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Law Vocab
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1. The power of the government to take private property for public use through condemnation.
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
EMINENT DOMAIN
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
INTERVENTION
2. To give authority or legal authenticity to a statute - record - or other written instrument.
EXHIBIT
AUTHENTICATE
BEQUESTS
FAIR HEARING
3. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the judgment given.
PUBLIC DEFENDER
CALLING THE DOCKET
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
ADJUDICATION
4. In the practice of appellate courts - the word means that the decision of the trial court is correct.
REMITTITUR
ACQUITTAL
AFFIRMED
BANKRUPTCY
5. A report to a judge by police on the implementation of an arrest or search warrant. Also - a report to a judge in reply to a subpoena - civil or criminal.
STIPULATE
EXCEPTIONS
RETURN
PATERNITY
6. The unlawful operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
KNOWINGLY
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
SEPARATION
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
7. A will whose validity does not have to be testified to in court by the witnesses to it - because the witnesses executed an affidavit reflecting proper execution of the will prior to the maker's death.
OBJECTION OVERRULED
PRELIMINARY HEARING
SENTENCING
SELF-PROVING WILL
8. A federal or state public building or other place for the confinement of persons. It is used as either a punishment imposed by the law or otherwise in the course of the administration of justice
BRIEF
FALSE PRETENSES
PRISON
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
9. An individual appointed by the court to oversee administrative matters.
AGENT
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
CLERK OF COURT
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
10. Judicial officer having strictly limited jurisdiction exercising some of the functions of a judge.
MAGISTRATE
EXPERT TESTIMONY
CLEMENCY OR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
BIND OVER
11. Remarks addressed by attorney to judge or jury on the merits of case or on points of law.
ARGUMENT
EXECUTE
EXCEPTIONS
JURY FOREMAN
12. To overthrow - to vacate - to annul or make void.
JURISDICTION
QUASH
FALSE ARREST
SHOW CAUSE
13. Public official charged with duty to make inquiry into the causes and circumstances of any death which occurs through violence or suddenly - with marks of suspicion.
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
LOITERING
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
CORONER
14. Member of the jury.
CIVIL ACTION
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
ATTEST
JUROR
15. Legal right given to a person to be responsible for the food - housing - health care - and other necessities
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
GUARDIANSHIP
DRUNK DRIVING
16. 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
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
COMPLAINT
PURGE
17. The taking or detaining of a person against his or her will and without lawful authority.
KIDNAPPING
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
BAILIFF
PROBABLE CAUSE
18. Act of the client in employing the attorney or counsel. Also denotes the fee the client pays when he or she retains the attorney to act for him or her.
RETAINER
ENTRAPMENT
JUDGMENT
ENHANCE
19. A husband or wife of a deceased spouse married after a will is executed who is not provided for in the will.
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
BAR
EXTORTION
COURT
20. The person filing an action in a court of original jurisdiction. Also - the person who appeals the judgment of a lower court. The opposing party is called the respondent.
RETURN
PETITIONER
ACCUSED
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
21. The transfer of a state case to federal court for trial; in civil cases - because the parties are from different states; in criminal and some civil cases - because there is a significant possibility that there could not be a fair trial in state court
RAPE
REMOVAL
LEVY
CRIMINAL CASE
22. A defendant's statement in mitigation of punishment.
SERVE A SENTENCE
NOTICE
BAIL BONDSMAN
ALLOCUTION
23. Asserted to be true as depicted or a person who is accused but has not yet been tried in court.
ALLEGED
REMEDY
EXECUTOR
COURT OF RECORD
24. Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start.
OPINION
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
BANKRUPTCY
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
25. The legal process by which the government takes private land for public use - paying the owners a fair price. See EMINENT DOMAIN.
PURGE
DISSENT
CONDEMNATION
GENERAL JURISDICTION
26. A document containing background material on a convicted person. It is prepared to guide the judge in the imposition of a sentence. Sometimes called a pre-sentence report.
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
SENTENCE REPORT
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
27. An invalid trial caused by some legal error. When a judge declares a mistrial - the trial must start again from the beginning - including the selection of a new jury.
MISTRIAL
COMPLY
NON-CAPITAL CASE
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
28. Legal right given to a person to manage the property and financial affairs of a person deemed incapable of doing that for himself or herself. (Conservators have somewhat less responsibility than guardians. See also guardianship.)
MOTION GRANTED
LIMITED JURISDICTION
CONSERVATORSHIP
JOINT VENTURE
29. A lawsuit.
CIVIL PROCEDURE
LITIGATION
JOYRIDING
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
30. Refers to courts that have no limit on the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear.
GENERAL JURISDICTION
REVERSIBLE ERROR
REDRESS
INMATE
31. The means by which a right is enforced or the violation of a right is prevented - redressed or compensated.
REMEDY
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
CHILD SUPPORT
COURT
32. 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.
REPORT
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
STIPULATE
33. The cause - price - or impelling influence which induces a party to enter into a contract.
POLYGRAPH
ALLEGE
CONSIDERATION
CONSPIRACY
34. Legal document issued by a court that shows an administrator's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
SERVE A SENTENCE
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
DOCKET NUMBER
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
35. To protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
OBJECT
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
PROTECTIVE ORDER
SERVICE OF PROCESS
36. Each of the allegations of an offense listed in a charging document.
PETITION
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
INTERROGATORIES
COUNT
37. The formal statement before the court that the accused admits committing the criminal act.
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
BAR
INDEMNIFY
SENTENCE REPORT
38. The dismissal of a case - by which the same cause of action cannot be brought against thedefendant again at a later date.
CAPITAL CASE
SEPARATION
MOTION GRANTED
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
39. An order by the court telling a person to stop performing a specific act.
ENJOINING
SERVICE
NEGLIGENCE
APPELLEE
40. Proof of facts by witnesses who saw acts done or heard words spoken.
DIRECT EVIDENCE
MALFEASANCE
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
DISMISS
41. Attested as being true or an exact reproduction.
INCEST
BURGLARY
MUGSHOT
CERTIFIED
42. Professional legal services available usually to persons or organizations unable to afford legal representation.
LEGAL AID
EN BANC
DIVERSION
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
43. A place of confinement that is more than a police station and less than a prison. It is usually used to hold persons convicted of misdemeanors or persons awaiting trial.
ACQUIT
BOOKING NUMBER
JAIL
IMMUNITY
44. A person who is the liable party in paying the bond for the defendant's release from jail.
BAIL BONDSMAN
COURT - APPEALS
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
ALIMONY
45. A meeting between the judge and the lawyers involved in a lawsuit to narrow the issues in the suit - agree on what will be presented at the trial - and make a final effort to settle the case without a trial.
EVICTION
MOTION DENIED
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
46. A legal doctrine that makes each of the parties who are responsible for an injury liable for all the damages awarded in a lawsuit if the other parties responsible cannot pay.
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
AID AND ABET
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
SELF-DEFENSE
47. Settling a dispute without a full - formal trial. Methods includemediation - conciliation - arbitration - and settlement - among others.
PLEA BARGAIN
COMMISSIONER
IRRELEVANT
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
48. Violation of a professional duty to act with reasonable care and in good faith without fraud or collusion.
BENCH CONFERENCE
MALPRACTICE
MIRANDA RIGHTS
MOTION
49. An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as bond.
COUNSEL TABLE
BAIL BOND
DEFAULT
INTERLOCUTORY
50. The process whereby the accused and the prosecutor in a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case subject to court approval. Usually involves the defendant's pleading guilty to a lesser offense or to only one.
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
PROFFER
PLEA BARGAIN
INHERITANCE TAX