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1. Act of the client in employing the attorney or counsel. Also denotes the fee the client pays when he or she retains the attorney to act for him or her.






2. The time within a plaintiff must begin a lawsuit (in civil cases) or a prosecutor must bring charges (in criminal cases). There are different statutes of limitations at both the federal and state levels for different kinds of lawsuits or crimes.






3. Evidence which is of greater weight or more convincing than the evidence which is offered in opposition to it.






4. The person who sets up a trust. Also called the grantor.






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






6. The act of not appearing in court after being presented with a subpoena or summons.






7. 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






8. All the judges of a court sitting together. Appellate courts can consist of a dozen or more judges - but often they hear cases in panels of three judges. If a case is heard or reheard by the full court - it is heard en banc.






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






10. An order requiring a person to appear in court and present reasons why a certain order - judgment - or decree should not be issued.






11. A person who directs a commission; a member of a commission. The officer in charge of a department or bureau of a public service.






12. 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.






13. The malicious burning of someone else's or one's own dwelling or of anyone's commercial or industrial property.






14. To lose - or lose the right to.






15. Notifying a person that he or she has been named as a party to a lawsuit or has been accused of some offense. Process consists of a summons - citation or warrant - to which a copy of the complaint is attached.






16. A crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.






17. The dismissal of a case without preventing the plaintiff from bringing the same cause of action against the defendant in the future.






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






19. A court's recognition of the truth of basic facts without formal evidence.






20. A court-ordered allowance that one spouse pays the other spouse for maintenance and support while they areeither separated - pending suit for divorce - or after they are divorced.






21. A trust set up for the benefit of someone who the grantor believes would be incapable of managing his or her own financial affairs.






22. Pimping. Arranging for acts of prostitution.






23. A writ - often issued by an appellate court - making available remedies not regularly within the powers of lower courts. They include writs of habeas corpus - mandamus - prohibition and quo warranto.






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






25. Asserted to be true as depicted or a person who is accused but has not yet been tried in court.






26. The act of taking and carrying away the personal property of another of a value less than $300 with the intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it permanently.






27. An action instituted with intention of injuring the defendant and without probable cause -and which terminates in favor of the person prosecuted.






28. 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.






29. Evidence which can disappear relatively quickly - such as the amount of alcohol in a person's blood.






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






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






32. A judge's private office. A hearing in chambers takes place in the judge's office outside of the presence of the jury and the public.






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






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






35. Inclination - bent - a pre-conceived opinion or a predisposition to decide a cause or an issue a certain way.






36. Declarations by either side in a civil or criminal case reserving the right to appeal a judge's ruling upon a motion. Also - in regulatory cases - objections by either side to points made by the other side or to rulings by the agency or one of its he






37. To determine finally.






38. 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.






39. The unlawful killing of one human being by another.






40. The doctrine that the government - state or federal - is immune to lawsuit unless it gives its consent.






41. Responsible for a delinquency - crime - or other offense; not innocent.






42. To place a paper in the official custody of the clerk of court to enter into the files or records of a case.






43. Putting a person to death - usually by hanging - without legal authority.






44. Supervised release of a prisoner before the expiration of his or her sentence.






45. A written statement prepared by the counsel arguing a case in court. It contains a summary of the facts of a case -the pertinent laws - and an argument of how the law applies to the facts supporting counsel's position.






46. The combination of those rules and principles of conduct promulgated by legislative authority - derived from court decisions - and established by local custom.






47. That which tends to injure a person's reputation. Libel is published defamation - whereasslander is spoken.






48. Court order requiring action or forbidding action until a decision can be made whether to issue a permanent injunction. It differs from a temporary restraining order.






49. The dismissal of a case - by which the same cause of action cannot be brought against thedefendant again at a later date.






50. The lawyer who represents a client and is entitled to receive all formal documents from the court or from other parties. Also known as counsel of record.







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