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Law Vocab
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1. Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that marriage between them would be unlawful.
PUBLIC DEFENDER
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
INCEST
RESTRAINING ORDER
2. A pretrial discovery device by which one party questions the other party or a witness for the other party. It usually takes place in the office of one of the lawyers - in the presence of a court reporter - who transcribes what is said. Questions are
DEPOSITION
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
REHEARING
SETTLEMENT
3. Any fact or evidence that leads to a judgment of the court.
INADMISSIBLE
DECISION
PROOF
CORROBORATION
4. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be.
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
CHILD ABUSE
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
5. Issues and claims capable of being properly examined in court.
ADJUDICATE
ARRAIGN
JUSTICIABLE
PROCEDURAL LAW
6. The right to challenge a juror without assigning a reason for the challenge.
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
HOSPITAL WARRANT
JURY COMMISSIONER
FINE
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.
INDIGENT
LYNCHING
COMPLAINT
COMPLY
8. Any form of indecent or sexual activity on - involving - or surrounding a child under the state's designated age.
OVERT ACT
CHILD MOLESTATION
OVERRULE
PREJUDICE
9. A written accusation alleging a defendant has committed an offense. Includes a citation - an indictment - information - and statement of charges.
CHARGING DOCUMENT
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
COUNSEL TABLE
BOND
10. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.
DETENTION
BAIL FORFEITURE
HOSTILE WITNESS
RELEVANT
11. 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.
OF COUNSEL
CASE
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
COMMON LAW
12. 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
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
13. The planning of a crime preceding the commission of the act - rather than committing the crime on the spur of the moment.
CRIME
INJUNCTION
COURT OF RECORD
PREMEDITATION
14. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party - who helps them agree on a settlement.
REJOINDER
ABSTRACTACT
SELF-PROVING WILL
MEDIATION
15. Attorney at law - lawyer - counselor at law.
EQUAL PROTECTION
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
NOTICE
ATTORNEY
16. Persons trained in the law who assist judges in researching legal opinions.
SETTLOR
GUARDIAN
PENITENTIARY
LAW CLERKS
17. The assertion of a party to an action - setting out what he expects to prove.
EVICTION
BIAS
ARBITRATION
ALLEGATION
18. A contract in which the promise made by the obligor is not expressed - but inferred by one's conduct or implied in law.
IMPLIED CONTRACT
NOT GUILTY
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
LARCENY
19. The finding of the court that an act was committed with the intent of embarrassing the court - disobeying its lawful orders - or obstructing the administration of justice in some way.
STANDARD OF PROOF
DEMURRER
HUNG JURY
CONTEMPT OF COURT
20. 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.
JOIN
PURGE
CONDEMNATION
DOMICILE
21. The rights of a person guaranteed by the state or federal constitutions.
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
DEMURRER
RULE OF COURT
COMPLY
22. A will that leaves some or all estate assets to a trust established before the will-maker's death.
POUR-OVER WILL
COMMITMENT ORDER
COMMIT
CONDEMNATION
23. Oral or anal copulation between humans - or between humans or animals.
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
SODOMY
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
INJUNCTION
24. Another term for arraignment.
HARMLESS ERROR
CROSS-CLAIM
PRELIMINARY HEARING
ENJOINING
25. A motion to dismiss a civil case because of the legal insufficiency of a complaint.
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
BEST EVIDENCE
DEFAMATION
DEMURRER
26. Published words or pictures that falsely and maliciously harm the reputation of a person. See DEFAMATION.
REPLY
GAMBLING
LIBEL
COUNT
27. A report to the sentencing judge containing background information about the crime and the defendant to assist the judge in making his or her sentencing decision.
CROSS-CLAIM
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
ILLEGAL
28. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.
PROBABLE CAUSE
FINGERPRINT
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
LEVY
29. A misdemeanor or minor offense or comparatively insignificant criminal act.
SETTLOR
MIRANDA RIGHTS
LIBEL
PETTY OFFENSE
30. Jury of inquiry. The jury which determines which charges - if any - are to be brought against a defendant.
GRAND JURY
RAP SHEET
RECUSE
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
31. The dismissal of a case - by which the same cause of action cannot be brought against thedefendant again at a later date.
MANDATE
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
32. The act that caused an event to occur. A person generally is liable only if an injury was proximately caused by his or her action or by his or her failure to act when he or she had a duty to act.
DISPOSITION
HOSPITAL WARRANT
PROXIMATE CAUSE
REJOINDER
33. The written statements of fact and law filed by the parties to a lawsuit.
FIND GUILTY
GOOD FAITH
COMPLAINANT
PLEADINGS
34. The procedure where the accused is brought before the court to hear the criminal charge(s) against him or her and to enter a plea of either guilty - not guilty or no contest.
ARRAIGN
DECISION
COMMIT
HARASSMENT
35. 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.
RULES OF EVIDENCE
JUROR
AID AND ABET
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
36. To complete the legal requirements (such as signing before witnesses) that make a will valid. Also - to execute a judgment or decree means to put the final judgment of the court into effect.
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
EXECUTE
GRAND THEFT
INCRIMINATE
37. 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.
INTESTACY LAWS
CIVIL CASE
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
PRESUMPTION
38. The power of the government to take private property for public use through condemnation.
EMINENT DOMAIN
ALLEGATION
DEPENDENT CHILD
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
39. A court's recognition of the truth of basic facts without formal evidence.
EQUITY
LEASE
JUDICIAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
40. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.
DETENTION FACILITY
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
JURY COMMISSIONER
41. 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.
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
EQUITABLE ACTION
STAY
JUDICIAL REVIEW
42. Form of discipline of a lawyer resulting in the loss (often permanently) of that lawyer's right to practice law. It differs from censure (an official reprimand or condemnation) and from suspension (a temporary loss of the right to practice law).
SODOMY
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
RECIDIVISM
DISBARMENT
43. A husband or wife of a deceased spouse married after a will is executed who is not provided for in the will.
COLLATERAL
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
44. A machine which records by a needle on a graph varying emotional disturbances when answering questions truly or falsely - as indicated by fluctuations in blood pressure - perspiration.respiration
LIE DETECTOR
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
MAYHEM
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
45. Lack of mental capacity to do or abstain from doing a particular act; inability to distinguish right from wrong. State of mind rendering a defendant incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong - such that he or shecannot be held accountable f
SHOPLIFTING
CRIMINAL INSANITY
MANDATE
AGREEMENT
46. To support with evidence or authority; make more certain.
MALICE
INTERROGATORIES
CORROBORATE
COMMIT
47. A state examination taken by prospective lawyers in order to be admitted and licensed to practice law.
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
BAR EXAMINATION
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
48. A release from custody which imposes regulations on the activities and associations of the defendant. If a defendant fails to meet the conditions - the release is revoked.
EXECUTOR
EN BANC
ROBBERY
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
49. A person who initiates a lawsuit against another. Also called the complainant.
FALSE ARREST
PLAINTIFF
CLEMENCY OR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
COUNSEL TABLE
50. Evil doing - ill conduct; the commission of some act which is positively prohibited by law.
BOND
MALFEASANCE
PETITION
ADMONISH