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Law Vocab
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1. The court with authority to supervise estate administration.
KNOWINGLY
AUTHENTICATE
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
PROBATE COURT
2. A contract by which owner of property grants to another the right to possess - use - and enjoy it for a specified period of time in exchange for payment of an agreed price (rent).
GRAND JURY
LEASE
LIEN
FORECLOSURE
3. A proceeding instituted and carried on in order to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused.
OBJECTION OVERRULED
RECALL
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
PROSECUTION
4. 1. A unit of the judiciary authorized to decide disputed matters of fact - cases or controversies. 2. Figuratively - the judge or judicial officer. Judges sometimes use 'court' to refer to themselves in the third person - as in 'the court has read
CAUSATION
CRIMINAL
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
COURT
5. In bankruptcy proceedings - a debt is secured if the debtor gave the creditor a right to repossess the property or goods used as collateral.
STIPULATE
OATH
SECURED DEBT
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
6. 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).
EXPUNGEMENT
FIND GUILTY
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
PAROLE
7. The initial statement made by attorneys for each side - outlining the facts each intends to establish during the trial.
AUTHENTICATE
OPENING ARGUMENT
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
HEARSAY
8. The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
COSTS
JURISPRUDENCE
INCARCERATE
STATUTORY RAPE
9. A crime of a more serious nature than a misdemeanor - usually punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary for more than a year and/or substantial fines.
COURT ORDER
FELONY
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
BANKRUPT
10. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's personal liberty - whether or not carried out by a peace officer.
FALSE ARREST
GRAND THEFT
CERTIFIED
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
11. 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.
JOINT TENANCY
LIVING TRUST
ATTEST
COUNT
12. 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.
DETENTION
LOITERING
OF COUNSEL
PROBATION OFFICER
13. 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.
MEDIATION
ALLEGATION
INCOMPETENCY
PROBABLE CAUSE
14. 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.
AT ISSUE
CONSIDERATION
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
MERITS
15. Dying without a will.
JURISDICTION
INTESTATE
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
BEST EVIDENCE
16. 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.
COMPETENCY
INSTRUCTIONS
CAUSE OF ACTION
POSTPONEMENT
17. Standards governing whether evidence in a civil or criminal case is admissible.
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
RULES OF EVIDENCE
BOOKING
PRESENTMENT
18. Refers to courts that have no limit on the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear.
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
EXECUTOR
GENERAL JURISDICTION
19. 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.
GRAND JURY
JURY BOX
JAIL
EMINENT DOMAIN
20. Legal document issued by a court that shows an administrator's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
ATTORNEY
21. A state tax on property that an heir or beneficiary under a will receives from a deceased person's estate. The heir or beneficiary pays this tax.
BENCH CONFERENCE
BANKRUPT
INHERITANCE TAX
JUDGE
22. To call into question the truthfulness of a witness.
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
CHAMBERS
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
CRIMINAL CASE
23. Remarks addressed by attorney to judge or jury on the merits of case or on points of law.
STATEMENT - OPENING
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
COMPLY
ARGUMENT
24. A hallowed principle of criminal law that a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty.
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
EXHIBIT
GENERAL JURISDICTION
25. Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that marriage between them would be unlawful.
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
STIPULATE
PROBATE
INCEST
26. The act of showing a weapon to another person - typically the police or the victim.
MOTION DENIED
CODE
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
27. The legal right to bring a lawsuit. Only a person with something at stake has standing to bring a lawsuit.
MAYHEM
STANDING
JURY BOX
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
28. A second examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify. This examination is usually focused on certain matters that were discussed by the opposing counsel's examination.
FAILURE TO APPEAR
LAW
SENTENCING
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
29. The standard in a criminal case requiring that the jury be satisfied to a moralcertainty that every element of a crime has been proven by the prosecution. This standard of proof does not require that the state establish absolute certainty by eliminat
ABANDONMENT
PARTY
HOMICIDE
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
30. Declarations by either side in a civil or criminal case reserving the right to appeal a judge's ruling upon a motion. Also - in regulatory cases - objections by either side to points made by the other side or to rulings by the agency or one of its he
COMMITMENT
APPEARANCE
PROBATE
EXCEPTIONS
31. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the judgment given.
LIABLE
ADJUDICATION
COMMUTATION
FOSTER CARE
32. To lose - or lose the right to.
FORFEIT
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
OATH
CLEMENCY OR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
33. A change - alteration - or amendment which introduces new elements into the details - or cancels some of them - but leaves the general purpose and effect of the subject-matter intact.
COUNTERCLAIM
BANKRUPTCY
MODIFICATION
ANSWER
34. Against - or not authorized by law; unlawful.
LEGAL AID
BURDEN OF PROOF
ILLEGAL
PLEADINGS
35. A prison or place of confinement where convicted felons are sent to serve out the term of their sentence.
DOCKET NUMBER
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
DIVERSION
PENITENTIARY
36. Supplementary evidence that tends to strengthen or confirm the initial evidence.
CALENDAR
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
COURT
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
37. A forejudgment - bias - a preconceived opinion.
ACCOMPLICE
REBUTTAL
MERITS
PREJUDICE
38. Two or more sentences of jail time to be served in sequence.
COURT - NIGHT
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
CHARGE TO THE JURY
39. To obtain customers for a whore or prostitute. One who obtains customers for a whore or prostitute.
BOOKING
ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
CITATION
PIMP
40. The person who administers an estate. If named in a will - that person's title is an executor . If there is no valid will - that person's title is an administrator.
ANNOTATION
PERSONAL PROPERTY
COMPLAINT
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
41. A lawyer elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective juicial circuit. See PROSECUTOR.
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42. Synonymous with reversible error ; an error which warrants the appellate court in reversing the judgment before it.
JUSTICIABLE
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
PRE-INJUNCTION
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
43. An attempt to cause serious bodily injury to another or purposely - knowingly or recklesslycausing such injury - or an attempt to cause or purposely or knowingly cause bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
ADMINISTRATOR
EXTRADITION
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
44. A suit which has been quashed and ended.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
INTERVENTION
ADMISSIBLE
45. The form of verdict in criminal cases where the jury acquits the defendant - finds him or her not guilty.
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
NOT GUILTY
JEOPARDY
ORAL ARGUMENT
46. A writ - often issued by an appellate court - making available remedies not regularly within the powers of lower courts. They include writs of habeas corpus - mandamus - prohibition and quo warranto.
JURISPRUDENCE
POLYGRAPH
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
INDEMNIFY
47. Stealing or theft.
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
ADMINISTRATOR
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
LARCENY
48. To sentence a person convicted of an offense to pay a penalty in money.
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
FINE
BAIL BONDSMAN
49. The assertion of a party to an action - setting out what he expects to prove.
BEQUESTS
LENIENCY
ALLEGATION
OFFENSE
50. To protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
INTESTATE
OBJECT
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
PAROLE EVIDENCE