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Law Vocab
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1. Supplementary evidence that tends to strengthen or confirm the initial evidence.
REPLEVIN
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
PRIORS
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
2. To hold a person for trial on bond (bail) or in jail. If the judicial official conducting a hearing finds probable cause to believe the accused committed a crime - the official will bind over the accused - normally by setting bail for the accused's a
GUARDIANSHIP
REDRESS
BIND OVER
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
3. Yearly judicial review - usually in juvenile dependency cases - to determine whether the child requirescontinued court supervision or placement.
SHOPLIFTING
ANNUAL REVIEW
ALIBI
NO BILL
4. The form of verdict in criminal cases where the jury acquits the defendant - finds him or her not guilty.
BILL OF PARTICULARS
NOT GUILTY
BREACH
MEMORIALIZED
5. A lawyer elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective juicial circuit. See PROSECUTOR.
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6. The manipulation of an automobile and its parts for a specific purpose.
MALICE
RELEVANT
STIPULATE
AUTO TAMPERING
7. A false statement given while under oath or in a sworn affidavit.
PERJURY
PETITION
PRISON
APPELLANT
8. A written order issued by a court directing a sheriff or peace officer to take custody of and bring before the court: 1) A witness who fails to comply with a subpoena - 2) a party who fails to comply with a court order in a civil action - or 3) a mat
DISBARMENT
HEARING - CONTESTED
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
BODY ATTACHMENT
9. The process by which one state or country surrenders to another state - a person accused or convicted of a crime in the other state.
OPENING ARGUMENT
STATUTE
CHILD ABUSE
EXTRADITION
10. A crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
OFFENSE
OATH
SECURED DEBT
11. A court order directing that an individual be kept in custody - usually in a penal or mental facility.
PERJURY
COMMITMENT ORDER
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
ADMINISTRATOR
12. 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.
BREATHALYZER TEST
CIVIL CASE
ORDER - COURT
HARMLESS ERROR
13. The heading on a legal document listing the parties - the court - the case number - and related information.
CAPTION
PAROLE EVIDENCE
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
14. Procedure by which mortgaged property is sold on default of the mortgagor in satisfaction of mortgage debt.
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
FORECLOSURE
COURT REPORTER
PROCEDURAL LAW
15. The court-supervised process by which a will is determined to be the will-maker's final statement regarding how the will-maker wants his or her property distributed.
EXONERATE
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
PROBATE
REBUTTAL
16. The method - established normally by rules to be followed in a case; the formal steps in a judicial proceeding.
PROCEDURAL LAW
INCARCERATE
ALIMONY
AMENDMENT
17. A parent's or custodian's act of leaving a child without adequate care - supervision - support - or parental
ABANDONMENT
OBJECT
JUDGMENT
CHAMBERS
18. An imaginary situation - incorporating facts previously admitted into evidence - upon which an expert witness is permitted to give an opinion as to a condition resulting from the situation.
BAIL
PRE-INJUNCTION
DIVORCE
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
19. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.
DIRECTED VERDICT
REMEDY
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
RECIDIVISM
20. To stand idly around - particularly in a public place.
GUARDIANSHIP
BREATHALYZER TEST
LOITERING
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
21. A determination of guilt which is the result of a trial or entry of a plea of guilty or nol contendere (no contest) - regardless of whether adjudication of guilt or imposition of sentence was suspended - deferred - or withheld.
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
CONVICTION
REVOKE
CRIMINAL CASE
22. Legal dissolution of a marriage by a court. Also termed dissolutionof marriage.
EXPUNGEMENT
DIVORCE
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
CAUSE
23. To make it appear that one is guilty of a crime.
BIFURCATE
INCRIMINATE
INDICTMENT
FINGERPRINT
24. A certificate or evidence of a debt. Often used interchangeably with bail.
BOND
AUTHENTICATE
BREATHALYZER TEST
ALIBI
25. One who saw the act - fact - or transaction to which he or she testifies.
EYE WITNESS
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
DECREE
POLLING THE JURY
26. A judge's private office. A hearing in chambers takes place in the judge's office outside of the presence of the jury and the public.
CHAMBERS
HARASSMENT
REJOINDER
ATTACHMENT
27. A claim by a defendant that he or she lacks the soundness of mind required by law to accept responsibility for a criminal act.
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
INSANITY PLEA
SHOPLIFTING
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
28. The malicious burning of someone else's or one's own dwelling or of anyone's commercial or industrial property.
ARSON
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
NOTICE
29. The formal statement before the court that the accused admits committing the criminal act.
FRAUD
ENHANCE
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
30. A belief in the American legal system which states that all people accused of a criminal act are considered not to have committed the crime until the evidence leaves no doubt in the mind of the court or the jury .
JURY - HUNG
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
BREACH
CHILD SUPPORT
31. 1. One who has been convicted of a criminal offense. 2. That which is connected with the law of crimes; That which has the character of a crime (criminal justice; criminal intent).
CRIMINAL
BURGLARY
CLOSING ARGUMENT
COURTROOM
32. The assertion of a party to an action - setting out what he expects to prove.
ADMONISH
CONVICT
ALLEGATION
CAUSE OF ACTION
33. Tangible physical property (such as cars - clothing - furniture - and jewelry) and intangible personal property. This does not include real property such as land or rights in land.
PERSONAL PROPERTY
BENCH CONFERENCE
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
FINDING
34. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.
POSTPONEMENT
PANDERING
PETTY OFFENSE
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
35. A written direction or command delivered by a court or judge.
NOT GUILTY
COURT ORDER
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
FIND GUILTY
36. To annul or make void by recalling or taking back.
REVOKE
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
SHOW CAUSE
CONTEMPT OF COURT
37. To forge - to copy or imitate - without authority or right - and with the purpose to deceive or defraud - by passing off the copy as genuine.
JUSTICIABLE
COUNTERFEIT
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
38. To change - correct - revise - improve - modify - or alter.
AMEND
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
APPELLANT
CODE
39. A rule or order prescribed for management or government.
CRIMINAL
DISCLAIM
EMINENT DOMAIN
REGULATION
40. Having addressed any matter in writing.
MEMORIALIZED
ARREST
LARCENY
NULL AND VOID
41. 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.
PARTY
CODE
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
42. 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.
RAPE
BREACH
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
CONTRACT
43. Remarks addressed by attorney to judge or jury on the merits of case or on points of law.
DAMAGES
DEFENDANT
ARGUMENT
CONDEMNATION
44. One which implicitly instructs the witness how to answer or which suggests to the witness the answer desired.
MOOT
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
EXHIBIT
LEADING QUESTION
45. Asserted to be true as depicted or a person who is accused but has not yet been tried in court.
PENALTY
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
BEST EVIDENCE
ALLEGED
46. 1. One who administers the estate of a person who dies without a will. 2. A court official.
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
ADMINISTRATOR
PATERNITY
EMBEZZLE
47. The purpose to use a particular means to bring about a certain result.
DRUNK DRIVING
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
INTENT
ESCROW
48. 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.
GOOD CAUSE
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
MANDATE
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
49. A formal - written application to the court requesting judicial action on some matter.
REAL PROPERTY
PETITION
CRIME
CONFESSION
50. A previously decided case that guides the decision of future cases.
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
PRECEDENT
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION