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Law Vocab
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1. Needy and poor. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court appointed attorney at public expense.
JURY TRIAL
BODY ATTACHMENT
RECIDIVISM
INDIGENT
2. The act of not appearing in court after being presented with a subpoena or summons.
COMMITMENT
COMMON LAW
CONTINUANCE
FAILURE TO APPEAR
3. The matter can only be filed in one court.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
MURDER
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
CHILD MOLESTATION
4. Asserted to be true as depicted or a person who is accused but has not yet been tried in court.
STATEMENT - OPENING
ALLEGED
CHAMBERS
SLANDER
5. Questioning the qualifications of an entire jury panel - usually on the ground of partiality or some fault in the process of summoning the panel.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
INDIGENT
ADOPTION
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
6. A trial lawyer representing the government in a criminal case and the interests of the state in civil matters.
PROSECUTOR
NEXT FRIEND
BENCH CONFERENCE
CREDIBILITY
7. 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.
SENTENCE
LINEUP
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
CLERK OF COURT
8. 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
ESTATE
ENJOINING
DIRECT EXAMINATION
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
9. A ruling by the court against the party making the objection.
SEARCH WARRANT
OBJECTION OVERRULED
PANDERING
PLEA
10. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.
SEALING
ADMISSIBLE
DETENTION
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
11. The act of taking money - personal property - or any other article of value that is in the possession of another done by means of force or fear.
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
ROBBERY
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
SERVICE
12. Words - gestures - and actions which tend to annoy - alarm - and verbally abuse another person.
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
HARASSMENT
IMPLIED CONTRACT
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
13. The rules of conduct that govern the legal profession. The Codecontains general ethical guidelines and specific rules written by the American Bar Association.
RULES OF EVIDENCE
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
AMENDMENT
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
14. Opportunity to present rebuttal evidence after one's evidence has been subjected to cross-examination.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
AFFIDAVIT
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
15. Grant by the court which assures someone will not face prosecution in return for providing evidence in a criminal proceeding.
INJUNCTION
GARNISH
COMMUTATION
IMMUNITY
16. To hold a person for trial on bond (bail) or in jail. If the judicial official conducting a hearing finds probable cause to believe the accused committed a crime - the official will bind over the accused - normally by setting bail for the accused's a
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
SHOPLIFTING
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
BIND OVER
17. The authority of a court to review the official actions of other branches of government. Also - the authority to declare unconstitutional the actions of other branches.
COMMIT
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
CLERK OF COURT
JUDICIAL REVIEW
18. A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it - before a notary or officer havingauthority to administer oaths.
CORROBORATE
BEQUESTS
AFFIDAVIT
DEPOSITION
19. 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
BAIL REVIEW
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
RESPONDENT
20. The legal process by which the government takes private land for public use - paying the owners a fair price. See EMINENT DOMAIN.
CONDEMNATION
ADMONISH
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
LIVING TRUST
21. The party appealing a final decision or judgment.
PRIORS
APPELLANT
CONFESSION
STANDARD OF PROOF
22. Refers to courts that are limited in the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear. For example - traffic violations generally are heard by limited jurisdiction courts.
LIMITED JURISDICTION
LEGAL AID
ATTEMPT
FIRST APPEARANCE
23. The illegal taking of an automobile without intent to deprive the owner permanently of the vehicle - often involving reckless driving.
STAY
SEALING
JOYRIDING
REMEDY
24. 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.
DECREE
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
CONCILIATION
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
25. The unlawful restraint by one person of another person's physical liberty.
DIVORCE
CONVICT
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
FORFEIT
26. A remedy requiring a person who has breached a contract to perform specifically what he or she has agreed to do. Specific performance is ordered when damages would be inadequate compensation.
ARRAIGNMENT
POUR-OVER WILL
IMPLIED CONTRACT
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
27. An assault committed with the intention of committing some additional crime.
BENCH CONFERENCE
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
CONTEMPT OF COURT
ADJUDICATE
28. List of cases scheduled for hearing in court.
SERVE A SENTENCE
ASSIGNEE
CALENDAR
DISMISS
29. A person having a legal relationship of trust and confidence to another and having a duty to act primarily for the others benefit - e.g. - a guardian - trustee - or executor.
CRIME
INCOMPETENCY
CHILD ABUSE
FIDUCIARY
30. Any behavior - contrary to law - which disturbs the public peace or decorum - scandalizes the community - or shocks the public sense of morality.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
OBJECT
OPINION EVIDENCE
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
31. A punitive act designed to secure enforcement by imposing a penalty for its violation. For example - a sanction may be imposed for failure to comply with discovery orders.
SANCTION
MENTAL HEALTH
DOCKET NUMBER
LOITERING
32. The correction of an error admitted in any process.
ARBITRATION
AMENDMENT
CODE
LAW
33. Money awarded to an injured person - over and above the measurable value of the injury - in order to punish the person who hurt him.
MALICE
COUNTY JAIL
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
34. The operation of a vehicle in an impaired state after consuming alcohol that when tested is above the state's legal alcohol limit.
GOOD CAUSE
DRUNK DRIVING
POUR-OVER WILL
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
35. 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.
COURTROOM
PRESENTMENT
CREDIBILITY
INFORMATION
36. The person who sets up a trust.
ATTACHMENT
PROBABLE CAUSE
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
BAR EXAMINATION
37. That which - under the rules of evidence - cannot be admitted as evidence in a trial or hearing.
INADMISSIBLE
GENERAL JURISDICTION
BAILIFF
BAR EXAMINATION
38. The facility where juvenile offenders are held in custody.
JURY COMMISSIONER
STATEMENT - OPENING
STAY
DETENTION FACILITY
39. The hearing given to person accused of crime - by a magistrate or judge - to determine whether there is enough evidence to warrant the confinement and holding to bail the person accused.
ADJUDICATION
SHOPLIFTING
INTERVENTION
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
40. To obtain customers for a whore or prostitute. One who obtains customers for a whore or prostitute.
PIMP
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
ORDER - COURT
41. Now called Judgment as a Matter of Law. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict.
ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
DIRECTED VERDICT
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
42. Each of the allegations of an offense listed in a charging document.
SEPARATION
ALFORD PLEA
COUNT
MIRANDA RIGHTS
43. Unlawful killing of another - without malice - when the death is caused by some other unlawful act not usually expected to result in great bodily harm.
COURT REPORTER
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
PANDERING
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
44. Facts that do not constitute a justification or excuse for an offense but which may be considered as reasons for reducing the degree of blame.
ESTOPPEL
NOT GUILTY
MITIGATING FACTORS
RESTITUTION
45. The facts that give rise to a lawsuit or a legal claim.
ESTATE
MEDIATION
ACCORD
CAUSE OF ACTION
46. A program of parental care for children who do not have an in-home parental relationship with either biological or adoptive parents.
LEASE
GAMBLING
INSANITY PLEA
FOSTER CARE
47. The designation assigned to each case filed in a particular court. Also called a case number.
CIVIL ACTION
MISDEMEANOR
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
DOCKET NUMBER
48. A body of persons temporarily selected from the citizens of a particular district sworn to listen to the evidence in a trial and declare a verdict on matters of fact.
ADMISSIBLE
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
SHERIFF
JURY
49. An action between two or more persons in the courts of law - not a criminal matter.
CASE LAW
ROBBERY
LAWSUIT
KIDNAPPING
50. 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.
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
CALENDAR
BENCH CONFERENCE
PERJURY