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Subject : law
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1. Jury of inquiry. The jury which determines which charges - if any - are to be brought against a defendant.






2. Having addressed any matter in writing.






3. Antisocial behavior by a minor; especially behavior that would be criminally punishable if the actor were an adult - but instead is usually punished by special laws pertaining only to minors.






4. A judge's written explanation of a decision of the court or of a majority of judges. A dissenting opinion disagrees with the majority opinion because of the reasoning and/or the principles of law on which the decision is based. A concurring opinion a






5. Juvenile found to have committed a status offense rather than a crime that would provide a basis for a finding of delinquency. Typical status offenses are habitual truancy - violating a curfew - or running away from home. These are not crimes - but t






6. Summary of a larger work - wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are contained.






7. 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.






8. This phrase - endorsed by a grand jury on the written indictment submitted to it for its approval - means that the evidence was found insufficient to indict.






9. A violation of law - not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses are generally considered infractions.






10. The loss of money or property resulting from failure to meet a legal obligation or from the illegal nature or use of the money or property.






11. A coming into court as party or interested person or as a lawyer on behalf of party or interested person.






12. 1. A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a sentence for that crime; a prison inmate. 2. To find a person guilty of an offense by either a trial or a plea of guilty.






13. 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.






14. Evil doing - ill conduct; the commission of some act which is positively prohibited by law.






15. An inference of the truth or falsity of a proposition or fact - that stands until rebutted by evidence to the contrary.






16. Among other rights - the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that a person cannot be compelled to present self-incriminating testimony in a criminal proceeding.






17. The obligation of a party to establish by evidence a requisite degree of belief concerning a fact in the mind of the trier of fact or the court.






18. Any fact or evidence that leads to a judgment of the court.






19. 1. In a criminal case - the person accused of the crime. 2. In a civil case - the person being sued.






20. Inferences drawn from proven facts.






21. 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






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






23. An assistant lawyer to the state's attorney.

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24. Any form of indecent or sexual activity on - involving - or surrounding a child under the state's designated age.






25. Willful destruction of property - from actual ill will or resentment toward its owner or possessor.






26. Against - or not authorized by law; unlawful.






27. An attorney who represents a person accused of committing a crime.






28. Objection to the seating of a particular juror for a stated reason (usually bias or prejudice for or against one of the parties in the lawsuit). The judge has the discretion to deny the challenge. This differs from peremptory challenge.






29. A child born or adopted after a will is executed - who is not provided for in the will.






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






31. Trial in which a jury decides issues of fact as opposed to trial only before a judge.






32. 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.






33. A proceeding similar to a trial - without a jury - and usually of shorter duration.






34. The hearing given to person accused of crime - by a magistrate or judge - to determine whether there is enough evidence to warrant the confinement and holding to bail the person accused.






35. A court order requiring that some action be taken - or that some party refrain from taking action. It differs from forms of temporary relief - such as a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction.






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






37. The initial statement made by attorneys for each side - outlining the facts each intends to establish during the trial.






38. 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.






39. List of cases scheduled for hearing in court.






40. 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.






41. The person to whom property rights or power are transferred by another - a grantee.






42. A suit which has been quashed and ended.






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






44. In the practice of appellate courts - the word means that the decision of the trial court is correct.






45. A program of parental care for children who do not have an in-home parental relationship with either biological or adoptive parents.






46. The presence of drugs on the accused for recreational use or for the purpose to sell.






47. The court in which a matter must first be filed.






48. A trial lawyer representing the government in a criminal case and the interests of the state in civil matters.






49. A court order to protect a person from further harassment - service of process - or discovery.






50. Strict legal rights of the parties; a decision 'on the merits' is one that reaches the right(s) of a party - as distinguished from disposition of a case on a ground not reaching the right(s) raised in an action;