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Subject : law
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1. Yearly judicial review - usually in juvenile dependency cases - to determine whether the child requirescontinued court supervision or placement.






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






3. Supplementary evidence that tends to strengthen or confirm the initial evidence.






4. A person to whom the court refers a pending case to take testimony - hear the parties - and report to the court.






5. The adjournment or postponement of a session - hearing - trial - or other proceeding until a future date.






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






7. A specialized court that hears crimes dealing with traffic offenses.






8. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.






9. Presentation of evidence to the court (out of the hearing of the jury) for the court's decision of whether the evidence is admissible.






10. A personal representative - named in a will - who administers an estate.






11. That which tends to injure a person's reputation. Libel is published defamation - whereasslander is spoken.






12. A police identification procedure by which the suspect to a crime is exhibited - along with others - before the victim or witness to determine if the victim or witness can identify the committed the crime.suspect as the person who






13. An accounting for the whereabouts of the tangible evidence from the moment it is received in custody until it is offered in evidence in court.CHALLENGE - An objection - such as when an attorney objects at a hearing to the seating of a particular pers






14. Money awarded by a court to a person injured by the unlawful act or negligence of another person.






15. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.






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






17. 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.






18. A moot case or a moot point is one not subject to a judicial determination because it involves an abstract question or a pretended controversy that has not yet actually arisen or has already passed. Mootness usually refers to a court's refusal to con






19. Refers to courts that are limited in the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear. For example - traffic violations generally are heard by limited jurisdiction courts.






20. A suit which has been quashed and ended.






21. In practice - a notice in writing requiring the opposite party to produce a certain described paper or document at the trial - or in the course of pre-trial discovery.






22. Violation of a professional duty to act with reasonable care and in good faith without fraud or collusion.






23. A formal - written statement by legislature declaring - commanding - or prohibiting something.






24. A contract in which the promise made by the obligor is not expressed - but inferred by one's conduct or implied in law.






25. A person - business - or government agency actively involved in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.






26. A procedure by which a convicted defendant challenges the conviction and/or sentence on the basis of some alleged violation or error.






27. Opportunity to present rebuttal evidence after one's evidence has been subjected to cross-examination.






28. A coming into court as party or interested person or as a lawyer on behalf of party or interested person.






29. All the judges of a court sitting together. Appellate courts can consist of a dozen or more judges - but often they hear cases in panels of three judges. If a case is heard or reheard by the full court - it is heard en banc.






30. Numerous and unnecessary attempts to litigate the same issue.






31. A child born or adopted after a will is executed - who is not provided for in the will.






32. Supervised release of a prisoner before the expiration of his or her sentence.






33. The act which produces an effect.






34. To give a gift to someone through a will.






35. Declaration or document issued by a grand jury that either makes a neutral report or notes misdeeds by officials charged with specified public duties.






36. Postponing the effect of a judgment already entered - ordinarily because of an error apparent on the record .






37. One who commits a crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.






38. Money awarded to an injured person - over and above the measurable value of the injury - in order to punish the person who hurt him.






39. A child who is homeless or without proper care through no fault of the parent - guardian - or custodian. DEPORTATION - The act of removing a person to another country. Order issued by an immigration judge - expelling an alien from the United States.






40. With knowledge - willfully or intentionally with respect to a material element of an offense.






41. The lack of power or the legal ability to act.






42. Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.






43. Evidence which might unfairly sway the judge or jury to one side or the other.






44. A ruling by the court against the party making the objection.






45. Representation of some fact or circumstance which is not true and is calculated to mislead - whereby a person obtains another's money or goods.






46. State-imposed death as punishment for a serious crime. Capital punishment.






47. Evidence which tends to indicate that a defendant did not commit the alleged crime.






48. The person filing an action in a court of original jurisdiction. Also - the person who appeals the judgment of a lower court. The opposing party is called the respondent.






49. To lose - or lose the right to.






50. An order by the court telling a person to stop performing a specific act.