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Subject : law
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1. A small amount of money set aside from the estate of the deceased. Its purpose is to provide for the surviving family members during the administration of the estate.






2. 1. A unit of the judiciary authorized to decide disputed matters of fact - cases or controversies. 2. Figuratively - the judge or judicial officer. Judges sometimes use 'court' to refer to themselves in the third person - as in 'the court has read






3. A legal proceeding in which a debtor's money - in the possession of another (the garnishee) - is applied to the debts of the debtor - such as when an employer garnishes a debtor's wages.






4. An assault committed with the intention of committing some additional crime.






5. An amendment to a will.

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6. Judicial officer having strictly limited jurisdiction exercising some of the functions of a judge.






7. Estate property that may be disposed of by a will.






8. 1. To execute - perpetrate - or carry out an act. To commit a crime. 2. To send a person to prison - asylum - or reformatory by a court order.






9. An individual appointed by the court to oversee administrative matters.






10. 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






11. A determination of guilt which is the result of a trial or entry of a plea of guilty or nol contendere (no contest) - regardless of whether adjudication of guilt or imposition of sentence was suspended - deferred - or withheld.






12. The obligation of a party to establish by evidence a requisite degree of belief concerning a fact in the mind of the trier of fact or the court.






13. A lawsuit brought to enforce - redress - or protect private rights or to gain payment for a wrong done to a person or party by another person or party. In general - all types of actions other than criminal proceedings.






14. A statement of the details of the charge made against the defendant.






15. The facts that give rise to a lawsuit or a legal claim.






16. To state - recite - assert - claim - maintain - charge or set forth. To make an allegation.






17. Money awarded to an injured person - over and above the measurable value of the injury - in order to punish the person who hurt him.






18. One acting without formal appointment as guardian for the benefit of an infant - a person of unsound mind not judicially declared incompetent - or other person under some disability.






19. Procedure by which mortgaged property is sold on default of the mortgagor in satisfaction of mortgage debt.






20. To withhold a debtor's money - and turn it over to another in order to pay a debt. Typically - the one withholding the money is the debtor's employer.






21. The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.






22. An oral (unwritten) will.






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






24. A reasonable belief that a crime has or is being committed; the basis for all lawful searches - seizures -and arrests.






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. The ordinary jury of twelve (or fewer) persons for the trial of a civil or criminal case. So called to distinguish it from the grand jury.






27. A lawyer appointed or elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective judicial districts. See PROSECUTOR.






28. Evidence given to explain - repel - counteract - or disprove facts given in evidence by the adverse party.






29. A violation of law - not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses are generally considered infractions.






30. Bail that is kept by the court as a result of not following a court order.






31. The act of staking money - or other thing of value - on an uncertain event or outcome.






32. 1. A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a sentence for that crime; a prison inmate. 2. To find a person guilty of an offense by either a trial or a plea of guilty.






33. The lawyer who represents a client and is entitled to receive all formal documents from the court or from other parties. Also known as counsel of record.






34. The breaking or violating of a law - right - obligation - or duty either by doing an act or failing to do an act. BREAKING AND ENTERING - Breaking and entering a dwelling of another in nighttime with intent to commit a felony therein.






35. 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.






36. The facility where juvenile offenders are held in custody.






37. A state tax on property that an heir or beneficiary under a will receives from a deceased person's estate. The heir or beneficiary pays this tax.






38. 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.






39. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.






40. A judge's written explanation of a decision of the court or of a majority of judges. A dissenting opinion disagrees with the majority opinion because of the reasoning and/or the principles of law on which the decision is based. A concurring opinion a






41. A request made after a trial - asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial wasconducted properly. To make such a request is 'to appeal' or 'to take an appeal.'






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






43. Additional juror impaneled in case of sickness or disability of another juror.






44. Now called Judgment as a Matter of Law. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict.






45. Pre-trial release based on the person's own promise that he or she will show up for trial (no bond required). Also referred to as release on own recognizance or ROR.






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






47. A jury whose members cannot agree upon a verdict.






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






49. The specific place in the courtroom where the jury sits during the trial.






50. To deprive a person of his liberty by legal authority.