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Law Vocab
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1. To support with evidence or authority; make more certain.
REJOINDER
BEQUEATH
BURDEN OF PROOF
CORROBORATE
2. To bear witness to - to affirm to be true or genuine - to certify.
DOMICILE
ATTEST
ACQUIT
FORGERY
3. Unlawful sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 18 - regardless of whether they consent to the act.
STATUTORY RAPE
BATTERY
SLANDER
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
4. A jury whose members cannot agree upon a verdict.
AGENT
OATH
HUNG JURY
GUARDIAN
5. 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.
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
PURGE
PREJUDICE
CAUSE
6. A will entirely written - dated - and signed by the testator in his/her own handwriting.
MOTION
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
ALLEGATION
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
7. 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.
CRIMINAL RECORD
OFFENDER
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
ESTOPPEL
8. A person to whom the court refers a pending case to take testimony - hear the parties - and report to the court.
SERVICE OF PROCESS
REFEREE
INTENT
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
9. Any form of indecent or sexual activity on - involving - or surrounding a child under the state's designated age.
ACCORD
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
CHILD MOLESTATION
PRIVILEGE
10. A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a trial court's procedure.
RECOGNIZANCE
PRE-INJUNCTION
PROBATION
APPELLATE COURT
11. The unlawful operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
CONFISCATE
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
12. Declaration or document issued by a grand jury that either makes a neutral report or notes misdeeds by officials charged with specified public duties.
CRIMINAL RECORD
PRESENTMENT
APPEAL
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
13. Numerous and unnecessary attempts to litigate the same issue.
PETTY OFFENSE
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
CLERK
PLEA BARGAIN
14. Formal conclusion by a judge or jury on issues of fact.
CHILD ABUSE
FINDING
RULES OF EVIDENCE
INDECENT EXPOSURE
15. Trial in which a jury decides issues of fact as opposed to trial only before a judge.
CRIMINAL CASE
PETITION
JURY TRIAL
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
16. Physical condition of a child indicating that external or internal injuries result from acts committed by a parent or custodian.
MAYHEM
EVICTION
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
APPELLEE
17. The dismissal of a case - by which the same cause of action cannot be brought against thedefendant again at a later date.
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
DEPOSITION
INTESTACY LAWS
PRESUMPTION
18. An allowance for expenses in prosecuting or defending a suit. Ordinarily this does not include attorney fees.
INITIAL APPEARANCE
AUTHENTICATE
COSTS
GRAND JURY
19. There are essentially three standards of proof applicable in most court proceedings. In criminal cases - the offense must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt - the highest standard. In civil cases and neglect and dependency proceedings - the lowest
OPENING ARGUMENT
BAR EXAMINATION
STANDARD OF PROOF
DEATH PENALTY
20. Help - assist - or facilitate the commission of a crime.
FAILURE TO APPEAR
AID AND ABET
GUARDIAN
AUTO TAMPERING
21. 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
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
JURISDICTION
ANNUAL REVIEW
22. The act of bringing to an end; termination. The dissolution of a marriage or other relationship.
JUDGMENT
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
RECUSE
DISSOLUTION
23. A case summary or commentary on the law cases - statutes - and rules illustrating its interpretation.
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
PARDON
ANNOTATION
24. Published words or pictures that falsely and maliciously harm the reputation of a person. See DEFAMATION.
OATH
GLUE SNIFFING
ABANDONMENT
LIBEL
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.
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
SEPARATION
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
ALFORD PLEA
26. 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
DECREE
AGENT
OPINION
MOOT
27. Law enacted by the legislative branch of government - as distinguished from case law or common law .
STATUTORY LAW
ANNUAL REVIEW
CLAIM
DEATH ROW
28. Inferences drawn from proven facts.
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
PETITION
ADMISSIBLE
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
29. A trust set up and in effect during the lifetime of the grantor. Also called inter vivos trust.
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
LIVING TRUST
AFFIANT
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
30. Evidence in form of witness testimony - who actually saw - heard - or touched the subject of question.
GUARDIANSHIP
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
FOUNDATION
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
31. To overthrow - to vacate - to annul or make void.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
QUASH
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
GUILTY
32. Failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would use under the same circumstances.
PETIT JURY
AFFIDAVIT
HOMICIDE
NEGLIGENCE
33. An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
BRIEF
ORAL ARGUMENT
ASSAULT
PLEADINGS
34. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
JURY BOX
FINGERPRINT
JUVENILE WAIVER
35. A violation of law - not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses are generally considered infractions.
INFRACTION
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
ESTATE TAX
36. An order of the court. A final decree is one that fully and finally disposes of the litigation. Aninterlocutory decree is a preliminary order that often disposes of only part of a lawsuit.
DECREE
PREMEDITATION
COMPLAINT
COURT OF RECORD
37. The process of photographing - fingerprinting - and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest.
CONCILIATION
BOOKING
COLLATERAL
PROTECTIVE ORDER
38. To deprive a person of his liberty by legal authority.
EXTRADITION
ARREST
QUASH
COLLATERAL ATTACK
39. Asserted to be true as depicted or a person who is accused but has not yet been tried in court.
JEOPARDY
ALLEGED
HEARING
COURTROOM
40. The court officer responsible for choosing the panel of persons to serve as potential jurors for a particular court term.
JURY COMMISSIONER
RECIDIVISM
DISMISS
FOURTH AMENDMENT
41. 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.
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
OVERRULE
AGENT
EVIDENCE
42. 1. Property that is pledged as security against a debt. 2. A person belonging to the same ancestral stock (a relation) - but not in a direct line of descent.
COLLATERAL
LAY PERSON
FAIR HEARING
HEARSAY
43. A proceeding in which the accused is brought before the court to plead to the criminal charge in the indictment or information. The charge is read to him or her and he or she is asked to plead guilty or not guilty or - where permitted - nolo contende
ARRAIGNMENT
MANDATE
HEARING
DEFAMATION
44. Process by which a court seeks to interpret the meaning and scope of legislation.
FAILURE TO APPEAR
COURT
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
SENTENCE REPORT
45. Another term for arraignment.
GUARDIAN
PRELIMINARY HEARING
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
ESTATE
46. The process by which one state or country surrenders to another state - a person accused or convicted of a crime in the other state.
EXTRADITION
ALIBI
COMMUTATION
PETTY THEFT
47. The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
SELF-PROVING WILL
CROSS-EXAMINATION
CONVICTION
48. A phrase commonly applied to counsel employed to assist in the preparation or management of the case - or its presentation on appeal - but who is not the principal attorney for the party.
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
IMPLIED CONTRACT
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
OF COUNSEL
49. In juvenile court - a judicial hearing - usually held after the filing of a petition - to determine interim custody of a minor pending a judgment.
BODY ATTACHMENT
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
DETENTION HEARING
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
50. Ordinarily refers to a summary proceeding for restoring possession of land to one who has been wrongfully deprived of possession.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
NULL AND VOID
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS