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Law Vocab
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1. The right of an accused to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution.
SHOPLIFTING
LIABILITY
SPEEDY TRIAL
OFFENDER
2. The act of obtaining the property of another person through wrongful use of actual or threatened force - violence - or fear.
GARNISH
EXTORTION
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
INCAPACITY
3. A lawyer elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective juicial circuit. See PROSECUTOR.
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4. An order requiring a person to appear in court and present reasons why a certain order - judgment - or decree should not be issued.
EMINENT DOMAIN
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
SHOW CAUSE
DIRECT EXAMINATION
5. Language in a will that provides that a person who makes a legal challenge to the will's validity will be disinherited.
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
FAILURE TO APPEAR
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
DEFAULT
6. One who supervises a person placed on probation and is required to report the progress and to surrender the and conditions of the probation.probationer if they violate the terms
DOMICILE
GOOD FAITH
PATERNITY
PROBATION OFFICER
7. Court order requiring to appear and show cause why the court should not take a particular course of action. If the party fails to appear or to give sufficient reasons why the court should take no action - the court will take the action. In criminal c
INTERVENTION
NEGLIGENCE
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
ORAL ARGUMENT
8. Settling a dispute without a full - formal trial. Methods includemediation - conciliation - arbitration - and settlement - among others.
GAMBLING
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
BENCH TRIAL
9. Member of the jury.
STATE'S ATTORNEY
JUROR
CONCILIATION
COMMON LAW
10. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
DETENTION
BREACH
11. Physical condition of a child indicating that external or internal injuries result from acts committed by a parent or custodian.
AUTHENTICATE
SPEEDY TRIAL
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
COMMIT
12. The peril in which an accused is placed when he is properly charged with a crime before a court. Jeopardy normally attaches when the petit jury is impaneled.
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
COUNTERCLAIM
JEOPARDY
OBJECTION OVERRULED
13. The act of bringing to an end; termination. The dissolution of a marriage or other relationship.
RECORD
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
LIBEL
DISSOLUTION
14. A case summary or commentary on the law cases - statutes - and rules illustrating its interpretation.
ANNOTATION
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
DIRECT EVIDENCE
REBUTTAL
15. The assertion of a party to an action - setting out what he expects to prove.
BAR
KNOWINGLY
GOOD TIME
ALLEGATION
16. To withhold a debtor's money - and turn it over to another in order to pay a debt. Typically - the one withholding the money is the debtor's employer.
PROBATION OFFICER
CHILD ABUSE
GARNISH
SETTLEMENT
17. A person - business - or government agency actively involved in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
CREDIBILITY
PARTY
CONTEMPT OF COURT
LIMITED JURISDICTION
18. The process by which one state or country surrenders to another state - a person accused or convicted of a crime in the other state.
EXTRADITION
ORDINANCE
BIND OVER
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
19. 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
CLOSING ARGUMENT
RECIDIVISM
STATUTORY RAPE
20. To refuse a gift made in a will.
POUR-OVER WILL
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
DISCLAIM
INFORMATION
21. A procedure by which a convicted defendant challenges the conviction and/or sentence on the basis of some alleged violation or error.
ARSON
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
GUARDIAN
22. Any fact or evidence that leads to a judgment of the court.
PROOF
DIRECTED VERDICT
SERVICE
EXHIBIT
23. 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.
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
GUARDIAN
JURISDICTION
CIVIL PROCEDURE
24. The constitutional prohibition under the Fifth Amendment against a person being put on trial more than once for the same offense.
CHAMBERS
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
AUTO TAMPERING
OFFER OF PROOF
25. The legal obligation of parents to contribute to the economic maintenance - including education - of their children. Money paid by one parent to another toward the expenses of the children of the marriage.
CHILD SUPPORT
MITIGATING FACTORS
PREMEDITATION
PENITENTIARY
26. A rule or order prescribed for management or government.
RECKLESS DRIVING
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
REGULATION
PROCEDURAL LAW
27. To put off or delay a court hearing.
INCRIMINATE
EYE WITNESS
POSTPONEMENT
PLEA
28. The presence of drugs on the accused for recreational use or for the purpose to sell.
JURY FOREMAN
RESTITUTION
GOOD TIME
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
29. The act of stopping a judicial proceeding by order of the court.
INCOMPETENCY
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
STAY
COURTROOM
30. One who is joined as a party or defendant merely because the technical rules of pleading require his presence in the record.
NOMINAL PARTY
STAY
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
31. 1. Arrest record. A written account listing all the instances in which a person has been arrested. 2. A form completed by a police officer when a person is arrested.
SELF-PROVING WILL
STATUS OFFENDERS
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
CRIMINAL RECORD
32. An action which may be brought for the purpose of restraining the threatened infliction of wrongs or injuries - and the prevention of threatened illegal action.
JUVENILE WAIVER
CAUSE
FORECLOSURE
EQUITABLE ACTION
33. One which implicitly instructs the witness how to answer or which suggests to the witness the answer desired.
LEADING QUESTION
COMMIT
ARGUMENT
EMBEZZLE
34. The power of the government to take private property for public use through condemnation.
ACCOMPLICE
FORGERY
EMINENT DOMAIN
COUNT
35. A document containing background material on a convicted person. It is prepared to guide the judge in the imposition of a sentence. Sometimes called a pre-sentence report.
SENTENCE REPORT
NOTICE
DRUNK DRIVING
OBJECTION
36. A ruling by the court against the party making the objection.
SLANDER
COURT - NIGHT
RATIFICATION
OBJECTION OVERRULED
37. Mental capacity of a person - especially with regard to his or her ability to stand trial and to assist counsel in his or her defense.
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
STATUS OFFENDERS
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
COMPETENCY
38. A judgment of the court that explains what the existing law is or expresses the opinion of the court without the need for enforcement.
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
COMPLAINANT
CAPTION
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
39. To lose - or lose the right to.
STIPULATE
FORFEIT
JUDGE
BAR EXAMINATION
40. 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
COURT
GROUNDS
DIRECTED VERDICT
ADMONISH
41. Facts that do not constitute a justification or excuse for an offense but which may be considered as reasons for reducing the degree of blame.
MITIGATING FACTORS
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
POSTPONEMENT
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
42. Ruling or order issued by the judge denying the party's request.
CAUSATION
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
MOTION DENIED
SLANDER
43. An alternative to incarceration where an individual is confined to his or her home and monitored electronically.
ACTION
CAPITAL CASE
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
HOME MONITORING
44. A court in which the proceedings are recorded - transcribed - and maintained as permanent records.
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
COURT OF RECORD
SETTLOR
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
45. A body of persons temporarily selected from the citizens of a particular district sworn to listen to the evidence in a trial and declare a verdict on matters of fact.
ENJOINING
COUNTY JAIL
JURY
PREMEDITATION
46. The act that caused an event to occur. A person generally is liable only if an injury was proximately caused by his or her action or by his or her failure to act when he or she had a duty to act.
PROXIMATE CAUSE
SLANDER
LIABILITY
DEFENDANT
47. Evidence which can disappear relatively quickly - such as the amount of alcohol in a person's blood.
FORGERY
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
48. Putting a person to death - usually by hanging - without legal authority.
REGULATION
LYNCHING
ARSON
COUNTERFEIT
49. Representation of some fact or circumstance which is not true and is calculated to mislead - whereby a person obtains another's money or goods.
STRICT LIABILITY
FORGERY
FALSE PRETENSES
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
50. 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.
INDEMNIFY
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
CALLING THE DOCKET
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED