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Law Vocab
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1. 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.
PATENT
BENCH CONFERENCE
REBUTTAL
JURY COMMISSIONER
2. A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
COURT REPORTER
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
3. Noncriminal case in which one private individual or business sues another to protect - enforce - or redress private or civil rights.
EQUITABLE ACTION
ATTEST
CIVIL ACTION
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
4. 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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5. Ill will - hatred - or hostility by one person toward another which may prompt the intentional doing of a wrongful act without legal justification or excuse.
MALICE
MERITS
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
INTERLOCUTORY
6. Legal document issued by a court that shows an executor's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
SETTLOR
COURT - NIGHT
7. The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
CIVIL CASE
CASE LAW
JURISPRUDENCE
ABSTRACTACT
8. 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.
SEARCH WARRANT
CORONER
BODY ATTACHMENT
NEGLIGENCE
9. The reduction of a sentence - such as from death to life imprisonment.
PETTY THEFT
COMMUTATION
COUNT
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
10. The seat occupied by judges in courts.
DIRECT EVIDENCE
BENCH
CIVIL ACTION
ACQUIT
11. An honest belief - the absence of malice - and the absence of design to defraud.
ASSIGNEE
GOOD FAITH
RELEVANT
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
12. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.
BAILIFF
ORAL ARGUMENT
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
COMPLY
13. Test to determine content of alcohol in one arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor by analyzing a breath sample.
BREATHALYZER TEST
CAUSATION
PRIORS
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
14. A statement of all important facts - which all the parties agree is true and correct -which is submitted to a court for ruling.
INHERITANCE TAX
DEFAULT
LIVING TRUST
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
15. An oral (unwritten) will.
CHANGE OF VENUE
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
JURY - HUNG
16. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
SHOPLIFTING
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
INMATE
17. Successive sentences - one beginning at the expiration of another - imposed against a person convicted of two or more violations.
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
JOYRIDING
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
REPORT
18. Money or other security (such as a bail bond) provided to the court to temporarily allow a person's release from jail and assure his or her appearance in court. Bail and Bond are often used interchangeably.
INADMISSIBLE
BAIL
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
REGULATION
19. Remarks addressed by attorney to judge or jury on the merits of case or on points of law.
ARGUMENT
PROBATION OFFICER
PLEA BARGAIN
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
20. The unlawful use of force against another with unusual or serious consequences such as theuse of a dangerous weapon.
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
COURT
INTENT
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
21. To clean or clear - such as eliminating inactive records from court files; with respect to civil contempt - to cure the noncompliance that caused the contempt finding.
ATTEST
CHAMBERS
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
PURGE
22. A proceeding instituted and carried on in order to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused.
LIEN
PROSECUTION
AMENDMENT
CONTEMPT OF COURT
23. A person who is the liable party in paying the bond for the defendant's release from jail.
PLAINTIFF
STATEMENT - OPENING
MERITS
BAIL BONDSMAN
24. The act of showing a weapon to another person - typically the police or the victim.
ABANDONMENT
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
DIRECT EVIDENCE
FELONY MURDER
25. Begun - but not yet completed. Thus - an action is pending from its inception until the rendition of its final judgment.
CRIMINAL RECORD
PENDING
ALLOCUTION
COMMUTATION
26. A picture of an alleged criminal created by a professional police artist using verbal descriptionsgiven by the victim or a witness.
ASSAULT
COMPOSITE DRAWING
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
OFFER OF PROOF
27. 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
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
STATEMENT - OPENING
GARNISHMENT
28. A case summary or commentary on the law cases - statutes - and rules illustrating its interpretation.
ADMONISH
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
ANNOTATION
29. A list of cases to be heard by a court - or a log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
SERVICE
FORFEIT
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
DOCKET
30. A person who makes and signs an affidavit.
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
STANDING
AFFIANT
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
31. A suit which has been quashed and ended.
COUNTY JAIL
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
32. Taking and carrying away the personal property of another person of a value in excess of an amount set by law with the .intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it.
GRAND THEFT
INSTRUCTIONS
SERVICE
EVIDENCE
33. 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.
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
BRIEF
COURT OF RECORD
POSTPONEMENT
34. An order issued by a judge or magistrate commanding a sheriff - constable - or other officer to search a specified location.
ESCROW
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
JURY TRIAL
SEARCH WARRANT
35. A warrant that a court issues under Health-General Article Section 12-120 after a probable cause determination
JURY
CLOSING ARGUMENT
HOSPITAL WARRANT
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
36. 1. One who administers the estate of a person who dies without a will. 2. A court official.
ESTATE
RELEVANT
ADMINISTRATOR
ATTORNEY
37. Writ or order by a court prohibiting a specific action from being carried out by a person or group.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
INJUNCTION
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
38. In the practice of appellate courts - the word means that the decision of the trial court is correct.
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
AFFIRMED
BAR EXAMINATION
CAUSE OF ACTION
39. Presiding or Administrative Judge in a court.
CHIEF JUDGE
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
STATEMENT - CLOSING
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
40. Money awarded to an injured person - over and above the measurable value of the injury - in order to punish the person who hurt him.
AGENT
EMINENT DOMAIN
PETITION
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
41. The lack of power or the legal ability to act.
INCAPACITY
PETITIONER
CONTEMPT OF COURT
INDIGENT
42. To place a paper in the official custody of the clerk of court to enter into the files or records of a case.
JURY - HUNG
FILE
JEOPARDY
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
43. Primary evidence; the best evidence available. Evidence short of this is 'secondary.' That is - anoriginal letter is 'best evidence -' and a photocopy is 'secondary evidence.'
PRIVITY
ATTACHMENT
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
BEST EVIDENCE
44. Opportunity to present rebuttal evidence after one's evidence has been subjected to cross-examination.
JUROR - ALTERNATE
LIVING TRUST
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
MAGISTRATE
45. The reduction by a judge of the damages awarded by a jury.
REMITTITUR
FIDUCIARY
DEFAULT
FIFTH AMENDMENT
46. To confine in jail.
JUVENILE
INCARCERATE
DEPOSITION
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
47. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
IMPANEL
48. Evidence which tends to indicate that a defendant did not commit the alleged crime.
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
PUBLIC DEFENDER
49. A special kind of executor - permitted by the laws of certain states - who performs the duties of an executor without intervention by the court.
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
LIE DETECTOR
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
50. A procedure by which a charge(s) against a minor is transferred from a juvenile to circuit court.
JUVENILE WAIVER
PRETERMITTED CHILD
DISSOLUTION
DEFENSE ATTORNEY