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1. A temporary location that is meant to secure the accused while waiting for trial to begin or continue.






2. Evidence which tends to indicate that a defendant did not commit the alleged crime.






3. The doctrine that the government - state or federal - is immune to lawsuit unless it gives its consent.






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






5. Act ofconsequences of a criminal act - accusation - or conviction. It may take the form of commutation or pardon.






6. The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant after his or her conviction by imposing a punishment to be inflicted either in the form of a fine - incarceration or probation.






7. 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






8. The lack of power or the legal ability to act.






9. Fatherhood.






10. To advise or caution. For example the Court may caution or admonish counsel for wrong practices.






11. The manipulation of an automobile and its parts for a specific purpose.






12. A method of discharging a claim upon agreement by the parties to give and accept something in settlement of the claim.






13. Grant by the court which assures someone will not face prosecution in return for providing evidence in a criminal proceeding.






14. The final statements by the attorneys to the jury or court summarizing the evidence that they have established and the evidence that the other side has failed to establish.






15. 1. One who has been convicted of a criminal offense. 2. That which is connected with the law of crimes; That which has the character of a crime (criminal justice; criminal intent).






16. Confidential communications to certain persons that are protected by law against any disclosure - including forced disclosure in legal proceedings.






17. For the judge or jury to determine and declare the guilt of the defendant.






18. The act of stopping a judicial proceeding by order of the court.






19. The process of photographing - fingerprinting - and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest.






20. Placing a convicted defendant on conditional probation - the successful completion of which will prevent entry of the underlying judgment of conviction






21. Trial in which a jury decides issues of fact as opposed to trial only before a judge.






22. An imaginary situation - incorporating facts previously admitted into evidence - upon which an expert witness is permitted to give an opinion as to a condition resulting from the situation.






23. An alternative to incarceration where an individual is confined to his or her home and monitored electronically.






24. Standard of proof commonly used in civil lawsuits and in regulatory agency cases. It governs the amount of proof that must be offered in order for the plaintiff to win the case.






25. The jury or the judge must determine that the defendant - because of mental disease or defect - could not form the intent required to commit the offense.






26. An attorney appointed by a court or employed by a government agency whose work consists primarily of defending people who are unable to hire a lawyer due to economic reasons.






27. The act that caused an event to occur. A person generally is liable only if an injury was proximately caused by his or her action or by his or her failure to act when he or she had a duty to act.






28. A lawsuit brought by one or more persons on behalf of a larger group.






29. Language in a will that provides that a person who makes a legal challenge to the will's validity will be disinherited.






30. Having no force - legal power to bind - or validity.






31. Stealing or theft.






32. That which - under the rules of evidence - cannot be admitted as evidence in a trial or hearing.






33. An agreement by attorneys on both sides of a civil or criminal case about some aspect of the case; e.g. - to extend the time to answer - to adjourn the trial date - or to admit certain facts at the trial.






34. An estate consists of personal property (car - household items - and other tangible items) - real property - and intangible property - such as stock certificates and bank accounts - owned in the individual name of a person at the time of the person's






35. An attack on a judgment other than a direct appeal to a higher court.






36. To give a gift to someone through a will.






37. The reduction of a sentence - such as from death to life imprisonment.






38. One who supervises a person placed on probation and is required to report the progress and to surrender the and conditions of the probation.probationer if they violate the terms






39. A form of executive clemency preventing criminal prosecution or removing or extinguishing a criminal conviction.






40. The state - as in the People of the State of Florida.






41. 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






42. Evidence not sufficiently related to the matter in issue.






43. A court-ordered allowance that one spouse pays the other spouse for maintenance and support while they areeither separated - pending suit for divorce - or after they are divorced.






44. The assertion of a party to an action - setting out what he expects to prove.






45. A husband or wife of a deceased spouse married after a will is executed who is not provided for in the will.






46. A formal - written application to the court requesting judicial action on some matter.






47. A criminal case in which the allowable punishment includes death. CAPITAL CRIME - A crime punishable by death.






48. 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






49. To legally certify the innocence of one charged with a crime. To set free - release or discharge from an obligation - burden or accusation. To find a defendant not guilty in a criminal trial.






50. 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.







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