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Law Vocab
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1. Legal right given to a person to be responsible for the food - housing - health care - and other necessities
REGULATION
CRIMINAL
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
GUARDIANSHIP
2. The testimony of witnesses who know the general character and reputation of a person in the community in which he or she lives.
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
PRISON
MITIGATING FACTORS
LAWSUIT
3. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.
RATIFICATION
PROBATION OFFICER
RECIDIVISM
ARSON
4. The party against whom an appeal is taken. Sometimes called a respondent.
CONSERVATORSHIP
ACTION
FORGERY
APPELLEE
5. The final statements by the attorneys to the jury or court summarizing the evidence that they have established and the evidence that the other side has failed to establish.
POLYGRAPH
DOMICILE
GROUNDS
STATEMENT - CLOSING
6. A judicial command or order proceeding from a court or judicial officer - directing the proper officer to enforce a judgment - sentence - or decree.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
MANDATE
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
7. 1. Written attestation. 2. Authorized declaration verifying that an instrument is a true and correct copy of the original.
COURT REPORTER
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
CERTIFICATION
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
8. Unlawful intercourse with an individual without their consent.
DEFENSE
COMMITMENT
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
RAPE
9. The dismissal of a case without preventing the plaintiff from bringing the same cause of action against the defendant in the future.
OATH
CASE LAW
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
MERITS
10. To put off or delay a court hearing.
EQUITY
ANNOTATION
POSTPONEMENT
FOSTER CARE
11. Law enacted by the legislative branch of government - as distinguished from case law or common law .
FIRST APPEARANCE
REST
STATUTORY LAW
JUROR
12. 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.
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
PUBLIC DEFENDER
13. The malicious burning of someone else's or one's own dwelling or of anyone's commercial or industrial property.
MOTION
ARSON
FORECLOSURE
RAPE
14. To annul or make void by recalling or taking back.
INCEST
BAILIFF
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
REVOKE
15. A protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
SETTLOR
OBJECTION
OBJECT
FRAUD
16. Evidence that can be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial.
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
INHERITANCE TAX
REVOKE
STATUTORY LAW
17. A formal written accusation - issued by a grand jury - charging a party with a crime.
RULES OF EVIDENCE
STATEMENT - OPENING
INDICTMENT
CRIME
18. The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.
JUROR - ALTERNATE
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
CROSS-EXAMINATION
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
19. Evil doing - ill conduct; the commission of some act which is positively prohibited by law.
REDRESS
MALFEASANCE
ALLEGE
MISDEMEANOR
20. A change - alteration - or amendment which introduces new elements into the details - or cancels some of them - but leaves the general purpose and effect of the subject-matter intact.
EXPERT TESTIMONY
MAGISTRATE
MODIFICATION
PRIORS
21. A reduction in sentenced time in prison as a reward for good behavior. It usually is one-third to one-half of fthe maximum sentence.
DETENTION FACILITY
GOOD TIME
DECREE
INCEST
22. A proceeding similar to a trial - without a jury - and usually of shorter duration.
HEARING
OPENING ARGUMENT
BAIL BOND
BIAS
23. An assault committed with the intention of committing some additional crime.
FIREARM
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
DISTURBING THE PEACE
SECURED DEBT
24. A jury which is unable to agree on a verdict after a suitable period of deliberation.
JURY - HUNG
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
HIT AND RUN
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
25. Jury of inquiry. The jury which determines which charges - if any - are to be brought against a defendant.
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
CONTEMPT OF COURT
GRAND JURY
STATUTE
26. A method of discharging a claim upon agreement by the parties to give and accept something in settlement of the claim.
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
PETIT JURY
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
27. The person who administers an estate. If named in a will - that person's title is an executor . If there is no valid will - that person's title is an administrator.
ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
ASSAULT
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
28. To obtain customers for a whore or prostitute. One who obtains customers for a whore or prostitute.
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
ANNOTATION
DISMISS
PIMP
29. Any factors associated with the commission of a crime which increase the seriousness of theoffense or add to its injurious consequences.
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
EMBEZZLE
LEASE
REFEREE
30. Standards governing whether evidence in a civil or criminal case is admissible.
RULES OF EVIDENCE
DETENTION FACILITY
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
31. Money or other security (such as a bail bond) provided to the court to temporarily allow a person's release from jail and assure his or her appearance in court. Bail and Bond are often used interchangeably.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
PETTY OFFENSE
SLANDER
BAIL
32. The means by which a right is enforced or the violation of a right is prevented - redressed or compensated.
REMEDY
LAY PERSON
RETURN
INCRIMINATE
33. A personal representative - named in a will - who administers an estate.
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
EXECUTOR
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
34. Lack of mental capacity to do or abstain from doing a particular act; inability to distinguish right from wrong. State of mind rendering a defendant incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong - such that he or shecannot be held accountable f
CRIMINAL INSANITY
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
REBUTTAL
LIABLE
35. The process whereby the accused and the prosecutor in a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case subject to court approval. Usually involves the defendant's pleading guilty to a lesser offense or to only one.
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
PLEA BARGAIN
RULE
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
36. An agreement by two or more persons to commit an unlawful act; in criminal law - conspiracy is a separate offense from the crime that is the object of the conspiracy.
BURDEN OF PROOF
CONSPIRACY
PERMANENT RESIDENT
JURY COMMISSIONER
37. A person with legal skills - but who is not an attorney - and who works under the supervision of a lawyer or who is otherwise authorized by law to use those legal skills.
NULL AND VOID
PARALEGAL
ADMISSIBLE
NOMINAL PARTY
38. Aka PROSECUTOR and DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
PUBLIC DEFENDER
CERTIFIED
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
39. Remarks addressed by attorney to judge or jury on the merits of case or on points of law.
ARGUMENT
INCAPACITY
ALIBI
NOMINAL PARTY
40. 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.
CRIMINAL RECORD
CORROBORATE
CERTIFIED
INCOMPETENCY
41. Elected officer of a county whose job is to conserve peace within his or her territorial jurisdiction as well as aid in the criminal and civil court processes.
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
COURT REPORTER
BENCH
SHERIFF
42. A sentence postponed in which the defendant is not required to serve time unless he or she commits another crime or violates a court-imposed condition.
PAROLE
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
DOMICILE
43. Gifts made in a will.
MEDIATION
DISCLAIM
PROSECUTION
BEQUESTS
44. The legal process by which the government takes private land for public use - paying the owners a fair price. See EMINENT DOMAIN.
EXTRADITION
CIVIL ACTION
PENITENTIARY
CONDEMNATION
45. Claim that an act otherwise criminal was legally justifiable because it was necessary to protect a person or property from the threat or action of another.
PARDON
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
SELF-DEFENSE
BAILIFF
46. A formal - written application to the court requesting judicial action on some matter.
PETITION
GLUE SNIFFING
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
SODOMY
47. The rules of conduct that govern the legal profession. The Codecontains general ethical guidelines and specific rules written by the American Bar Association.
ADJUDICATE
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
IMMUNITY
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
48. Taking and carrying away the personal property of another person of a value in excess of an amount set by law with the .intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it.
STATUTORY RAPE
LEGAL AID
FALSE PRETENSES
GRAND THEFT
49. Punishment by death for capital crimes. Death penalty.
JURY - HUNG
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
KNOWINGLY
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
50. A second examination of a witness by the opposing counsel after the second examination (or redirect examination) by the counsel who called the witness to testify is completed.
ARRAIGN
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
BAIL BONDSMAN