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Law Vocab
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1. A written or verbal command from a court directing or forbidding an action.
ILLEGAL
QUASI JUDICIAL
ORDER - COURT
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
2. A seizure; the obtaining of money by legal process through seizure and sale of property.
PROSECUTOR
LEVY
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
LIBEL
3. A judgment entered against a party who fails to appear in court - respond to the charges - or does not comply with an order - especially an order to provide or permit discovery.
REVOCABLE TRUST
CERTIFICATION
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
ACTION
4. 1. Defendant's statement of a reason why the plaintiff or prosecutor has no valid case against defendant -especially a defendant's answer - denial - or plea. 2. Defendant's method and strategy in opposing the plaintiff or theprosecution. 3. One or mo
DEFENSE
EXECUTOR
PLAINTIFF
DETENTION HEARING
5. One who has authority to act for another.
JURY TRIAL
AGENT
SERVICE OF PROCESS
STATUS OFFENDERS
6. A reduction in sentenced time in prison as a reward for good behavior. It usually is one-third to one-half of fthe maximum sentence.
GOOD TIME
HARASSMENT
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
ON A PERSON'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE
7. Begun - but not yet completed. Thus - an action is pending from its inception until the rendition of its final judgment.
REDRESS
AMENDMENT
RULE
PENDING
8. A court in which the proceedings are recorded - transcribed - and maintained as permanent records.
OBJECT
COURT OF RECORD
STANDING
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
9. The process by which a deceased person's property goes to the state if no heir can be found.
ACTION
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
CITATION
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
10. Requirement that police tell a suspect in their custody of his or her constitutional rights before they question him or her: specifically - the right to remain silent; that any statement made may be used against him or her; the right to an attorney;
MIRANDA RIGHTS
ANSWER
EQUITABLE ACTION
COURT OF RECORD
11. 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.
JURISDICTION
FOUNDATION
DETENTION HEARING
REBUTTAL
12. The act of not appearing in court after being presented with a subpoena or summons.
PARALEGAL
AFFIANT
JOINT TENANCY
FAILURE TO APPEAR
13. Voluntary acknowledgment of the existence of certain facts relevant to the adversary's case.
FORFEITURE
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
BENCH TRIAL
ADMISSION
14. Exposure to sight of the private parts of the body in a lewd or indecent manner in a public place.
INDECENT EXPOSURE
INMATE
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
LIABLE
15. Willful destruction of property - from actual ill will or resentment toward its owner or possessor.
ESTATE TAX
STATEMENT - CLOSING
CONFISCATE
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
16. The rights of a person guaranteed by the state or federal constitutions.
SEALING
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
SEARCH WARRANT
17. A second examination of a witness by the opposing counsel after the second examination (or redirect examination) by the counsel who called the witness to testify is completed.
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
FOSTER CARE
GLUE SNIFFING
HOLDING CELL
18. All the documents and evidence plus transcripts of oral proceedings in a case.
POSTPONEMENT
RECORD
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
19. The act of sending a case back to the trial court and ordering the trial court to conduct limited new hearings or an entirely new trial.
COMPETENCY
ADOPTION
REMAND
DEATH PENALTY
20. A trust that - once set up - the grantor may not revoke.
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
CIVIL PROCEDURE
SERVICE OF PROCESS
21. To set right; to remedy; to compensate; to remove the causes of a grievance.
ALLEGE
REDRESS
FAIR HEARING
SETTLEMENT
22. A crime composed of some - but not all - of the elements of a greater crime; commission of the greater crime automatically includes commission of the lesser included offense.
SLANDER
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
23. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.
RECIDIVISM
PLEA
BEQUESTS
RULES OF EVIDENCE
24. 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.
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
PARTY
DECREE
PRESENTMENT
25. A change - alteration - or amendment which introduces new elements into the details - or cancels some of them - but leaves the general purpose and effect of the subject-matter intact.
FALSE ARREST
MODIFICATION
LARCENY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
26. Needy and poor. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court appointed attorney at public expense.
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
INDIGENT
CASE
27. 1. To discuss - ponder or reflect upon before reaching a decision. A judge will usually deliberate before announcing a judgment. 2. Intentional - characterized by consideration and awareness.
DELIBERATE
GAMBLING
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
28. In civil cases when it is necessary to preserve the status quo prior to trial - the court may issue a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order ordering a party to carry out a specified activity.
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
HANDCUFFS
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
29. Evil doing - ill conduct; the commission of some act which is positively prohibited by law.
INITIAL APPEARANCE
PROOF
PENDING
MALFEASANCE
30. Synonymous with reversible error ; an error which warrants the appellate court in reversing the judgment before it.
RAP SHEET
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
MERITS
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
31. Law enacted by the legislative branch of government - as distinguished from case law or common law .
STATUTORY LAW
MORAL TURPITUDE
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
MERITS
32. Violation of a professional duty to act with reasonable care and in good faith without fraud or collusion.
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
ANNUAL REVIEW
BRIEF
MALPRACTICE
33. The lawyer who represents a client and is entitled to receive all formal documents from the court or from other parties. Also known as counsel of record.
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
GUILTY
RECALL
LIEN
34. The act of taking and carrying away the personal property of another of a value less than $300 with the intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it permanently.
KIDNAPPING
SETTLEMENT
INCAPACITY
PETTY THEFT
35. A party is said to rest or rest its case when it has presented all the evidence it intends to offer.
KNOWINGLY
ESTOPPEL
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
REST
36. An established standard - guide - or regulation.
REVERSE
OVERRULE
RULE
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
37. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be.
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
BAIL FORFEITURE
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
ALFORD PLEA
38. 1. To execute - perpetrate - or carry out an act. To commit a crime. 2. To send a person to prison - asylum - or reformatory by a court order.
DETENTION
COURT OF RECORD
COMMIT
ORAL ARGUMENT
39. The public calling of the docket or list of causes at commencement of term of court - for setting a time for trial or entering orders.
RETAINER
FALSE ARREST
CALLING THE DOCKET
MALICE
40. Attested as being true or an exact reproduction.
CERTIFIED
EMINENT DOMAIN
MISTRIAL
ATTEMPT
41. A court's recognition of the truth of basic facts without formal evidence.
PERSONAL PROPERTY
ASSAULT
JUDICIAL NOTICE
HEARING - CONTESTED
42. A judge's decision not to allow an objection. A decision by a higher court finding that a lower court decision was wrong.
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
OVERRULE
INTERROGATORIES
SENTENCING
43. To protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
AT ISSUE
STAY
QUASH
OBJECT
44. The department that oversees the actions of probationers as well as the location of where probation officers work.
PETITION
BAILIFF
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
45. One who lives in a location for a period of time and denotes it as their official address or residence.
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
INCEST
PERMANENT RESIDENT
46. A criminal case in which the allowable penalty does not include death.
AFFIANT
BRIEF
HEARSAY
NON-CAPITAL CASE
47. Taking and carrying away the personal property of another person of a value in excess of an amount set by law with the .intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it.
GRAND THEFT
FORECLOSURE
PENITENTIARY
DEPENDENT CHILD
48. Responsible for a delinquency - crime - or other offense; not innocent.
GUILTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
ENJOINING
MENTAL HEALTH
49. To lose - or lose the right to.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
REPLY
INDECENT EXPOSURE
FORFEIT
50. Remarks addressed by attorney to judge or jury on the merits of case or on points of law.
ARGUMENT
OBJECT
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
FELONY MURDER