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Law Vocab
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1. 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.
PURGE
SLANDER
MISTRIAL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
2. Having addressed any matter in writing.
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
AGENT
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
MEMORIALIZED
3. To set right; to remedy; to compensate; to remove the causes of a grievance.
MORAL TURPITUDE
CLASS ACTION
CONVICT
REDRESS
4. The court in which a matter must first be filed.
DEMURRER
GAMBLING
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
PERMANENT RESIDENT
5. The confirmation or adoption of a previous act done either by the party himself or by another.
ACCUSED
RECORD
RATIFICATION
HOMICIDE
6. The court with authority to supervise estate administration.
PROBATE COURT
ALFORD PLEA
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
AT ISSUE
7. Exhibit and/or evidence that is offered by the prosecution.
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8. 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.
INTERVENTION
MALPRACTICE
OBJECTION OVERRULED
PETIT JURY
9. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.
REAL EVIDENCE
CONFESSION
HANDCUFFS
DETENTION
10. An order issued by a judge or magistrate commanding a sheriff - constable - or other officer to search a specified location.
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
SEARCH WARRANT
COMPLY
STATUTE
11. The formal statement before the court that the accused admits committing the criminal act.
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
PETIT JURY
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
MERITS
12. 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.
SIDEBAR
STATEMENT - CLOSING
HOSPITAL WARRANT
MANDATE
13. Member of the jury.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
SELF-INCRIMINATION
JUROR
ASSIGNEE
14. Unlawful killing of another - without malice - when the act is committed with a sudden extreme emotional impulse.
SEARCH WARRANT
CAUSE
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
ACCOMPLICE
15. Asserted to be true as depicted or a person who is accused but has not yet been tried in court.
ALLEGED
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
ACTION
MUGSHOT
16. Declarations by either side in a civil or criminal case reserving the right to appeal a judge's ruling upon a motion. Also - in regulatory cases - objections by either side to points made by the other side or to rulings by the agency or one of its he
REJOINDER
EXCEPTIONS
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
17. 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.
CHILD ABUSE
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
SANCTION
JURY
18. The rules and process by which a civil case is tried and appealed - including the preparations for trial - the rules of evidence and trial conduct - and the procedure for pursuing appeals.
CIVIL PROCEDURE
SETTLOR
MEDIATION
REMEDY
19. A judge's private office. A hearing in chambers takes place in the judge's office outside of the presence of the jury and the public.
COMMITMENT
PROFFER
LEASE
CHAMBERS
20. Inclination - bent - a pre-conceived opinion or a predisposition to decide a cause or an issue a certain way.
BIAS
GARNISHMENT
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
EXTRADITION
21. A criminal case in which the allowable penalty does not include death.
DOMICILE
DAMAGES
NON-CAPITAL CASE
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
22. 1. Arrest record. A written account listing all the instances in which a person has been arrested. 2. A form completed by a police officer when a person is arrested.
INTESTACY LAWS
CHILD MOLESTATION
ARREST
CRIMINAL RECORD
23. The act - after a jury verdict has been announced - of asking jurors individually whether they agree with the verdict.
PENITENTIARY
POLLING THE JURY
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
KIDNAPPING
24. A written direction or command delivered by a court or judge.
INDIGENT
PROXIMATE CAUSE
COURT ORDER
ORDINANCE
25. To call into question the truthfulness of a witness.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
CHILD SUPPORT
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
LEASE
26. A trust set up for the benefit of someone who the grantor believes would be incapable of managing his or her own financial affairs.
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
FOUNDATION
ALLEGATION
27. An official or formal statement of facts or proceedings.
IMMUNITY
REPORT
DRUNK DRIVING
PROBATE COURT
28. Someone named to receive property or benefits in a will. In a trust - a person who is to receive benefits from the trust.
BENEFICIARY
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
COLLATERAL ATTACK
29. A protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
ABANDONMENT
PREJUDICE
OBJECTION
EYE WITNESS
30. Legal document issued by a court that shows an administrator's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
KIDNAPPING
MORAL TURPITUDE
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
BENCH
31. 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.
SPEEDY TRIAL
CORONER
CLERK OF COURT
QUASI JUDICIAL
32. 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.
GRAND JURY
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
ANNOTATION
33. An action of a higher court in setting aside or revoking a lower court decision.
MOTION DENIED
REVERSE
EMBEZZLE
DOCKET
34. Authority or discretion vested in an officer whose acts partake of a judicial character.
QUASI JUDICIAL
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
POLLING THE JURY
INTERVENTION
35. Formal authorization of a person to act in the interest of another person.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
REPORT
CONTINUANCE
PATENT
36. Without denying the charge - the defendant raises circumstances such as insanity - self-defense -or entrapment to avoid civil or criminal responsibility.
PETITION
ON A PERSON'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
CHAMBERS
37. List of cases scheduled for hearing in court.
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
SPEEDY TRIAL
CALENDAR
MUGSHOT
38. A crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.
CHIEF JUDGE
OFFENSE
EXONERATE
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
39. A claim by codefendant or co-plaintiffs against each other and not against persons on the opposite side of the lawsuit.
RULES OF EVIDENCE
JUDICIAL REVIEW
CROSS-CLAIM
PETITIONER
40. Antisocial behavior by a minor; especially behavior that would be criminally punishable if the actor were an adult - but instead is usually punished by special laws pertaining only to minors.
LEASE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
SODOMY
41. An arrangement whereby a husband and wife live apart from each other while remaining married either by mutual consent or by a judicial order.
OVERRULE
ABANDONMENT
SEPARATION
FAILURE TO APPEAR
42. Any form of cruelty to a child's physical - moral - or mental well-being.
MOOT
ORDINANCE
CHILD ABUSE
CIVIL ACTION
43. A husband or wife of a deceased spouse married after a will is executed who is not provided for in the will.
ANNOTATION
PROBATE ESTATE
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
CIVIL ACTION
44. The peril in which an accused is placed when he is properly charged with a crime before a court. Jeopardy normally attaches when the petit jury is impaneled.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
JEOPARDY
CONTINUANCE
COLLATERAL ATTACK
45. In the practice of appellate courts - the word means that the decision of the trial court is correct.
ADMISSION
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
AFFIRMED
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
46. The appellate court has the right to review and revise the lower court decision.
JUSTICIABLE
APPEAL
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
PAROLE
47. To deprive a person of his liberty by legal authority.
PIMP
COUNSEL
ARREST
FIND GUILTY
48. A proceeding similar to a trial - without a jury - and usually of shorter duration.
PROBATION
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
BAR
HEARING
49. The section of a courthouse in which the judge presides over the proceedings.
COURTROOM
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
EXPUNGEMENT
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
50. 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
FORFEITURE
DOMICILE
SEARCH WARRANT
PRISON