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Law Vocab
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1. 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.
DOMICILE
SELF-PROVING WILL
LIABLE
COUNTERFEIT
2. Legal document issued by a court that shows an executor's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
CONVICTION
PENITENTIARY
3. The heading on a legal document listing the parties - the court - the case number - and related information.
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
CAPTION
INITIAL APPEARANCE
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
4. A gift - not necessarily of monetary value - given to influence the conduct of the receiver.
RECORD
BRIBE
POLYGRAPH
CALLING THE DOCKET
5. Another term for arraignment.
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
PRELIMINARY HEARING
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
DELIBERATE
6. The reduction of a sentence - such as from death to life imprisonment.
ADMINISTRATOR
COMMUTATION
DEFENSE
CLERK
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.
ADMINISTRATOR
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
JAIL
INITIAL APPEARANCE
8. A method of discharging a claim upon agreement by the parties to give and accept something in settlement of the claim.
INDICTMENT
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
FALSE PRETENSES
ORDER - COURT
9. 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
GUARDIAN
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
DEFAMATION
ALFORD PLEA
10. The department that oversees the actions of probationers as well as the location of where probation officers work.
REFEREE
ACCOMPLICE
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
11. The process by which one state or country surrenders to another state - a person accused or convicted of a crime in the other state.
EXTRADITION
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
CROSS-EXAMINATION
FIDUCIARY
12. The final decision of the court - resolving the dispute; an opinion; an award of damages.
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
PANDERING
PRIVILEGE
JUDGMENT
13. The reduction by a judge of the damages awarded by a jury.
COURT ORDER
DISCOVERY
DEFAULT
REMITTITUR
14. Legally responsible.
LIABLE
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
CAUSATION
15. To annul or make void by recalling or taking back.
COMMUTATION
REVOKE
LIVING TRUST
COUNSEL TABLE
16. The power of the government to take private property for public use through condemnation.
STIPULATE
ADMISSIBLE
COUNT
EMINENT DOMAIN
17. A practice whereby a person or place is searched and evidence useful in the investigation and prosecution of a crime is seized or taken. The search is conducted after an order is issued by a judge.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
CRIMINAL CASE
CITATION
LITIGANT
18. Each of the allegations of an offense listed in a charging document.
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
NEXT FRIEND
AGREEMENT
COUNT
19. The quality in a witness which makes his or her testimony believable.
REVOKE
CREDIBILITY
SECURED DEBT
AFFIDAVIT
20. In some states - the highest appellate court - where it is the Court's discretion whether to hear the case on appeal.
REVERSIBLE ERROR
GENERAL JURISDICTION
COURT - APPEALS
REMEDY
21. A lawsuit.
CONTRACT
COURTROOM
LITIGATION
CHAMBERS
22. A document or other item introduced as evidence during a trial or hearing.
ADMISSIBLE
PROBATE COURT
COURT - NIGHT
EXHIBIT
23. A legal right - exemption or immunity granted to a person - company or class - that is beyond the common advantages of other citizens.
PRIVILEGE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
DEPENDENT CHILD
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
24. 1. The process of removing some minor criminal traffic - or juvenile cases from the full judicial process - on the condition that the accused undergo some sort of rehabilitation or make restitution for damages. 2. Unauthorized use of funds.
DETENTION FACILITY
ADJUDICATE
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
DIVERSION
25. Exhibit and/or evidence that is offered by the prosecution.
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26. An undisclosed person who confidentially discloses material information of a crime to the police - which is usually done in exchange for a reward or special treatment.
EQUAL PROTECTION
INFORMANT
LITIGANT
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
27. A prison or place of confinement where convicted felons are sent to serve out the term of their sentence.
COUNT
PENITENTIARY
REHEARING
ACCUSED
28. To unite - to combine - to enter into an alliance.
JUROR
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
CONCILIATION
JOIN
29. Illegal sex acts performed against a minor by a parent - guardian - relative or acquaintance.
AFFIANT
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
PROBABLE CAUSE
COUNSEL
30. 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.
DISMISS
RECALL
BREATHALYZER TEST
EXONERATE
31. Two or more sentences of jail time to be served in sequence.
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
32. Official and formal erasure of a record or partial contents of a record.
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
EXPUNGEMENT
DOCKET NUMBER
33. A certificate or evidence of a debt. Often used interchangeably with bail.
BOND
GAMBLING
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
DECISION
34. The trial method used in the U.S. and some other countries. This system is based on the belief that truth can best be determined by giving opposing parties full opportunity to present and establish their evidence - and totest by crossexamination the
NULL AND VOID
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
ORAL ARGUMENT
MODIFICATION
35. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.
FINGERPRINT
PIMP
CIVIL PROCEDURE
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
36. The unlawful operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
MAYHEM
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
37. A party to a lawsuit. Litigation refers to a case - controversy - or lawsuit.
LITIGANT
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
SEALING
38. An offensive touching or use of force on one's spouse without the spouse's consent.
COMPLY
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
LAW CLERKS
COUNTERCLAIM
39. The purpose to use a particular means to bring about a certain result.
OBJECTION OVERRULED
INTENT
REVERSIBLE ERROR
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
40. To forge - to copy or imitate - without authority or right - and with the purpose to deceive or defraud - by passing off the copy as genuine.
OF COUNSEL
COUNTERFEIT
MIRANDA RIGHTS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
41. Process by which a court seeks to interpret the meaning and scope of legislation.
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
DEATH PENALTY
CHANGE OF VENUE
FIFTH AMENDMENT
42. 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.
CIVIL CASE
JOINT TENANCY
GUARDIANSHIP
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
43. An offensive touching or use of force on a person without the person's consent.
IRRELEVANT
PENITENTIARY
PRESUMPTION
BATTERY
44. Allowance ordered to be paid by one spouse to the other for support while the spouses are living apart but not divorced.
COMPOSITE DRAWING
NO BILL
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
EXCEPTIONS
45. Attorney at law - lawyer - counselor at law.
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
ATTORNEY
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
CRIMINAL CASE
46. The lack of power or the legal ability to act.
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
CRIMINAL
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
INCAPACITY
47. Member of the jury.
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
JUROR
ARGUMENT
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
48. The response by a party to charges raised in a pleading by the other party.
BEST EVIDENCE
HUNG JURY
REPLY
ACQUIT
49. A hallowed principle of criminal law that a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty.
CLERK
JUDGE
COURTROOM
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
50. The act of obtaining the property of another person through wrongful use of actual or threatened force - violence - or fear.
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
FIRST APPEARANCE
EXTORTION
MATERIAL WITNESS