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Law Vocab
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1. To confine in jail.
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
INCARCERATE
ARGUMENT
CHIEF JUDGE
2. The written statements of fact and law filed by the parties to a lawsuit.
PLEADINGS
HOSTILE WITNESS
CHAMBERS
CLASS ACTION
3. An order by the court telling a person to stop performing a specific act.
ENJOINING
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
LEWD CONDUCT
COMMITMENT ORDER
4. The act of obtaining the property of another person through wrongful use of actual or threatened force - violence - or fear.
EMINENT DOMAIN
EXTORTION
BENCH
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
5. 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.
DIVERSION
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
JOINT VENTURE
HOSPITAL WARRANT
6. The authority of a court to review the official actions of other branches of government. Also - the authority to declare unconstitutional the actions of other branches.
JUDICIAL REVIEW
REPORT
BRIEF
ALFORD PLEA
7. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be.
MALFEASANCE
ATTEMPT
CRIMINAL
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
8. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
SETTLEMENT
COMPLAINANT
COMPLY
9. 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.
ILLEGAL
FAIR HEARING
MOTION
PRETERMITTED CHILD
10. The purpose to use a particular means to bring about a certain result.
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
INTERLOCUTORY
INTENT
NOMINAL PARTY
11. 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
PROOF
BENCH WARRANT
LINEUP
REMOVAL
12. Official and formal erasure of a record or partial contents of a record.
LAWSUIT
ARBITRATION
EXPUNGEMENT
DISSOLUTION
13. One who lives in a location for a period of time and denotes it as their official address or residence.
CROSS-CLAIM
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
COURT - APPEALS
PERMANENT RESIDENT
14. A collection - compendium - or revision of laws - rules - and regulations enacted by legislative authority.
CODE
RESTRAINING ORDER
STANDING
GARNISH
15. A pretrial discovery device by which one party questions the other party or a witness for the other party. It usually takes place in the office of one of the lawyers - in the presence of a court reporter - who transcribes what is said. Questions are
DEPOSITION
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
FALSE PRETENSES
EMINENT DOMAIN
16. A criminal case in which the allowable penalty does not include death.
JURY FOREMAN
NON-CAPITAL CASE
ISSUE
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
17. A written or verbal command from a court directing or forbidding an action.
SELF-INCRIMINATION
ORDER - COURT
BANKRUPTCY
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
18. 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
MITIGATING FACTORS
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
COMPLAINT
FIRST APPEARANCE
19. A state examination taken by prospective lawyers in order to be admitted and licensed to practice law.
JUSTICIABLE
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
CRIMINAL INSANITY
BAR EXAMINATION
20. 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.
CASE NUMBER
DIRECT EXAMINATION
INFORMANT
COMPOSITE DRAWING
21. 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.
JURISDICTION
SENTENCING
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
PROBATION
22. A statement of all important facts - which all the parties agree is true and correct -which is submitted to a court for ruling.
ESTATE TAX
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
DEATH ROW
23. A witness whose testimony is not favorable to the party who calls him or her as a witness. A hostile witness may be asked be cross-examined by the party who calls him or be cross-examined by the party who calls him or leading questions and may her to
LENIENCY
HOSTILE WITNESS
KIDNAPPING
CONDEMNATION
24. Sentences for two or more crimes to run consecutively - rather than concurrently. CUSTODY - 1. The care and control of a thing or person for inspection - preservation - or security. 2. The care - control - and maintenance of a child awarded by a cour
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
OFFENDER
CHILD ABUSE
RECALL
25. A ruling by the court in favor of the party making the objection.
REAL EVIDENCE
CIVIL CASE
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
ARRAIGN
26. The designation assigned to each case filed in a particular court. Also called a case number.
EVIDENCE
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
MAGISTRATE
DOCKET NUMBER
27. To seize or take private property for public use (the police confiscated the weapon).
FINE
LAW
DIRECTED VERDICT
CONFISCATE
28. An aggravated unlawful assault in which there is threat to do bodily harmwithout justification or excuse by use of any instrument calculated to do serious bodily harm or cause death.
ISSUE
ADMISSION
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
EXECUTE
29. 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
FELONY
CONVICTION
ALFORD PLEA
FINE
30. 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.
SELF-PROVING WILL
ACCESSORY
BOOKING NUMBER
LIABILITY
31. A formal written accusation - issued by a grand jury - charging a party with a crime.
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
MANDATE
INDICTMENT
CALENDAR
32. A temporary location that is meant to secure the accused while waiting for trial to begin or continue.
HOLDING CELL
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
EXONERATE
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
33. An oral (unwritten) will.
POSTPONEMENT
MENTAL HEALTH
BOOKING NUMBER
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
34. Outline or summary of the nature of the case and of the anticipated proof presented by the attorney to the jury before any evidence is submitted. Also known as opening argument .
DECISION
STATEMENT - OPENING
OPINION EVIDENCE
SERVE A SENTENCE
35. A lawyer elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective juicial circuit. See PROSECUTOR.
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36. In the practice of appellate courts - the word means that the decision of the trial court is correct.
FALSE PRETENSES
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
LIMITED JURISDICTION
AFFIRMED
37. The act of taking and carrying away the personal property of another of a value less than $300 with the intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it permanently.
PENALTY
EXCEPTIONS
PETTY THEFT
MALICE
38. The rights of a person guaranteed by the state or federal constitutions.
GRAND THEFT
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
CONVICTION
39. A hearing held for the purpose of deciding issues or fact of law that both parties are disputing.
PROXIMATE CAUSE
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
PREJUDICE
HEARING - CONTESTED
40. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party - who helps lower tensions - improve communications - and explore possible solutions. Conciliation is similar to mediation - but it may be less
CLOSING ARGUMENT
INADMISSIBLE
CONCILIATION
STANDING
41. To state - recite - assert - claim - maintain - charge or set forth. To make an allegation.
ALLEGE
AUTO TAMPERING
BAIL
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
42. 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.
QUASH
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
CIVIL ACTION
COMMIT
43. Act ofconsequences of a criminal act - accusation - or conviction. It may take the form of commutation or pardon.
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
DETENTION HEARING
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
CLEMENCY OR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
44. Grant by the court which assures someone will not face prosecution in return for providing evidence in a criminal proceeding.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
POSTPONEMENT
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
IMMUNITY
45. Sentences for more than one crime that are to be served at the same time - rather than one after the other. See also CUMULATIVE SENTENCES.
FIRST APPEARANCE
COURT
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
INDECENT EXPOSURE
46. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.
COMPLAINANT
CITATION
JURY BOX
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
47. Unlawful killing of another - without malice - when the death is caused by some other unlawful act not usually expected to result in great bodily harm.
DISMISS
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
PRIVILEGE
48. The person to whom property rights or power are transferred by another - a grantee.
LEADING QUESTION
ASSIGNEE
EN BANC
CAUSE
49. 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.
JOINT VENTURE
BREATHALYZER TEST
CRIMINAL INSANITY
RECIDIVISM
50. The reduction of a sentence - such as from death to life imprisonment.
REGULATION
PRE-INJUNCTION
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
COMMUTATION