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Law Vocab
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1. Allowance ordered to be paid by one spouse to the other for support while the spouses are living apart but not divorced.
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
REPLY
REST
2. Failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would use under the same circumstances.
NEGLIGENCE
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
SLANDER
DETENTION HEARING
3. The cause - price - or impelling influence which induces a party to enter into a contract.
CONSIDERATION
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
LAWSUIT
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
4. Standard of proof commonly used in civil lawsuits and in regulatory agency cases. It governs the amount of proof that must be offered in order for the plaintiff to win the case.
GAMBLING
JEOPARDY
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
STIPULATE
5. A written direction or command delivered by a court or judge.
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
PETTY THEFT
COURT ORDER
6. The court transfer of legal custody of a person from parents or legal guardian to another person - agency - or institution. It may be temporary or permanent.
SPEEDY TRIAL
AUTHENTICATE
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
REMITTITUR
7. One who has authority to act for another.
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
HOSPITAL WARRANT
MAYHEM
AGENT
8. A hallowed principle of criminal law that a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty.
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
OFFENSE
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
9. 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.
LIABLE
QUASI JUDICIAL
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
CAUSATION
10. Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
OFFENSE
ATTACHMENT
CAUSATION
CONSPIRACY
11. A police identification procedure by which the suspect to a crime is exhibited - along with others - before the victim or witness to determine if the victim or witness can identify the committed the crime.suspect as the person who
QUASI JUDICIAL
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
LINEUP
PETTY THEFT
12. Dying without a will.
LIABLE
ACTION
INTESTATE
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
13. Asserted to be true as depicted or a person who is accused but has not yet been tried in court.
ON A PERSON'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE
ALLEGED
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
DETENTION
14. Witnesses are normally required to confine their testimony to statements of fact and are not allowed to give their opinions in court. However - if a witness is qualified as an expert in a particular field - he or she may be allowed to state an opinio
OPINION EVIDENCE
NO BILL
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
FIND GUILTY
15. Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
EVIDENCE
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
ALFORD PLEA
16. Supplementary evidence that tends to strengthen or confirm the initial evidence.
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
JOINT VENTURE
ATTACHMENT
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
17. A county court that handles civil claims for amounts less than $5 -00. People often represent themselves rather than hire an attorney.
SPEEDY TRIAL
LAWSUIT
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
CONCILIATION
18. The party against whom an appeal is taken. Sometimes called a respondent.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
LEWD CONDUCT
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
APPELLEE
19. The court with authority to supervise estate administration.
ROBBERY
STIPULATE
LIABILITY
PROBATE COURT
20. Another hearing of a civil or criminal case by the same court in which the case was originally heard.
PREJUDICE
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
REHEARING
NEXT FRIEND
21. The degree of certainty required for a juror to legally find a criminal defendant guilty
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
FELONY
RETAINER
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
22. Aka DOCKET NUMBER.
CASE NUMBER
ISSUE
STIPULATE
OPINION EVIDENCE
23. Any willful attempt or threat to inflict injury upon the person of another - when coupled with the present ability to do so - and any intentional display of force such as would give victim reason to fear or expect immediate bodily harm.
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
COURT ORDER
ASSAULT
24. False and defamatory spoken words tending to harm another's reputation - community standing - office - trade - business - or means of livelihood.
SLANDER
PENDING
FINDING
MEDIATION
25. 1. One who has been convicted of a criminal offense. 2. That which is connected with the law of crimes; That which has the character of a crime (criminal justice; criminal intent).
MAGISTRATE
NEXT FRIEND
CRIMINAL
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
26. Oral or anal copulation between humans - or between humans or animals.
STAY
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
CORROBORATION
SODOMY
27. A private person (who is not necessarily a lawyer) authorized by another to act in his or her place - either for some particular purpose - as to do a specific act - or for the transaction of business in general - not of legal character. This authorit
ATTEMPT
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
ACQUIT
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
28. Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that marriage between them would be unlawful.
BANKRUPT
RAP SHEET
LITIGANT
INCEST
29. Opportunity to present rebuttal evidence after one's evidence has been subjected to cross-examination.
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
CROSS-CLAIM
30. One who lives in a location for a period of time and denotes it as their official address or residence.
COMMISSIONER
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
PERMANENT RESIDENT
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
31. A forejudgment - bias - a preconceived opinion.
DEPENDENT CHILD
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
PREJUDICE
OATH
32. Evidence which can disappear relatively quickly - such as the amount of alcohol in a person's blood.
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
RATIFICATION
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
33. Generally - justice or fairness.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
REMEDY
NOTICE
EQUITY
34. 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.
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
STATEMENT - CLOSING
INVESTIGATION
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
35. Exhibit and/or evidence that is offered by the prosecution.
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36. 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.
ARBITRATION
ESTATE TAX
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
CIVIL PROCEDURE
37. A right guaranteed by the U. S. Constitution - interpreted by the federal courts; also - a right guaranteed by some other constitution (such as a state constitution).
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
REMEDY
COMPLAINANT
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
38. An action for the recovery of a possession that has been wrongfully taken.
MANDATE
REPLEVIN
MIRANDA RIGHTS
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
39. The defendant's response to the plaintiff's allegations as stated in a complaint. An item-by-item - paragraph-by-paragraph response to points made in a complaint; part of the pleadings.
ANSWER
GUARDIAN
PURGE
JUROR
40. 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.
MALICE
BREACH
EMBEZZLE
JURY BOX
41. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
EXTRADITION
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
DETENTION
42. A reference to a source of legal authority. A direction to appear in court - as when a defendant is cited into court - rather than arrested.
CITATION
COURT - TRAFFIC
PETIT JURY
RETURN
43. 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.)
AGREEMENT
HARASSMENT
INJUNCTION
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
44. To call into question the truthfulness of a witness.
LIBEL
DETENTION HEARING
COUNTERFEIT
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
45. 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.
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
BENEFICIARY
BREATHALYZER TEST
46. An honest belief - the absence of malice - and the absence of design to defraud.
FELONY MURDER
ACCUSED
APPEAL
GOOD FAITH
47. Money or a written instrument such as a deed that - by agreement between two parties - is held by a neutral third party (held in escrow) until all conditions of the agreement are met.
EXPERT TESTIMONY
ESCROW
PERMANENT RESIDENT
INTERLOCUTORY
48. An error committed during a trial that was corrected or was not serious enough to affect the outcome of a trial and (prejudicial) to be reversed on appeal.
SETTLOR
HOLDING CELL
MAGISTRATE
HARMLESS ERROR
49. Immorality. An element of crimes inherently bad - as opposed to crimes bad merely because they are forbidden by statute.
MORAL TURPITUDE
DISSENT
BAILIFF
MALPRACTICE
50. Acts or declarations by which one implicates oneself in a crime.
PATERNITY
SELF-INCRIMINATION
LITIGATION
SEXUAL MOLESTATION