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Subject : law
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1. An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as bond.






2. 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






3. A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it - before a notary or officer havingauthority to administer oaths.






4. A jury whose members cannot agree upon a verdict.






5. Evidence which can disappear relatively quickly - such as the amount of alcohol in a person's blood.






6. 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.






7. For the judge or jury to determine and declare the guilt of the defendant.






8. The act of spending an allotted amount of time in a designated location such as a prison as punishment for the crime committed.






9. A request made after a trial - asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial wasconducted properly. To make such a request is 'to appeal' or 'to take an appeal.'






10. To lose - or lose the right to.






11. To willfully take or convert to one's own use - another's money or property - which the wrongdoer initially acquired lawfully - because of some office - employment - or some position of trust.






12. 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.






13. The wellness of a person's state of mind.






14. Evidence which is of greater weight or more convincing than the evidence which is offered in opposition to it.






15. Standard of proof commonly used in civil lawsuits and in regulatory agency cases. It governs the amount of proof that must be offered in order for the plaintiff to win the case.






16. The assertion of a right to money or property.






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






18. Those which do not constitute a justification or excuse for an offense but which may be considered as reasons for reducing the degree of blame.






19. A chronological summary of all official records and recorded documents affecting the title to aparcel of real property.






20. Mutual or successive relationships to the same right of property - or the same interest of one person with another which represents the same legal right.






21. A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a trial court's procedure.






22. A hearing in which certain rights are respected such as the right to present evidence - to cross examine and to have findings supported by evidence.






23. Evidence that helps to prove a point or issue in a case.






24. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.






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






26. 1. An act of omission or commission in violation of law which carries criminal consequences. 2. Criminal activity in general relating to a specific time or place.






27. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's personal liberty - whether or not carried out by a peace officer.






28. The act of not following an order that is directed by the court.






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






30. An oral (unwritten) will.






31. Procedure by which mortgaged property is sold on default of the mortgagor in satisfaction of mortgage debt.






32. The heading on a legal document listing the parties - the court - the case number - and related information.






33. A procedure by which a convicted defendant challenges the conviction and/or sentence on the basis of some alleged violation or error.






34. A reasonable belief that a crime has or is being committed; the basis for all lawful searches - seizures -and arrests.






35. To obtain customers for a whore or prostitute. One who obtains customers for a whore or prostitute.






36. Any behavior - contrary to law - which disturbs the public peace or decorum - scandalizes the community - or shocks the public sense of morality.






37. Legal debts and obligations.






38. An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.






39. The dismissal of a case without preventing the plaintiff from bringing the same cause of action against the defendant in the future.






40. Formal conclusion by a judge or jury on issues of fact.






41. 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.






42. Process by which a court seeks to interpret the meaning and scope of legislation.






43. Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that marriage between them would be unlawful.






44. 1. One who administers the estate of a person who dies without a will. 2. A court official.






45. Unlawful intercourse with an individual without their consent.






46. 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






47. Acts or declarations by which one implicates oneself in a crime.






48. Two or more sentences of jail time to be served simultaneously.






49. 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.






50. The first examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify.