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Law Vocab
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1. An action by which a third person who may be affected by a lawsuit is permitted to become a party to the suit. Differs from the process of becoming an amicus curiae.
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
IMMUNITY
INTERVENTION
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
2. Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else.Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
DEPOSITION
NO BILL
HEARSAY
SETTLOR
3. To try issues separately - such as guilt and criminal responsibility in a criminal proceeding or liability and damages in a civil action.
JUROR - ALTERNATE
ADMISSIBLE
BIFURCATE
PERMANENT RESIDENT
4. An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
INDIGENT
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
ORAL ARGUMENT
CITATION
5. The lack of power or the legal ability to act.
COURTROOM
INCAPACITY
DELIBERATION
DETENTION HEARING
6. The formal statement before the court that the accused admits committing the criminal act.
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
BURDEN OF PROOF
CASE NUMBER
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
7. A lesser offense than a felony and generally punishable by fine or limited jail time - but not in a penitentiary.
MOTION DENIED
PROBATE
MISDEMEANOR
LINEUP
8. Judge's explanation to the jury before it begins deliberations of the questions it must answer and the applicable law governing the case. Also called charge.
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
INSTRUCTIONS
9. The rights of a person guaranteed by the state or federal constitutions.
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
PRELIMINARY HEARING
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
10. A form of legal co-ownership of property (also known as survivor ship ). At the death of one co-owner - the surviving co-owner becomes sole owner of the property.
DEFAMATION
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
JOINT TENANCY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
11. The court in which a matter must first be filed.
PROBATION OFFICER
ALLEGED
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
12. 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.
CHARGE TO THE JURY
DIVERSION
DEATH ROW
BEQUEATH
13. Specific factors that define a crime which the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt in order to obtain a conviction. The elements that must be proven are 1) that a crime has actually occurred - 2) the accused intended the crime to happen
RESTITUTION
ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
RAP SHEET
POUR-OVER WILL
14. List of cases scheduled for hearing in court.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
ALLOCUTION
CALENDAR
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
15. A sentence postponed in which the defendant is not required to serve time unless he or she commits another crime or violates a court-imposed condition.
CONDEMNATION
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
POLYGRAPH
16. Supplementary evidence that tends to strengthen or confirm the initial evidence.
REDRESS
ACTION
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
17. An official or formal statement of facts or proceedings.
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
CIVIL CASE
REPORT
18. Unlawful intercourse with an individual without their consent.
RAPE
OFFENDER
PLEA
GARNISHMENT
19. A written accusation alleging a defendant has committed an offense. Includes a citation - an indictment - information - and statement of charges.
CHARGING DOCUMENT
COUNTERCLAIM
BIFURCATE
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
20. The transfer of a state case to federal court for trial; in civil cases - because the parties are from different states; in criminal and some civil cases - because there is a significant possibility that there could not be a fair trial in state court
ESTATE
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
REMOVAL
REVERSE
21. 1. To discuss - ponder or reflect upon before reaching a decision. A judge will usually deliberate before announcing a judgment. 2. Intentional - characterized by consideration and awareness.
BENCH WARRANT
ISSUE
DELIBERATE
INSTRUCTIONS
22. The referral of a dispute to an impartial third person chosen by the parties to the dispute who agree in advance to abide by the arbitrator's award issued after a hearing at which both parties have an opportunity to be heard.
LIABLE
ARBITRATION
INJUNCTION
GUARDIAN
23. An order made by a court having competent jurisdiction. Rules of court are either general or special; the former are the regulations by which the practice of the court is governed - the latter are special orders made in particular cases.
JUROR
BAIL REVIEW
REGULATION
RULE OF COURT
24. See DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES.
RECUSE
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
INTESTACY LAWS
HUNG JURY
25. Evidence which is of greater weight or more convincing than the evidence which is offered in opposition to it.
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
INFRACTION
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
LEASE
26. The act of obtaining the property of another person through wrongful use of actual or threatened force - violence - or fear.
EXTORTION
ILLEGAL
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
RULE
27. 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.
AFFIDAVIT
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
ACCUSATION
JEOPARDY
28. 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.
PROBATE ESTATE
BREACH
NEGLIGENCE
REAL EVIDENCE
29. A chronological summary of all official records and recorded documents affecting the title to aparcel of real property.
CLOSING ARGUMENT
SEARCH WARRANT
SHERIFF
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
30. Behavior that is obscene - lustful - indecent - vulgar.
COMMIT
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
LEWD CONDUCT
GUARDIAN
31. To call into question the truthfulness of a witness.
LIABLE
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
SPEEDY TRIAL
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
32. The generic name for the defendant in a criminal case.
PARDON
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
ACCUSED
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
33. Words - gestures - and actions which tend to annoy - alarm - and verbally abuse another person.
HARASSMENT
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
HOMICIDE
COURT OF RECORD
34. Language in a will that provides that a person who makes a legal challenge to the will's validity will be disinherited.
GOOD CAUSE
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
KNOWINGLY
OBJECT
35. An honest belief - the absence of malice - and the absence of design to defraud.
GOOD FAITH
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
36. Standards governing whether evidence in a civil or criminal case is admissible.
COURT - TRAFFIC
REVOCABLE TRUST
OFFER OF PROOF
RULES OF EVIDENCE
37. A meeting either on or off the record at the judge's bench between the judge - counsel - and sometimes the defendant - out of the hearing of the jury.
ADJUDICATION
CALLING THE DOCKET
JEOPARDY
BENCH CONFERENCE
38. 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.
JAIL
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
FIRST APPEARANCE
PENDING
39. A trust that the grantor may change or revoke.
ENHANCE
REVOCABLE TRUST
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
ALFORD PLEA
40. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.
JUDGMENT
ACCESSORY
CRIMINAL CASE
COMPLY
41. Legal debts and obligations.
LIABILITY
AUTO TAMPERING
ALIBI
PIMP
42. 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.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
REMITTITUR
JURY COMMISSIONER
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
43. A legal doctrine that makes each of the parties who are responsible for an injury liable for all the damages awarded in a lawsuit if the other parties responsible cannot pay.
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
PERSONAL PROPERTY
44. To lose - or lose the right to.
JURY BOX
CRIMINAL CASE
BENCH WARRANT
FORFEIT
45. 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.
PROSECUTOR
FINE
REAL PROPERTY
CIVIL CASE
46. The final decision of the court - resolving the dispute; an opinion; an award of damages.
JUDGMENT
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
GUILTY
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
47. A phrase commonly applied to counsel employed to assist in the preparation or management of the case - or its presentation on appeal - but who is not the principal attorney for the party.
EN BANC
HEARING
MOTION DENIED
OF COUNSEL
48. Without denying the charge - the defendant raises circumstances such as insanity - self-defense -or entrapment to avoid civil or criminal responsibility.
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
CIVIL ACTION
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
49. A proceeding instituted and carried on in order to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused.
PROSECUTION
HUNG JURY
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
INTERLOCUTORY
50. Fatherhood.
PATERNITY
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
JUROR