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Subject : law
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1. A special kind of executor - permitted by the laws of certain states - who performs the duties of an executor without intervention by the court.






2. A proceeding instituted and carried on in order to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused.






3. The area of a state or federal prison where criminals who are sentenced to death are confined until their sentence is commuted or carried out.






4. To make greater in value - to increase.






5. An individual appointed by the court to oversee administrative matters.






6. A motion to dismiss a civil case because of the legal insufficiency of a complaint.






7. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be.






8. A written direction or command delivered by a court or judge.






9. 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.






10. A rule of law that courts and judges shall draw a particular inference from a particular fact - or from particular evidence.






11. A program of parental care for children who do not have an in-home parental relationship with either biological or adoptive parents.






12. To lose - or lose the right to.






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






14. A trust that - once set up - the grantor may not revoke.






15. A reasonable belief that a crime has or is being committed; the basis for all lawful searches - seizures -and arrests.






16. A written statement prepared by the counsel arguing a case in court. It contains a summary of the facts of a case -the pertinent laws - and an argument of how the law applies to the facts supporting counsel's position.






17. An order of the court. A final decree is one that fully and finally disposes of the litigation. Aninterlocutory decree is a preliminary order that often disposes of only part of a lawsuit.






18. The act which produces an effect.






19. To determine finally.






20. A place of confinement that is more than a police station and less than a prison. It is usually used to hold persons convicted of misdemeanors or persons awaiting trial.






21. The reduction by a judge of the damages awarded by a jury.






22. Now called Judgment as a Matter of Law. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict.






23. Dying without a will.






24. A party is said to rest or rest its case when it has presented all the evidence it intends to offer.






25. Attorney at law - lawyer - counselor at law.






26. The party appealing a final decision or judgment.






27. Evidence which can disappear relatively quickly - such as the amount of alcohol in a person's blood.






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






29. Evidence given to explain - counteract - or disprove facts given by the opposing counsel.






30. 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






31. The correction of an error admitted in any process.






32. 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 .






33. 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






34. 1. A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a sentence for that crime; a prison inmate. 2. To find a person guilty of an offense by either a trial or a plea of guilty.






35. A satisfaction agreed upon between the parties in a lawsuit which bars subsequent actions on the claim.






36. A proceeding similar to a trial - without a jury - and usually of shorter duration.






37. The form of verdict in criminal cases where the jury acquits the defendant - finds him or her not guilty.






38. An action of a higher court in setting aside or revoking a lower court decision.






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






40. A general term for an action - cause - suit - or controversy brought before the court for resolution.






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






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






43. Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else.Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.






44. Mutual or successive relationships to the same right of property - or the same interest of one person with another which represents the same legal right.






45. A judgment of the court that explains what the existing law is or expresses the opinion of the court without the need for enforcement.






46. The term pertains to liability for loss shifted from one person held legally responsible to another.






47. In criminal trial - a witness whose testimony is crucial to either the defense or prosecution.






48. Land - buildings - and other improvements affixed to the land.






49. 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






50. A defendant's statement in mitigation of punishment.