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Subject : law
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1. A contract by which owner of property grants to another the right to possess - use - and enjoy it for a specified period of time in exchange for payment of an agreed price (rent).






2. Without denying the charge - the defendant raises circumstances such as insanity - self-defense -or entrapment to avoid civil or criminal responsibility.






3. The heading on a legal document listing the parties - the court - the case number - and related information.






4. To disagree. An appellate court opinion setting forth the minority view and outlining the disagreement of one or more judges with the decision of the majority.






5. A person - business - or government agency actively involved in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.






6. An action between two or more persons in the courts of law - not a criminal matter.






7. Presentation of evidence to the court (out of the hearing of the jury) for the court's decision of whether the evidence is admissible.






8. The quality in a witness which makes his or her testimony believable.






9. Juvenile found to have committed a status offense rather than a crime that would provide a basis for a finding of delinquency. Typical status offenses are habitual truancy - violating a curfew - or running away from home. These are not crimes - but t






10. To call into question the truthfulness of a witness.






11. The rules and process by which a civil case is tried and appealed - including the preparations for trial - the rules of evidence and trial conduct - and the procedure for pursuing appeals.






12. The party appealing a final decision or judgment.






13. An allowance for expenses in prosecuting or defending a suit. Ordinarily this does not include attorney fees.






14. The department that oversees the actions of probationers as well as the location of where probation officers work.






15. 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.






16. An arrangement whereby a husband and wife live apart from each other while remaining married either by mutual consent or by a judicial order.






17. A claim by a defendant that he or she lacks the soundness of mind required by law to accept responsibility for a criminal act.






18. In criminal law - the hearing at which a judge determines whether there is sufficient evidence against a person charged with a crime to hold him or her for trial.






19. Summary of a larger work - wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are contained.






20. Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that marriage between them would be unlawful.






21. Crime in which the driver of a vehicle leaves the scene of an accident without identifying himself or herself.






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






23. A previously decided case that guides the decision of future cases.






24. Postponing the effect of a judgment already entered - ordinarily because of an error apparent on the record .






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






26. A certificate or evidence of a debt. Often used interchangeably with bail.






27. Ruling or order issued by the judge granting the party's request.






28. The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.






29. The CFR is the annual listing of executive agency regulations published in the daily Federal Register - and the regulations issued previously which are still in effect. The CFR contains regulatory laws governing practice and procedure before federal






30. A government grant giving an inventor the exclusive right to make or sell his or her invention for a term of years.






31. A statement of the details of the charge made against the defendant.






32. The adjournment or postponement of a session - hearing - trial - or other proceeding until a future date.






33. An established standard - guide - or regulation.






34. 1. The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. 2. The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.






35. A meeting either on or off the record at the judge's bench between the judge - counsel - and sometimes the defendant - out of the hearing of the jury.






36. A person who initiates a lawsuit against another. Also called the complainant.






37. The court with authority to supervise estate administration.






38. Aka SURETY BOND.






39. 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






40. A person who makes and signs an affidavit.






41. A procedure by which a convicted defendant challenges the conviction and/or sentence on the basis of some alleged violation or error.






42. To determine finally.






43. A legal representative - attorney - lawyer.






44. Trial in which a jury decides issues of fact as opposed to trial only before a judge.






45. A ruling by the court against the party making the objection.






46. The guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that all persons be treated equally by the law.






47. An order made by a court having competent jurisdiction. Rules of court are either general or special; the former are the regulations by which the practice of the court is governed - the latter are special orders made in particular cases.






48. A small amount of money set aside from the estate of the deceased. Its purpose is to provide for the surviving family members during the administration of the estate.






49. A hearing held for the purpose of deciding issues or fact of law that both parties are disputing.






50. The performance or agreement to perform a sexual act for hire.