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Law Vocab
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1. Written questions asked by one party in a lawsuit for which the opposing party must provide written answers.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
GARNISHMENT
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
INTERROGATORIES
2. A specialized court that deals with cases during the late evening and early morning hours.
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
INDIGENT
BODY ATTACHMENT
COURT - NIGHT
3. Recovery of land or rental property from another by legal process.
ALFORD PLEA
EVICTION
INTERROGATORIES
ENTRAPMENT
4. A will whose validity does not have to be testified to in court by the witnesses to it - because the witnesses executed an affidavit reflecting proper execution of the will prior to the maker's death.
SELF-DEFENSE
DIRECTED VERDICT
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
SELF-PROVING WILL
5. Trial in which a jury decides issues of fact as opposed to trial only before a judge.
SODOMY
CLERK OF COURT
LEWD CONDUCT
JURY TRIAL
6. 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.
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
CASE
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
PARALEGAL
7. In criminal law - a finding of not guilty. In contract law - a release - absolution - or discharge from an obligation - liability - or engagement.
OVERT ACT
RESTITUTION
BURGLARY
ACQUITTAL
8. The reduction by a judge of the damages awarded by a jury.
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
REMITTITUR
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
CORONER
9. An accounting for the whereabouts of the tangible evidence from the moment it is received in custody until it is offered in evidence in court.CHALLENGE - An objection - such as when an attorney objects at a hearing to the seating of a particular pers
DEATH ROW
AGREEMENT
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
BENCH
10. A chronological summary of all official records and recorded documents affecting the title to aparcel of real property.
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
POLYGRAPH
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
ADMISSIBLE
11. An agreement by attorneys on both sides of a civil or criminal case about some aspect of the case; e.g. - to extend the time to answer - to adjourn the trial date - or to admit certain facts at the trial.
CLAIM
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
NOT GUILTY
STIPULATE
12. Authority or discretion vested in an officer whose acts partake of a judicial character.
HUNG JURY
BIFURCATE
QUASI JUDICIAL
PROBATION
13. The rule preventing illegally obtained evidence to be used in any trial.
MALICE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
INMATE
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
14. To legally certify the innocence of one charged with a crime. To set free - release or discharge from an obligation - burden or accusation. To find a defendant not guilty in a criminal trial.
PROBATE ESTATE
ACQUIT
DETENTION FACILITY
BREATHALYZER TEST
15. Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start.
BANKRUPTCY
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
BENCH TRIAL
16. To stand idly around - particularly in a public place.
CIVIL CASE
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
LOITERING
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
17. Written or oral pledge by a witness to speak the truth.
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
OATH
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
MOTION GRANTED
18. The act of not appearing in court after being presented with a subpoena or summons.
DISCOVERY
LAWSUIT
FAILURE TO APPEAR
FIND GUILTY
19. 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
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
RESPONDENT
ALFORD PLEA
CONSERVATORSHIP
20. 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.
MISTRIAL
RECALL
LINEUP
STANDING
21. Judicial officer having strictly limited jurisdiction exercising some of the functions of a judge.
MAGISTRATE
AGENT
DELIBERATION
CRIMINAL CASE
22. The right of an accused to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution.
DETENTION HEARING
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
SPEEDY TRIAL
RETAINER
23. A procedure by which a convicted defendant challenges the conviction and/or sentence on the basis of some alleged violation or error.
COURT ORDER
PREMEDITATION
APPELLATE COURT
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
24. The taking or detaining of a person against his or her will and without lawful authority.
FALSE PRETENSES
CROSS-EXAMINATION
CONSIDERATION
KIDNAPPING
25. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party - who helps lower tensions - improve communications - and explore possible solutions. Conciliation is similar to mediation - but it may be less
CONCILIATION
GRAND THEFT
STRICT LIABILITY
APPELLATE COURT
26. 1. A statement of acceptance of responsibility. 2. The short declaration at the end of a legal paper showing that the paper was duly executed and acknowledged.
PRETERMITTED CHILD
LIBEL
BOOKING
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
27. A lawsuit brought to enforce - redress - or protect private rights or to gain payment for a wrong done to a person or party by another person or party. In general - all types of actions other than criminal proceedings.
LEASE
CIVIL CASE
JOINT VENTURE
LOITERING
28. The power of the government to take private property for public use through condemnation.
DEPENDENT CHILD
CRIMINAL CASE
EMINENT DOMAIN
JOINT TENANCY
29. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.
DEMURRER
INMATE
FIRST APPEARANCE
SENTENCE REPORT
30. Punishment by death for capital crimes. Death penalty.
MAYHEM
REPORT
JUDICIAL REVIEW
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
31. The correction of an error admitted in any process.
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
STATUS OFFENDERS
AMENDMENT
CRIMINAL INSANITY
32. A place of confinement that is more than a police station and less than a prison. It is usually used to hold persons convicted of misdemeanors or persons awaiting trial.
PATERNITY
COMPOSITE DRAWING
JAIL
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
33. The process of photographing - fingerprinting - and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest.
OPENING ARGUMENT
MANDATE
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
BOOKING
34. A short - abbreviated form of the case as found in the record.
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
GARNISH
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
35. To place a paper in the official custody of the clerk of court to enter into the files or records of a case.
CONFESSION
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
FILE
PRIVILEGE
36. A lawsuit.
JURISDICTION
LIMITED JURISDICTION
LITIGATION
FALSE PRETENSES
37. Evidence not sufficiently related to the matter in issue.
FIFTH AMENDMENT
PLEADINGS
IRRELEVANT
RETURN
38. The act of obtaining the property of another person through wrongful use of actual or threatened force - violence - or fear.
OFFENSE
EXPUNGEMENT
EXTORTION
LOITERING
39. The generic name for the defendant in a criminal case.
AFFIRMED
ACCUSED
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
COURT
40. To seize or take private property for public use (the police confiscated the weapon).
CODE
CONFISCATE
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
ABSTRACTACT
41. 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
MAGISTRATE
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
42. Against - or not authorized by law; unlawful.
COMMUTATION
APPEARANCE
DIRECT EXAMINATION
ILLEGAL
43. The person filing an action in a court of original jurisdiction. Also - the person who appeals the judgment of a lower court. The opposing party is called the respondent.
GLUE SNIFFING
HOSPITAL WARRANT
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
PETITIONER
44. A legally enforceable agreement between two or more competent parties made either orally or in writing. CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE - A legal doctrine that says if the plaintiff in a civil action for negligence also was negligent - he or she cannot recov
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
CONTRACT
BAR
PRESENTMENT
45. The act of taking money - personal property - or any other article of value that is in the possession of another done by means of force or fear.
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
ROBBERY
SETTLOR
BAILIFF
46. Gifts made in a will.
NOT GUILTY
CRIMINAL RECORD
BEQUESTS
BENCH TRIAL
47. An honest belief - the absence of malice - and the absence of design to defraud.
DIVORCE
LENIENCY
GOOD FAITH
APPELLEE
48. Professional legal services available usually to persons or organizations unable to afford legal representation.
ESTOPPEL
LEGAL AID
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
49. Public official charged with duty to make inquiry into the causes and circumstances of any death which occurs through violence or suddenly - with marks of suspicion.
CLASS ACTION
INHERITANCE TAX
CORONER
COURT ORDER
50. An attempt to cause serious bodily injury to another or purposely - knowingly or recklesslycausing such injury - or an attempt to cause or purposely or knowingly cause bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon.
JOYRIDING
DETENTION
AGREEMENT
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT