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Law Vocab
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1. The finding of the court that an act was committed with the intent of embarrassing the court - disobeying its lawful orders - or obstructing the administration of justice in some way.
RETURN
CONTEMPT OF COURT
JUROR - ALTERNATE
RELINQUISHMENT
2. Court order requiring action or forbidding action until a decision can be made whether to issue a permanent injunction. It differs from a temporary restraining order.
PRE-INJUNCTION
DISTURBING THE PEACE
CONSPIRACY
DIVERSION
3. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
STATEMENT - OPENING
4. Illegal sex acts performed against a minor by a parent - guardian - relative or acquaintance.
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
PERSONAL PROPERTY
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
5. Procedure by which mortgaged property is sold on default of the mortgagor in satisfaction of mortgage debt.
ESTATE
INTESTATE
MOTION DENIED
FORECLOSURE
6. Evidence that helps to prove a point or issue in a case.
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
RELEVANT
GUARDIANSHIP
7. List of cases scheduled for hearing in court.
REST
INMATE
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
CALENDAR
8. Evidence in form of witness testimony - who actually saw - heard - or touched the subject of question.
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
MISTRIAL
BAR
COURTROOM
9. A machine which records by a needle on a graph varying emotional disturbances when answering questions truly or falsely - as indicated by fluctuations in blood pressure - perspiration.respiration
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
ALIBI
LIE DETECTOR
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
10. Standards governing whether evidence in a civil or criminal case is admissible.
INCEST
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
RECIDIVISM
RULES OF EVIDENCE
11. To stand idly around - particularly in a public place.
FORFEITURE
LOITERING
FALSE ARREST
LITIGANT
12. An elected constitutional officer serving as an arm of the court with respect to all court filings and related proceedings.
RECUSE
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
ENTRAPMENT
13. Officer of the court who files pleadings - motions - judgments - etc. - issues process - and keeps records of court proceedings.
SERVICE
RECOGNIZANCE
CLERK
STATEMENT - CLOSING
14. 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
MORAL TURPITUDE
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
ACCUSATION
15. An attorney who represents a person accused of committing a crime.
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
JUSTICIABLE
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
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.
CALENDAR
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
JURISDICTION
BRIEF
17. Trial in which a jury decides issues of fact as opposed to trial only before a judge.
QUASI JUDICIAL
MISDEMEANOR
JURY TRIAL
ESTATE
18. A formal charge against a person - to the effect that he has engaged in a punishable offense.
PRIVITY
ACCUSATION
OFFER OF PROOF
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
19. Aka SURETY BOND.
SANCTION
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
FIDELITY BOND
20. A phrase used to denote a hypothetical person who exercises qualities of attention - knowledge - intelligence - and judgment that society requires of its members for the protection of his or her own interest and the interests of others.
MALPRACTICE
REASONABLE PERSON
COMMUTATION
MOTION DENIED
21. Attorney at law - lawyer - counselor at law.
ATTORNEY
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
MEDIATION
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
22. A forejudgment - bias - a preconceived opinion.
PREJUDICE
SHOW CAUSE
POWER OF ATTORNEY
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
23. Release of a person from custody without the payment of any bail or posting of bond - upon the promise to return to court.
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24. Confirmation or support of a witness' statement or other fact.
CORROBORATION
BOOKING NUMBER
BODY ATTACHMENT
MOTION
25. 1. A real or seeming incompatibility between one's private interests and one's public or fiduciary duties. 2. A real or seeming incompatibility between the interests of two of a lawyer's clients - such that the lawyer is disqualified from representin
REVOCABLE TRUST
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
DRUNK DRIVING
BENCH CONFERENCE
26. To change - correct - revise - improve - modify - or alter.
KIDNAPPING
PATERNITY
AMEND
IMPLIED CONTRACT
27. Sentences for two or more crimes to run consecutively - rather than concurrently. CUSTODY - 1. The care and control of a thing or person for inspection - preservation - or security. 2. The care - control - and maintenance of a child awarded by a cour
STATE'S ATTORNEY
GOOD FAITH
STAY
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
28. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.
DETENTION
INTERVENTION
LEADING QUESTION
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
29. State laws that provide for the distribution of estate property of a person who dies without a will. Same as intestacy laws.
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
POLYGRAPH
ASSAULT
ACCORD
30. A formal written document filed by the prosecutor detailing the criminal charges against the defendant. An alternative to an indictment - it serves to bring a defendant to trial.
INCOMPETENCY
STAY
INFORMATION
FALSE ARREST
31. Lie detector test and the apparatus for conducting the test.
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
OVERT ACT
GRAND JURY
POLYGRAPH
32. A defendant's statement in mitigation of punishment.
ALLOCUTION
RECUSE
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
COURTROOM
33. The loss of money or property resulting from failure to meet a legal obligation or from the illegal nature or use of the money or property.
NOTICE
REVERSE
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
FORFEITURE
34. Testimony given in relation to some scientific - technical - or professional matter by experts - i.e. -person qualified to speak authoritatively by reason of their special training - skill - or familiarity with the subject.
EXPERT TESTIMONY
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
RECUSE
RAP SHEET
35. A gift - not necessarily of monetary value - given to influence the conduct of the receiver.
BRIBE
HOME MONITORING
COMMITMENT
BAIL BONDSMAN
36. The party who complains or sues; one who applies to the court for legal redress. Also called the plaintiff.
BAIL FORFEITURE
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
REJOINDER
COMPLAINANT
37. 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.
JEOPARDY
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
CLERK OF COURT
38. An assault committed with the intention of committing some additional crime.
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
BOND
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
OFFER OF PROOF
39. A formal - written application to the court requesting judicial action on some matter.
PETITION
CLASS ACTION
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
ACQUIT
40. A person's own act - or acceptance of facts - which preclude his or her later making claims to the contrary.
COMPOSITE DRAWING
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
STATE'S ATTORNEY
ESTOPPEL
41. 1. Written attestation. 2. Authorized declaration verifying that an instrument is a true and correct copy of the original.
ANNUAL REVIEW
GOOD FAITH
QUASH
CERTIFICATION
42. The assertion of a right to money or property.
STATUS OFFENDERS
HEARING - CONTESTED
GUARDIAN
CLAIM
43. Declarations by either side in a civil or criminal case reserving the right to appeal a judge's ruling upon a motion. Also - in regulatory cases - objections by either side to points made by the other side or to rulings by the agency or one of its he
ALIMONY
EXCEPTIONS
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
PROOF
44. Legal debts and obligations.
COMMIT
LIABILITY
JUROR - ALTERNATE
INCAPACITY
45. Unlawful intercourse with an individual without their consent.
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
JUSTICIABLE
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
RAPE
46. Elected officer of a county whose job is to conserve peace within his or her territorial jurisdiction as well as aid in the criminal and civil court processes.
SHERIFF
LIMITED JURISDICTION
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
47. The unlawful killing of one human being by another.
EXPERT TESTIMONY
MALFEASANCE
PRIVITY
HOMICIDE
48. To forge - to copy or imitate - without authority or right - and with the purpose to deceive or defraud - by passing off the copy as genuine.
COUNTERFEIT
COUNTY JAIL
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
OVERT ACT
49. In juvenile court - a judicial hearing - usually held after the filing of a petition - to determine interim custody of a minor pending a judgment.
ROBBERY
FORECLOSURE
EXTORTION
DETENTION HEARING
50. A court order to protect a person from further harassment - service of process - or discovery.
NOT GUILTY
DEFENSE
JURY BOX
PROTECTIVE ORDER