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Subject : law
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1. Allowance ordered to be paid by one spouse to the other for support while the spouses are living apart but not divorced.






2. Failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would use under the same circumstances.






3. The cause - price - or impelling influence which induces a party to enter into a contract.






4. Standard of proof commonly used in civil lawsuits and in regulatory agency cases. It governs the amount of proof that must be offered in order for the plaintiff to win the case.






5. A written direction or command delivered by a court or judge.






6. The court transfer of legal custody of a person from parents or legal guardian to another person - agency - or institution. It may be temporary or permanent.






7. One who has authority to act for another.






8. A hallowed principle of criminal law that a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty.






9. The jury or the judge must determine that the defendant - because of mental disease or defect - could not form the intent required to commit the offense.






10. Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.






11. A police identification procedure by which the suspect to a crime is exhibited - along with others - before the victim or witness to determine if the victim or witness can identify the committed the crime.suspect as the person who






12. Dying without a will.






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






14. Witnesses are normally required to confine their testimony to statements of fact and are not allowed to give their opinions in court. However - if a witness is qualified as an expert in a particular field - he or she may be allowed to state an opinio






15. Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.






16. Supplementary evidence that tends to strengthen or confirm the initial evidence.






17. A county court that handles civil claims for amounts less than $5 -00. People often represent themselves rather than hire an attorney.






18. The party against whom an appeal is taken. Sometimes called a respondent.






19. The court with authority to supervise estate administration.






20. Another hearing of a civil or criminal case by the same court in which the case was originally heard.






21. The degree of certainty required for a juror to legally find a criminal defendant guilty






22. Aka DOCKET NUMBER.






23. Any willful attempt or threat to inflict injury upon the person of another - when coupled with the present ability to do so - and any intentional display of force such as would give victim reason to fear or expect immediate bodily harm.






24. False and defamatory spoken words tending to harm another's reputation - community standing - office - trade - business - or means of livelihood.






25. 1. One who has been convicted of a criminal offense. 2. That which is connected with the law of crimes; That which has the character of a crime (criminal justice; criminal intent).






26. Oral or anal copulation between humans - or between humans or animals.






27. 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






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






29. Opportunity to present rebuttal evidence after one's evidence has been subjected to cross-examination.






30. One who lives in a location for a period of time and denotes it as their official address or residence.






31. A forejudgment - bias - a preconceived opinion.






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






33. Generally - justice or fairness.






34. The final statements by the attorneys to the jury or court summarizing the evidence that they have established and the evidence that the other side has failed to establish.






35. Exhibit and/or evidence that is offered by the prosecution.

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36. 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.






37. 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).






38. An action for the recovery of a possession that has been wrongfully taken.






39. 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.






40. The breaking or violating of a law - right - obligation - or duty either by doing an act or failing to do an act. BREAKING AND ENTERING - Breaking and entering a dwelling of another in nighttime with intent to commit a felony therein.






41. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.






42. A reference to a source of legal authority. A direction to appear in court - as when a defendant is cited into court - rather than arrested.






43. 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.)






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






45. Test to determine content of alcohol in one arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor by analyzing a breath sample.






46. An honest belief - the absence of malice - and the absence of design to defraud.






47. 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.






48. An error committed during a trial that was corrected or was not serious enough to affect the outcome of a trial and (prejudicial) to be reversed on appeal.






49. Immorality. An element of crimes inherently bad - as opposed to crimes bad merely because they are forbidden by statute.






50. Acts or declarations by which one implicates oneself in a crime.