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Law Vocab
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1. A contract by which owner of property grants to another the right to possess - use - and enjoy it for a specified period of time in exchange for payment of an agreed price (rent).
LEASE
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
HUNG JURY
DOCKET NUMBER
2. Without denying the charge - the defendant raises circumstances such as insanity - self-defense -or entrapment to avoid civil or criminal responsibility.
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
DISCLAIM
PENALTY
DISBARMENT
3. The heading on a legal document listing the parties - the court - the case number - and related information.
FIND GUILTY
CAPTION
ALLEGE
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
4. To disagree. An appellate court opinion setting forth the minority view and outlining the disagreement of one or more judges with the decision of the majority.
COMMISSIONER
DISSENT
COURT - TRAFFIC
ALLEGATION
5. A person - business - or government agency actively involved in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
FAILURE TO COMPLY
PARTY
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
DIVERSION
6. An action between two or more persons in the courts of law - not a criminal matter.
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
LAWSUIT
CHAMBERS
COUNT
7. Presentation of evidence to the court (out of the hearing of the jury) for the court's decision of whether the evidence is admissible.
APPELLANT
OFFER OF PROOF
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
IMPLIED CONTRACT
8. The quality in a witness which makes his or her testimony believable.
PROBATE
EXPUNGEMENT
MALPRACTICE
CREDIBILITY
9. Juvenile found to have committed a status offense rather than a crime that would provide a basis for a finding of delinquency. Typical status offenses are habitual truancy - violating a curfew - or running away from home. These are not crimes - but t
PROBATION
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
10. To call into question the truthfulness of a witness.
LITIGATION
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
REMITTITUR
11. The rules and process by which a civil case is tried and appealed - including the preparations for trial - the rules of evidence and trial conduct - and the procedure for pursuing appeals.
SHOW CAUSE
BATTERY
CRIMINAL RECORD
CIVIL PROCEDURE
12. The party appealing a final decision or judgment.
EXECUTE
APPELLANT
PROCEDURAL LAW
ARRAIGN
13. An allowance for expenses in prosecuting or defending a suit. Ordinarily this does not include attorney fees.
EXHIBIT
CONSIDERATION
COSTS
JUROR
14. The department that oversees the actions of probationers as well as the location of where probation officers work.
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
SANCTION
EXTORTION
MENTAL HEALTH
15. A person with legal skills - but who is not an attorney - and who works under the supervision of a lawyer or who is otherwise authorized by law to use those legal skills.
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
GOOD FAITH
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
PARALEGAL
16. An arrangement whereby a husband and wife live apart from each other while remaining married either by mutual consent or by a judicial order.
COURT ORDER
INJUNCTION
SEPARATION
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
17. A claim by a defendant that he or she lacks the soundness of mind required by law to accept responsibility for a criminal act.
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
DEPOSITION
INSANITY PLEA
CIVIL CASE
18. In criminal law - the hearing at which a judge determines whether there is sufficient evidence against a person charged with a crime to hold him or her for trial.
INCARCERATE
INITIAL APPEARANCE
JUROR
AFFIANT
19. Summary of a larger work - wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are contained.
COMMISSIONER
ABSTRACTACT
DIVORCE
STATUTE
20. Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that marriage between them would be unlawful.
EVIDENCE
CIVIL PROCEDURE
INCEST
SERVICE
21. Crime in which the driver of a vehicle leaves the scene of an accident without identifying himself or herself.
FIFTH AMENDMENT
REST
MATERIAL WITNESS
HIT AND RUN
22. A will that leaves some or all estate assets to a trust established before the will-maker's death.
FORFEITURE
BRIBE
CAUSE OF ACTION
POUR-OVER WILL
23. A previously decided case that guides the decision of future cases.
ADOPTION
LEGAL AID
PAROLE
PRECEDENT
24. Postponing the effect of a judgment already entered - ordinarily because of an error apparent on the record .
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
EXHIBIT
STIPULATE
25. A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it - before a notary or officer havingauthority to administer oaths.
HOLDING CELL
ENJOINING
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
AFFIDAVIT
26. A certificate or evidence of a debt. Often used interchangeably with bail.
DETENTION HEARING
HIT AND RUN
BOND
LENIENCY
27. Ruling or order issued by the judge granting the party's request.
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
PROTECTIVE ORDER
BIND OVER
MOTION GRANTED
28. The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.
RULE
ACCORD
CROSS-EXAMINATION
OBJECTION
29. The CFR is the annual listing of executive agency regulations published in the daily Federal Register - and the regulations issued previously which are still in effect. The CFR contains regulatory laws governing practice and procedure before federal
PRISON
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
30. A government grant giving an inventor the exclusive right to make or sell his or her invention for a term of years.
EXHIBIT
PATENT
BENCH WARRANT
SLANDER
31. A statement of the details of the charge made against the defendant.
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
BILL OF PARTICULARS
GARNISHMENT
RULE OF COURT
32. The adjournment or postponement of a session - hearing - trial - or other proceeding until a future date.
REHEARING
ENJOINING
CONTINUANCE
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
33. An established standard - guide - or regulation.
RULE
ATTACHMENT
INDECENT EXPOSURE
MITIGATING FACTORS
34. 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.
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
HOSPITAL WARRANT
JURISDICTION
JURY BOX
35. A meeting either on or off the record at the judge's bench between the judge - counsel - and sometimes the defendant - out of the hearing of the jury.
GLUE SNIFFING
PETTY THEFT
BENCH CONFERENCE
OPENING ARGUMENT
36. A person who initiates a lawsuit against another. Also called the complainant.
PLAINTIFF
LOITERING
INTERLOCUTORY
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
37. The court with authority to supervise estate administration.
ALLEGATION
PROBATE COURT
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
38. Aka SURETY BOND.
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
HANDCUFFS
LAW CLERKS
FIDELITY BOND
39. 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
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
SODOMY
CHIEF JUDGE
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
40. A person who makes and signs an affidavit.
REMITTITUR
AFFIANT
DELIBERATION
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
41. A procedure by which a convicted defendant challenges the conviction and/or sentence on the basis of some alleged violation or error.
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
PETTY OFFENSE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
42. To determine finally.
OPENING ARGUMENT
MOOT
ADJUDICATE
BOOKING NUMBER
43. A legal representative - attorney - lawyer.
COUNSEL
PRECEDENT
FILE
DISTURBING THE PEACE
44. Trial in which a jury decides issues of fact as opposed to trial only before a judge.
LIABILITY
SENTENCING
JURY TRIAL
OVERRULE
45. A ruling by the court against the party making the objection.
CONTEMPT OF COURT
OBJECTION OVERRULED
AUTHENTICATE
RETAINER
46. The guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that all persons be treated equally by the law.
EQUAL PROTECTION
COURT - TRAFFIC
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
REAL PROPERTY
47. An order made by a court having competent jurisdiction. Rules of court are either general or special; the former are the regulations by which the practice of the court is governed - the latter are special orders made in particular cases.
ORDINANCE
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
RULE OF COURT
HOMICIDE
48. A small amount of money set aside from the estate of the deceased. Its purpose is to provide for the surviving family members during the administration of the estate.
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
ABSTRACTACT
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
ADMISSION
49. A hearing held for the purpose of deciding issues or fact of law that both parties are disputing.
ARRAIGNMENT
HEARING - CONTESTED
ILLEGAL
RECALL
50. The performance or agreement to perform a sexual act for hire.
PROSTITUTION
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
DISMISS
PROBATION