred - 2) the accused intended the crime to happen






26. An assault committed with the intention of committing some additional crime.






27. Legal right given to a person to manage the property and financial affairs of a person deemed incapable of doing that for himself or herself. (Conservators have somewhat less responsibility than guardians. See also guardianship.)






28. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.






29. A procedure by which a charge(s) against a minor is transferred from a juvenile to circuit court.






30. An official or formal statement of facts or proceedings.






31. In some states - the highest appellate court - where it is the Court's discretion whether to hear the case on appeal.






32. Issues and claims capable of being properly examined in court.






33. To take into one's family the child of another and give him or her the rights - privileges - and duties of a child and heir.






34. Settling a dispute without a full - formal trial. Methods includemediation - conciliation - arbitration - and settlement - among others.






35. Process by which a court seeks to interpret the meaning and scope of legislation.






36. 1. One who has been convicted of a criminal offense. 2. That which is connected with the law of crimes; That which has the character of a crime (criminal justice; criminal intent).






37. The facts that give rise to a lawsuit or a legal claim.






38. The jury or the judge must determine that the defendant - because of mental disease or defect - could not form the intent required to commit the offense.






39. A will that leaves some or all estate assets to a trust established before the will-maker's death.






40. A method of determining whether a person is intoxicated using a motor skills test which is administered by testing the driver's speaking ability and/or physical coordination.






41. One acting without formal appointment as guardian for the benefit of an infant - a person of unsound mind not judicially declared incompetent - or other person under some disability.






42. A sentence imposed for the commission of a crime whereby a convicted criminal offender is released into the community - usually under conditions and under the supervision of a probation officer - instead of incarceration.






43. Body of federal or state law dealing with procedural aspects of trial for criminal cases.






44. A program of parental care for children who do not have an in-home parental relationship with either biological or adoptive parents.






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






46. Legal document issued by a court that shows an executor's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.






47. The seat occupied by judges in courts.






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






49. A written or verbal command from a court directing or forbidding an action.






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