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Law Vocab
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1. A hallowed principle of criminal law that a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty.
DISSENT
NEGLIGENCE
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
2. This phrase - endorsed by a grand jury on the written indictment submitted to it for its approval - means that the evidence was found insufficient to indict.
COMMITMENT ORDER
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
REGULATION
NO BILL
3. 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.
PROSECUTOR
PETTY THEFT
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
EXTRADITION
4. An advocate - counsel - or official agent employed in preparing - managing - and trying cases in the courts.
SETTLOR
FIDELITY BOND
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
RECUSE
5. An order issued by a judge for the arrest of a person.
PARTY
CAUSE OF ACTION
BENCH WARRANT
SPEEDY TRIAL
6. The legal process by which the government takes private land for public use - paying the owners a fair price. See EMINENT DOMAIN.
POLYGRAPH
HUNG JURY
CONDEMNATION
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
7. The ordinary jury of twelve (or fewer) persons for the trial of a civil or criminal case. So called to distinguish it from the grand jury.
DISSENT
FINGERPRINT
PETIT JURY
INTENT
8. 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.
CALLING THE DOCKET
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
KIDNAPPING
9. To state - recite - assert - claim - maintain - charge or set forth. To make an allegation.
FIDUCIARY
SERVE A SENTENCE
CONFESSION
ALLEGE
10. Numerous and unnecessary attempts to litigate the same issue.
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
FORGERY
REMITTITUR
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
11. Without denying the charge - the defendant raises circumstances such as insanity - self-defense -or entrapment to avoid civil or criminal responsibility.
BILL OF PARTICULARS
DAMAGES
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
DECISION
12. A phrase commonly applied to counsel employed to assist in the preparation or management of the case - or its presentation on appeal - but who is not the principal attorney for the party.
OF COUNSEL
FORECLOSURE
RATIFICATION
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
13. 1. Written attestation. 2. Authorized declaration verifying that an instrument is a true and correct copy of the original.
CERTIFICATION
ALLOCUTION
OF COUNSEL
OBJECTION
14. A jury whose members cannot agree upon a verdict.
MOTION GRANTED
MEDIATION
HUNG JURY
CONFESSION
15. 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.
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
KIDNAPPING
JUDICIAL NOTICE
CLERK OF COURT
16. 1. The process of removing some minor criminal traffic - or juvenile cases from the full judicial process - on the condition that the accused undergo some sort of rehabilitation or make restitution for damages. 2. Unauthorized use of funds.
DIVERSION
DETENTION FACILITY
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
DISSOLUTION
17. Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that marriage between them would be unlawful.
DOCKET
INCEST
BIND OVER
PLEADINGS
18. Evidence that helps to prove a point or issue in a case.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
RELEVANT
PENDING
PROSECUTOR
19. The matter can only be filed in one court.
ADMONISH
DEATH ROW
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
20. Authority or discretion vested in an officer whose acts partake of a judicial character.
LAW
REPLEVIN
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
QUASI JUDICIAL
21. To support with evidence or authority; make more certain.
CORROBORATE
OBJECTION OVERRULED
CORROBORATION
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
22. Evidence which might unfairly sway the judge or jury to one side or the other.
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
COMMISSIONER
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
23. In the practice of appellate courts - the word means that the decision of the trial court is correct.
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
RAP SHEET
AFFIRMED
CHIEF JUDGE
24. The presence of drugs on the accused for recreational use or for the purpose to sell.
HARASSMENT
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
25. The act of claiming one's own writing to be that of another.
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
FORGERY
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
RULES OF EVIDENCE
26. In some states - the highest appellate court - where it is the Court's discretion whether to hear the case on appeal.
COURT - APPEALS
SENTENCING
PURGE
INTESTACY LAWS
27. A state tax on property that an heir or beneficiary under a will receives from a deceased person's estate. The heir or beneficiary pays this tax.
INSTRUCTIONS
INHERITANCE TAX
DIRECT EXAMINATION
CREDIBILITY
28. Opportunity to present rebuttal evidence after one's evidence has been subjected to cross-examination.
LARCENY
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
AGREEMENT
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
29. 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.
INITIAL APPEARANCE
ATTEMPT
INJUNCTION
SERVICE
30. Any factors associated with the commission of a crime which increase the seriousness of theoffense or add to its injurious consequences.
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
AFFIANT
BAIL FORFEITURE
REMOVAL
31. The referral of a dispute to an impartial third person chosen by the parties to the dispute who agree in advance to abide by the arbitrator's award issued after a hearing at which both parties have an opportunity to be heard.
BIAS
ARBITRATION
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
ON A PERSON'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE
32. Inferences drawn from proven facts.
COURT - TRAFFIC
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
FRAUD
33. Attested as being true or an exact reproduction.
IMPANEL
CERTIFIED
COMPETENCY
SPEEDY TRIAL
34. A lawsuit.
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
LAW
LITIGATION
PROXIMATE CAUSE
35. The court officer responsible for choosing the panel of persons to serve as potential jurors for a particular court term.
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
BAR
PRIORS
JURY COMMISSIONER
36. A violation of law - not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses are generally considered infractions.
INFRACTION
BIFURCATE
COUNTERCLAIM
BENCH CONFERENCE
37. A second examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify. This examination is usually focused on certain matters that were discussed by the opposing counsel's examination.
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
FIREARM
CAPITAL CASE
NO BILL
38. 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.
PRIVITY
POSTPONEMENT
PARALEGAL
FILE
39. Now called Judgment as a Matter of Law. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict.
LEGAL AID
BENCH WARRANT
ON A PERSON'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE
DIRECTED VERDICT
40. Form of discipline of a lawyer resulting in the loss (often permanently) of that lawyer's right to practice law. It differs from censure (an official reprimand or condemnation) and from suspension (a temporary loss of the right to practice law).
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
COUNSEL TABLE
DISBARMENT
FORGERY
41. 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.
BOOKMAKING
LOITERING
CONVICT
POLLING THE JURY
42. An elected constitutional officer serving as an arm of the court with respect to all court filings and related proceedings.
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
REBUTTAL
CODE
SHERIFF
43. Aka DOCKET NUMBER.
FINDING
COMMITMENT
REVOCABLE TRUST
CASE NUMBER
44. The initial statement made by attorneys for each side - outlining the facts each intends to establish during the trial.
OPENING ARGUMENT
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
EMINENT DOMAIN
45. A court order to protect a person from further harassment - service of process - or discovery.
REAL PROPERTY
PROTECTIVE ORDER
STATE'S ATTORNEY
PARDON
46. The standard in a criminal case requiring that the jury be satisfied to a moralcertainty that every element of a crime has been proven by the prosecution. This standard of proof does not require that the state establish absolute certainty by eliminat
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
PROFFER
FOURTH AMENDMENT
COURT OF RECORD
47. A proceeding in which the accused is brought before the court to plead to the criminal charge in the indictment or information. The charge is read to him or her and he or she is asked to plead guilty or not guilty or - where permitted - nolo contende
GARNISH
ARRAIGNMENT
FORGERY
INFORMATION
48. The testimony of witnesses who know the general character and reputation of a person in the community in which he or she lives.
BOOKMAKING
PAROLE EVIDENCE
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
49. 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.
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
ESCROW
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
LEWD CONDUCT
50. To overthrow - to vacate - to annul or make void.
ALLEGE
MOOT
JAIL
QUASH