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Law Vocab
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1. 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.
JUVENILE
AID AND ABET
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
ANSWER
2. Stealing or theft.
GARNISHMENT
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
OBJECTION OVERRULED
LARCENY
3. A person who directs a commission; a member of a commission. The officer in charge of a department or bureau of a public service.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
COMMISSIONER
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
COMMITMENT
4. A government grant giving an inventor the exclusive right to make or sell his or her invention for a term of years.
STANDING
PATENT
AMEND
OFFENSE
5. The court officer responsible for choosing the panel of persons to serve as potential jurors for a particular court term.
FILE
BEST EVIDENCE
JURY COMMISSIONER
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
6. An order issued by a judge for the arrest of a person.
BENCH WARRANT
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
AFFIANT
NEGLIGENCE
7. The legal document that usually begins a civil lawsuit. It states the facts and identifies the action the court is asked to take. 2. Formal written charge that a person has committed a criminal offense.
PETITION
COMPLAINT
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
HOME MONITORING
8. In the practice of appellate courts - the word means that the decision of the trial court is correct.
AFFIRMED
EVIDENCE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
OPINION
9. Evidence given to explain - repel - counteract - or disprove facts given in evidence by the adverse party.
REVERSE
CALLING THE DOCKET
APPEARANCE
REAL EVIDENCE
10. A hearing in which certain rights are respected such as the right to present evidence - to cross examine and to have findings supported by evidence.
FAIR HEARING
ALLEGATION
LIMITED JURISDICTION
EQUITY
11. An act of legislation of a local governing body such as a city - town or county.
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
ORDINANCE
CRIMINAL
12. Cancellation by a court of a warrant before its execution by the arrest of a defendant; also - a process by which a retired judge may be asked to sit on a particular case.
BOOKMAKING
ARRAIGN
RECALL
IRRELEVANT
13. A will that leaves some or all estate assets to a trust established before the will-maker's death.
POUR-OVER WILL
RULES OF EVIDENCE
APPELLANT
BAR EXAMINATION
14. An open act showing the intent to commit a crime.
COUNT
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
OVERT ACT
REJOINDER
15. To clean or clear - such as eliminating inactive records from court files; with respect to civil contempt - to cure the noncompliance that caused the contempt finding.
ACCOMPLICE
PETITIONER
ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
PURGE
16. An imaginary situation - incorporating facts previously admitted into evidence - upon which an expert witness is permitted to give an opinion as to a condition resulting from the situation.
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
COURT REPORTER
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
17. Any fact or evidence that leads to a judgment of the court.
PROOF
REST
REVOKE
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
18. 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.
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
PROFFER
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
SERVICE
19. The court with authority to supervise estate administration.
COMPOSITE DRAWING
INDICTMENT
EVICTION
PROBATE COURT
20. The willful taking and concealing of merchandise from a store or business establishment with the intention of using the goods for one's personal use without paying the purchase price.
AMENDMENT
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
SHOPLIFTING
DEATH PENALTY
21. The time in a lawsuit when the complaining party has stated his or her claim and the other side has responded with a denial and the matter is ready to be tried.
BAIL BONDSMAN
AT ISSUE
DOMICILE
MURDER
22. 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.
REMEDY
AFFIRMED
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
SERVE A SENTENCE
23. 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
CHARGE TO THE JURY
PRESUMPTION
LIABLE
24. A crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.
DAMAGES
ORDINANCE
OFFENSE
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
25. To advise or caution. For example the Court may caution or admonish counsel for wrong practices.
DOMICILE
ADMONISH
RAP SHEET
EXECUTOR
26. Allowance ordered to be paid by one spouse to the other for support while the spouses are living apart but not divorced.
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
ACCESSORY
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
27. Refers to courts that have no limit on the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear.
GENERAL JURISDICTION
REGULATION
JURISDICTION
ARGUMENT
28. To seat a jury. When voir dire is finished and both sides have exercised their challenges - the jury is impaneled.The jurors are sworn in and the trial is ready to proceed.
IMPANEL
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
MOTION GRANTED
BAIL BONDSMAN
29. A mutual understanding and intention between two or more parties. The writing or instrument which isevidence of an agreement. (Although often used as synonymous with contract - agreement is a broader term.)
MOOT
AGREEMENT
PROSECUTION
BENCH TRIAL
30. To call into question the truthfulness of a witness.
ADMONISH
REHEARING
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
31. 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.
PLEA BARGAIN
COUNSEL TABLE
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
INTESTACY LAWS
32. 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 .
OFFENDER
FRAUD
FOURTH AMENDMENT
INCAPACITY
33. The place where a person has his or her permanent legal home. A person may have several residences - but only one domicile.
AFFIANT
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
DOMICILE
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
34. A general term for an action - cause - suit - or controversy brought before the court for resolution.
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
CASE
CODE
COMPOSITE DRAWING
35. 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.
REDRESS
INITIAL APPEARANCE
DECREE
IMMUNITY
36. The person who sets up a trust. Also called the grantor.
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
CROSS-EXAMINATION
SETTLOR
37. The legal obligation of parents to contribute to the economic maintenance - including education - of their children. Money paid by one parent to another toward the expenses of the children of the marriage.
DOCKET NUMBER
CHILD SUPPORT
OF COUNSEL
LITIGATION
38. An order by the court telling a person to stop performing a specific act.
CHILD MOLESTATION
ESTATE TAX
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
ENJOINING
39. Money awarded to an injured person - over and above the measurable value of the injury - in order to punish the person who hurt him.
PROBATE
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
COMPOSITE DRAWING
PRISON
40. The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
JOIN
GENERAL JURISDICTION
ARGUMENT
COMMON LAW
41. The operation of a vehicle in an impaired state after consuming alcohol that when tested is above the state's legal alcohol limit.
HOLDING CELL
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
INFORMATION
DRUNK DRIVING
42. With knowledge - willfully or intentionally with respect to a material element of an offense.
KNOWINGLY
BAR EXAMINATION
BENCH WARRANT
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
43. The authority of a court to review the official actions of other branches of government. Also - the authority to declare unconstitutional the actions of other branches.
JUDICIAL REVIEW
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
OBJECT
INSTRUCTIONS
44. An endeavor or effort to do an act or accomplish a crime - carries beyond preparation - but lacking execution.
ATTEMPT
POSTPONEMENT
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
FIREARM
45. Asserted to be true as depicted or a person who is accused but has not yet been tried in court.
DELIBERATION
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
ALLEGED
CAPTION
46. Any form of cruelty to a child's physical - moral - or mental well-being.
CHILD ABUSE
REST
FOSTER CARE
ACCUSED
47. A procedural error during a trial or hearing sufficiently harmful to justify reversing the judgment of a lower court.
STATEMENT - OPENING
REVERSIBLE ERROR
CALENDAR
SENTENCE REPORT
48. Legal document issued by a court that shows an administrator's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
FINE
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
CIVIL ACTION
CLAIM
49. The rules of conduct that govern the legal profession. The Codecontains general ethical guidelines and specific rules written by the American Bar Association.
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
JUVENILE
REMOVAL
BEST EVIDENCE
50. Sentences for two or more crimes to run consecutively - rather than concurrently. CUSTODY - 1. The care and control of a thing or person for inspection - preservation - or security. 2. The care - control - and maintenance of a child awarded by a cour
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
PROSECUTION
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
HEARING