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Law Vocab
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1. In a trial - a foundation must be laid to establish the basis for the admissibility of certain types of evidence.
BODY ATTACHMENT
LAW CLERKS
LIABILITY
FOUNDATION
2. A court order requiring that some action be taken - or that some party refrain from taking action. It differs from forms of temporary relief - such as a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction.
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
PRESENTMENT
ACCUSED
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
3. To lose - or lose the right to.
FORFEIT
PLEA
RELINQUISHMENT
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
4. Behavior that is obscene - lustful - indecent - vulgar.
ESTATE
LEWD CONDUCT
JUROR - ALTERNATE
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
5. A trust set up and in effect during the lifetime of the grantor. Also called inter vivos trust.
LIVING TRUST
SHOPLIFTING
CALENDAR
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
6. An amendment to a will.
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7. Numerous and unnecessary attempts to litigate the same issue.
COURT ORDER
CAUSE
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
REMOVAL
8. See DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES.
PROSECUTOR
LAWSUIT
INTESTACY LAWS
ADJUDICATE
9. The ordinary jury of twelve (or fewer) persons for the trial of a civil or criminal case. So called to distinguish it from the grand jury.
PETIT JURY
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
DECISION
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
10. The place where a person has his or her permanent legal home. A person may have several residences - but only one domicile.
DOMICILE
JUVENILE WAIVER
HOLDING CELL
DIVORCE
11. Proof of facts by witnesses who saw acts done or heard words spoken.
ACTION
CONCILIATION
NOMINAL PARTY
DIRECT EVIDENCE
12. A court order to protect a person from further harassment - service of process - or discovery.
PROTECTIVE ORDER
FOSTER CARE
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
13. An order issued by a judge for the arrest of a person.
CHIEF JUDGE
BENCH WARRANT
BAILIFF
MAYHEM
14. The designation assigned to each case filed in a particular court. Also called a case number.
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
DOCKET NUMBER
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
OVERT ACT
15. An attorney appointed by a court or employed by a government agency whose work consists primarily of defending people who are unable to hire a lawyer due to economic reasons.
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
PUBLIC DEFENDER
MOTION DENIED
16. A party is said to rest or rest its case when it has presented all the evidence it intends to offer.
OPINION EVIDENCE
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
REST
ACQUIT
17. An individual appointed by the court to oversee administrative matters.
COUNTERFEIT
CLERK OF COURT
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
18. The obligation of a party to establish by evidence a requisite degree of belief concerning a fact in the mind of the trier of fact or the court.
JUSTICIABLE
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
BURDEN OF PROOF
ACCESSORY
19. Sentences for more than one crime that are to be served at the same time - rather than one after the other. See also CUMULATIVE SENTENCES.
JOYRIDING
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
ALLEGATION
20. A government grant giving an inventor the exclusive right to make or sell his or her invention for a term of years.
PATENT
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
COSTS
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
21. A violation of law - not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses are generally considered infractions.
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
SETTLEMENT
INFRACTION
INCOMPETENCY
22. Evidence in form of witness testimony - who actually saw - heard - or touched the subject of question.
EN BANC
SETTLEMENT
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
23. Successive sentences - one beginning at the expiration of another - imposed against a person convicted of two or more violations.
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
ATTEMPT
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
24. A special kind of executor - permitted by the laws of certain states - who performs the duties of an executor without intervention by the court.
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
DAMAGES
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
25. Dying without a will.
MIRANDA RIGHTS
DETENTION HEARING
INTESTATE
GLUE SNIFFING
26. 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.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
HUNG JURY
BENCH CONFERENCE
HEARSAY
27. One who saw the act - fact - or transaction to which he or she testifies.
EYE WITNESS
INTESTACY LAWS
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
PLEADINGS
28. A legal right - exemption or immunity granted to a person - company or class - that is beyond the common advantages of other citizens.
CAUSATION
PRIVILEGE
CIVIL PROCEDURE
MERITS
29. A proceeding similar to a trial - without a jury - and usually of shorter duration.
FIND GUILTY
LENIENCY
HEARING
FRAUD
30. To set right; to remedy; to compensate; to remove the causes of a grievance.
REDRESS
PENITENTIARY
PETTY THEFT
FIDUCIARY
31. The person who sets up a trust. Also called the grantor.
CERTIFICATION
SEARCH WARRANT
FIREARM
SETTLOR
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 .
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
MORAL TURPITUDE
REVERSIBLE ERROR
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
33. Formal conclusion by a judge or jury on issues of fact.
BEQUESTS
FINDING
NOT GUILTY
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
34. Outline or summary of the nature of the case and of the anticipated proof presented by the attorney to the jury before any evidence is submitted. Also known as opening argument .
POUR-OVER WILL
ALLEGE
STATEMENT - OPENING
CHANGE OF VENUE
35. Aka DOCKET NUMBER.
BOOKING
ARRAIGNMENT
CASE NUMBER
BAIL BONDSMAN
36. A special type of guilty plea by which a defendant does not admit guilt but concedes that the State hasufficient evidence to convict; normally made to avoid the threat of greater punishment. Source: Black's Law Dictionary(1996); North Carolina v. Alf
FAIR HEARING
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
ALFORD PLEA
IMPLIED CONTRACT
37. The reduction of a sentence - such as from death to life imprisonment.
PROBATE ESTATE
COMMUTATION
INADMISSIBLE
AMEND
38. 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
COURT - NIGHT
ALIBI
HOSTILE WITNESS
KIDNAPPING
39. A phrase commonly applied to counsel employed to assist in the preparation or management of the case - or its presentation on appeal - but who is not the principal attorney for the party.
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
OF COUNSEL
INDECENT EXPOSURE
40. 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.
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
ESCROW
BAR EXAMINATION
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
41. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.
DETENTION
MIRANDA RIGHTS
EXONERATE
LEWD CONDUCT
42. Voluntary statement made by one who is a defendant in a criminal trial - which - if true - discloses his or her guilt.
FIND GUILTY
COMMUTATION
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
CONFESSION
43. 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.
SEALING
GOOD TIME
HOME MONITORING
CRIMINAL CASE
44. To give a gift to someone through a will.
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
BEQUEATH
BODY ATTACHMENT
PENALTY
45. Each of the allegations of an offense listed in a charging document.
COUNT
SLANDER
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
46. The means by which a right is enforced or the violation of a right is prevented - redressed or compensated.
PROBATION OFFICER
CRIMINAL CASE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
REMEDY
47. The manipulation of an automobile and its parts for a specific purpose.
PUBLIC DEFENDER
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
AUTO TAMPERING
DISSENT
48. A right guaranteed by the U. S. Constitution - interpreted by the federal courts; also - a right guaranteed by some other constitution (such as a state constitution).
DECREE
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
ADMISSIBLE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
49. Legal debts and obligations.
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
LIABILITY
DIRECT EXAMINATION
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
50. Any behavior - contrary to law - which disturbs the public peace or decorum - scandalizes the community - or shocks the public sense of morality.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
EMBEZZLE
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
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