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Subject : law
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1. Oral or anal copulation between humans - or between humans or animals.






2. Aka SURETY BOND.






3. The facts that give rise to a lawsuit or a legal claim.






4. A trust set up and in effect during the lifetime of the grantor. Also called inter vivos trust.






5. 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.






6. A previously decided case that guides the decision of future cases.






7. Words - gestures - and actions which tend to annoy - alarm - and verbally abuse another person.






8. The combination of those rules and principles of conduct promulgated by legislative authority - derived from court decisions - and established by local custom.






9. Punishment by death for capital crimes. Death penalty.






10. A report to the sentencing judge containing background information about the crime and the defendant to assist the judge in making his or her sentencing decision.






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






12. Successive sentences - one beginning at the expiration of another - imposed against a person convicted of two or more violations.






13. Allowance ordered to be paid by one spouse to the other for support while the spouses are living apart but not divorced.






14. The means by which a right is enforced or the violation of a right is prevented - redressed or compensated.






15. Trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts.






16. The degree of certainty required for a juror to legally find a criminal defendant guilty






17. The method - established normally by rules to be followed in a case; the formal steps in a judicial proceeding.






18. The process of photographing - fingerprinting - and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest.






19. 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.






20. In the practice of appellate courts - the word means that the decision of the trial court is correct.






21. A release from custody which imposes regulations on the activities and associations of the defendant. If a defendant fails to meet the conditions - the release is revoked.






22. An action for the recovery of a possession that has been wrongfully taken.






23. The time in a lawsuit when the complaining party has stated his or her claim and the other side has responded with a denial and the matter is ready to be tried.






24. The judgment reached or given by a court of law.






25. Proof of facts by witnesses who saw acts done or heard words spoken.






26. A court order requiring that some action be taken - or that some party refrain from taking action. It differs from forms of temporary relief - such as a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction.






27. In bankruptcy proceedings - a debt is secured if the debtor gave the creditor a right to repossess the property or goods used as collateral.






28. A trust that the grantor may change or revoke.






29. Authority or discretion vested in an officer whose acts partake of a judicial character.






30. In some states - the highest appellate court - where it is the Court's discretion whether to hear the case on appeal.






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






32. An association of persons jointly undertaking some commercial enterprise. Unlike a partnership - a joint venture does not entail a continuing relationship among the parties.






33. A legal claim against another person's property as security for a debt.






34. 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.






35. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.






36. 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.






37. Attested as being true or an exact reproduction.






38. Law established by previous decisions of appellate courts - particularly the Supreme Court.






39. Operation of a motor vehicle that shows a reckless disregard of possible consequences and indifference of others rights.






40. A reference to a source of legal authority. A direction to appear in court - as when a defendant is cited into court - rather than arrested.






41. One who saw the act - fact - or transaction to which he or she testifies.






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






43. Any factors associated with the commission of a crime which increase the seriousness of theoffense or add to its injurious consequences.






44. Noncriminal case in which one private individual or business sues another to protect - enforce - or redress private or civil rights.






45. A defense claim that the accused was somewhere else at the time a crime was committed.






46. A private person (who is not necessarily a lawyer) authorized by another to act in his or her place - either for some particular purpose - as to do a specific act - or for the transaction of business in general - not of legal character. This authorit






47. An offensive touching or use of force on one's spouse without the spouse's consent.






48. The state or condition of a person who is unable to pay his or her debts as they are or become due.






49. Legal dissolution of a marriage by a court. Also termed dissolutionof marriage.






50. A claim by a defendant that he or she lacks the soundness of mind required by law to accept responsibility for a criminal act.