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Law Vocab
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1. Physical condition of a child indicating that external or internal injuries result from acts committed by a parent or custodian.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
BEQUEATH
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
JOYRIDING
2. 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
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
ACTION
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
3. 1. The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. 2. The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
CRIMINAL CASE
PRESENTMENT
JURISDICTION
EQUITABLE ACTION
4. Exposure to sight of the private parts of the body in a lewd or indecent manner in a public place.
ADMINISTRATOR
STAY
CONTEMPT OF COURT
INDECENT EXPOSURE
5. The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.
CASE NUMBER
CROSS-EXAMINATION
FIFTH AMENDMENT
ALLEGATION
6. 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.
RETURN
STATEMENT - CLOSING
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
MAYHEM
7. 1. To discuss - ponder or reflect upon before reaching a decision. A judge will usually deliberate before announcing a judgment. 2. Intentional - characterized by consideration and awareness.
DELIBERATE
CHAMBERS
POLYGRAPH
COUNTERFEIT
8. A person who directs a commission; a member of a commission. The officer in charge of a department or bureau of a public service.
COMMISSIONER
BODY ATTACHMENT
BEST EVIDENCE
COMPLAINANT
9. Evidence that helps to prove a point or issue in a case.
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
RELEVANT
BAILIFF
DETENTION
10. A person appointed by will or by law to assume responsibility for incompetent adults or minor children.
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
GUARDIAN
BOOKMAKING
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
11. The party who complains or sues; one who applies to the court for legal redress. Also called the plaintiff.
SETTLOR
COMPLAINANT
MAGISTRATE
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
12. This phrase - endorsed by a grand jury on the written indictment submitted to it for its approval - means that the evidence was found insufficient to indict.
NO BILL
CONSPIRACY
QUASH
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
13. The practice which enables an accused awaiting trial to be released without posting any security other than a promise to appear before the court at the proper time.
RECOGNIZANCE
PERSONAL PROPERTY
EVIDENCE
BIFURCATE
14. Placing a convicted defendant on conditional probation - the successful completion of which will prevent entry of the underlying judgment of conviction
KNOWINGLY
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
PRECEDENT
LENIENCY
15. To unite - to combine - to enter into an alliance.
RETURN
MATERIAL WITNESS
CIVIL CASE
JOIN
16. An action for the recovery of a possession that has been wrongfully taken.
FORECLOSURE
REPLEVIN
OFFENSE
PLEA
17. The number assigned to the criminal record that corresponds to the person's arrest.
COUNSEL
JOINT VENTURE
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
BOOKING NUMBER
18. 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.
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
FIDUCIARY
GRAND THEFT
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
19. A forsaking - abandoning - renouncing - or giving over a right.
INFRACTION
EXONERATE
PETIT JURY
RELINQUISHMENT
20. To overthrow - to vacate - to annul or make void.
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
QUASH
ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
21. The generic name for the defendant in a criminal case.
POLYGRAPH
CLERK OF COURT
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
ACCUSED
22. The willful taking and concealing of merchandise from a store or business establishment with the intention of using the goods for one's personal use without paying the purchase price.
SHOPLIFTING
ESTOPPEL
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
SERVICE
23. A document or other item introduced as evidence during a trial or hearing.
POSTPONEMENT
EXHIBIT
GRAND JURY
ISSUE
24. An offensive touching or use of force on a person without the person's consent.
OBJECTION
BAILIFF
BATTERY
NOMINAL PARTY
25. Removal of a charge - responsibility or duty.
BENCH CONFERENCE
EXONERATE
MODIFICATION
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
26. Stealing or theft.
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
LARCENY
INTESTATE
PRIVITY
27. An assistant lawyer to the state's attorney.
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28. A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it - before a notary or officer havingauthority to administer oaths.
JURY TRIAL
POUR-OVER WILL
AFFIDAVIT
STATUTORY LAW
29. State laws that provide for the distribution of estate property of a person who dies without a will. Same as intestacy laws.
FAIR HEARING
INCEST
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
PENITENTIARY
30. Help - assist - or facilitate the commission of a crime.
AID AND ABET
LIABILITY
RECIDIVISM
CAPITAL CASE
31. Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else.Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
EQUAL PROTECTION
INTERROGATORIES
HEARSAY
GRAND JURY
32. False and defamatory spoken words tending to harm another's reputation - community standing - office - trade - business - or means of livelihood.
PRIVILEGE
DEFAULT
CRIMINAL CASE
SLANDER
33. An attempt to cause serious bodily injury to another or purposely - knowingly or recklesslycausing such injury - or an attempt to cause or purposely or knowingly cause bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
PROFFER
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
EXPERT TESTIMONY
34. The closure of court records to inspection - except to the parties.
STANDING
SERVE A SENTENCE
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
SEALING
35. A mutual understanding and intention between two or more parties. The writing or instrument which isevidence of an agreement. (Although often used as synonymous with contract - agreement is a broader term.)
PIMP
AGREEMENT
ASSAULT
CODE
36. In some states - the highest appellate court - where it is the Court's discretion whether to hear the case on appeal.
BANKRUPT
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
COURT - APPEALS
DETENTION
37. The legal obligation of parents to contribute to the economic maintenance - including education - of their children. Money paid by one parent to another toward the expenses of the children of the marriage.
CHILD SUPPORT
REASONABLE PERSON
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
PARALEGAL
38. A special type of guilty plea by which a defendant does not admit guilt but concedes that the State hasufficient evidence to convict; normally made to avoid the threat of greater punishment. Source: Black's Law Dictionary(1996); North Carolina v. Alf
PROSTITUTION
INJUNCTION
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
ALFORD PLEA
39. A trust that the grantor may change or revoke.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
FORFEIT
REVOCABLE TRUST
LARCENY
40. One who lives in a location for a period of time and denotes it as their official address or residence.
PERMANENT RESIDENT
REJOINDER
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
PATERNITY
41. A criminal case in which the allowable penalty does not include death.
BURGLARY
NON-CAPITAL CASE
CLOSING ARGUMENT
STRICT LIABILITY
42. Postponing the effect of a judgment already entered - ordinarily because of an error apparent on the record .
PETITION
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
HOMICIDE
PRIVITY
43. A procedure by which a charge(s) against a minor is transferred from a juvenile to circuit court.
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
STATUTORY LAW
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
JUVENILE WAIVER
44. A statement of all important facts - which all the parties agree is true and correct -which is submitted to a court for ruling.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
HEARING - CONTESTED
MISTRIAL
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
45. Ruling or order issued by the judge granting the party's request.
ESTOPPEL
SODOMY
PETITION
MOTION GRANTED
46. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.
INMATE
RAP SHEET
POLLING THE JURY
ACTION
47. One which implicitly instructs the witness how to answer or which suggests to the witness the answer desired.
CIVIL ACTION
GUILTY
MISTRIAL
LEADING QUESTION
48. A statement of the details of the charge made against the defendant.
EVIDENCE
COLLATERAL ATTACK
BILL OF PARTICULARS
SHOPLIFTING
49. Attested as being true or an exact reproduction.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
QUASH
CORROBORATE
CERTIFIED
50. The legal right to bring a lawsuit. Only a person with something at stake has standing to bring a lawsuit.
STANDING
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
ABSTRACTACT
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT