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Law Vocab
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1. An arrangement whereby a husband and wife live apart from each other while remaining married either by mutual consent or by a judicial order.
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
GROUNDS
SEPARATION
2. An amendment to a will.
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3. The initial appearance of an arrested person before a judge to determine whether there is probable cause for his or her arrest. Generally the person comes before a judge within hours of the arrest - and are informed of the charges against him or her
FIRST APPEARANCE
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
NOTICE
BAIL BOND
4. An order by the court telling a person to stop performing a specific act.
ENJOINING
ARREST
GENERAL JURISDICTION
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
5. Procedure by which mortgaged property is sold on default of the mortgagor in satisfaction of mortgage debt.
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
CLERK OF COURT
IMPANEL
FORECLOSURE
6. To obtain customers for a whore or prostitute. One who obtains customers for a whore or prostitute.
PIMP
IRRELEVANT
DAMAGES
SETTLEMENT
7. The state - as in the People of the State of Florida.
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
CAUSATION
INSTRUCTIONS
RECUSE
8. The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant after his or her conviction by imposing a punishment to be inflicted either in the form of a fine - incarceration or probation.
EVICTION
SLANDER
EXECUTE
SENTENCE
9. Words - gestures - and actions which tend to annoy - alarm - and verbally abuse another person.
HARASSMENT
CORROBORATE
BOOKMAKING
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
10. A hearing established to re-evaluate the bail amount that was originally set for the accused.
SENTENCE
BAIL REVIEW
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
GAMBLING
11. An agreement by attorneys on both sides of a civil or criminal case about some aspect of the case; e.g. - to extend the time to answer - to adjourn the trial date - or to admit certain facts at the trial.
ANNUAL REVIEW
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
STIPULATE
LEADING QUESTION
12. A party to a lawsuit. Litigation refers to a case - controversy - or lawsuit.
ISSUE
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
REVERSE
LITIGANT
13. Inferences drawn from proven facts.
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
ACQUIT
14. Another term for arraignment.
PROCEDURAL LAW
BENCH
PRELIMINARY HEARING
FORGERY
15. 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.
ROBBERY
ALLOCUTION
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
POSTPONEMENT
16. The unlawful operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
CROSS-CLAIM
DISSOLUTION
PRE-INJUNCTION
17. To confine in jail.
AID AND ABET
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
COURT OF RECORD
INCARCERATE
18. A forejudgment - bias - a preconceived opinion.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
PREJUDICE
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
EXECUTE
19. 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.
INCEST
INFORMANT
PROBABLE CAUSE
INADMISSIBLE
20. The act of staking money - or other thing of value - on an uncertain event or outcome.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
ILLEGAL
GAMBLING
21. To overthrow - to vacate - to annul or make void.
QUASH
GUARDIAN
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
CERTIFICATION
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.
RULES OF EVIDENCE
BENEFICIARY
JUVENILE WAIVER
FAIR HEARING
23. A formal charge against a person - to the effect that he has engaged in a punishable offense.
ACCUSATION
OPINION EVIDENCE
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
ILLEGAL
24. 1. The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. 2. The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
NON-CAPITAL CASE
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
JURISDICTION
DIVORCE
25. The unlawful killing of one human being by another.
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
CORONER
ADMINISTRATOR
HOMICIDE
26. To set right; to remedy; to compensate; to remove the causes of a grievance.
REJOINDER
REDRESS
OVERRULE
BIAS
27. Money awarded to an injured person - over and above the measurable value of the injury - in order to punish the person who hurt him.
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
PROOF
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
DOCKET NUMBER
28. A proceeding similar to a trial - without a jury - and usually of shorter duration.
HEARING
INHERITANCE TAX
EMINENT DOMAIN
COUNSEL TABLE
29. 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.
DECREE
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
HUNG JURY
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
30. The term pertains to liability for loss shifted from one person held legally responsible to another.
CONSIDERATION
LEGAL AID
PLEADINGS
INDEMNIFY
31. The place where a person has his or her permanent legal home. A person may have several residences - but only one domicile.
CONSPIRACY
DOMICILE
GOOD CAUSE
ENHANCE
32. Placing a convicted defendant on conditional probation - the successful completion of which will prevent entry of the underlying judgment of conviction
CITATION
JURISDICTION
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
ARRAIGNMENT
33. An agreement between parties that dictates what is being received from one party to the other.
SHOW CAUSE
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
GENERAL JURISDICTION
SETTLEMENT
34. To deprive a person of his liberty by legal authority.
CRIMINAL
DOCKET
ARREST
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
35. A formal - written statement by legislature declaring - commanding - or prohibiting something.
NEGLIGENCE
STATUTE
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
DIVERSION
36. A contract in which the promise made by the obligor is not expressed - but inferred by one's conduct or implied in law.
CAPITAL CASE
IMPLIED CONTRACT
NOMINAL PARTY
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
37. Having addressed any matter in writing.
DEPOSITION
LOITERING
BAR EXAMINATION
MEMORIALIZED
38. A sentence imposed for the commission of a crime whereby a convicted criminal offender is released into the community - usually under conditions and under the supervision of a probation officer - instead of incarceration.
PROBATION
RESPONDENT
GUARDIAN
DISCOVERY
39. The department that oversees the actions of probationers as well as the location of where probation officers work.
COUNSEL
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
APPELLEE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
40. One who saw the act - fact - or transaction to which he or she testifies.
CHARGE TO THE JURY
ATTACHMENT
EYE WITNESS
JUSTICIABLE
41. An honest belief - the absence of malice - and the absence of design to defraud.
GOOD FAITH
RECALL
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
RELINQUISHMENT
42. 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;
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
MERITS
43. A procedure by which a convicted defendant challenges the conviction and/or sentence on the basis of some alleged violation or error.
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
NULL AND VOID
MATERIAL WITNESS
PRESUMPTION
44. 1. To execute - perpetrate - or carry out an act. To commit a crime. 2. To send a person to prison - asylum - or reformatory by a court order.
COMMIT
INJUNCTION
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
DEPOSITION
45. The rules and process by which a civil case is tried and appealed - including the preparations for trial - the rules of evidence and trial conduct - and the procedure for pursuing appeals.
CRIME
CIVIL PROCEDURE
FORFEITURE
SELF-INCRIMINATION
46. 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).
PERJURY
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
47. 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
LEVY
COURT
NEXT FRIEND
MOOT
48. 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.
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
OBJECTION
PETIT JURY
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
49. An inference of the truth or falsity of a proposition or fact - that stands until rebutted by evidence to the contrary.
JURY BOX
PRESUMPTION
JUVENILE
FIFTH AMENDMENT
50. Evil doing - ill conduct; the commission of some act which is positively prohibited by law.
KIDNAPPING
MALFEASANCE
COURT OF RECORD
EXPERT TESTIMONY