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Law Vocab
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1. Written or oral pledge by a witness to speak the truth.
PRESENTMENT
PETITION
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
OATH
2. The confirmation or adoption of a previous act done either by the party himself or by another.
RATIFICATION
LEASE
HOSTILE WITNESS
FOSTER CARE
3. The presence of drugs on the accused for recreational use or for the purpose to sell.
CORONER
STATUTE
HIT AND RUN
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
4. An order of the court requiring all witnesses to remain outside the courtroom until each is called to testify - except the plaintiff or defendant. The witnesses are ordered not to discuss their testimony with each other and may be held in contempt if
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
ATTEMPT
BAIL
INCOMPETENCY
5. To seize or take private property for public use (the police confiscated the weapon).
LARCENY
ATTACHMENT
CONFISCATE
DAMAGES
6. Professional legal services available usually to persons or organizations unable to afford legal representation.
COURT OF RECORD
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
NO BILL
LEGAL AID
7. A will whose validity does not have to be testified to in court by the witnesses to it - because the witnesses executed an affidavit reflecting proper execution of the will prior to the maker's death.
BIFURCATE
GUARDIAN
DOMICILE
SELF-PROVING WILL
8. To set right; to remedy; to compensate; to remove the causes of a grievance.
NOMINAL PARTY
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
REDRESS
PENDING
9. An attorney who represents a person accused of committing a crime.
ALLEGATION
ATTEST
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
10. The operation of a vehicle in an impaired state after consuming alcohol that when tested is above the state's legal alcohol limit.
LENIENCY
PRIORS
SPEEDY TRIAL
DRUNK DRIVING
11. Oral or written request made by a party to an action before - during - or after a trial asking the judge to issue a ruling or order in that party's favor.
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
MOTION
RESTITUTION
INTERLOCUTORY
12. Legal document issued by a court that shows an executor's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
INDICTMENT
REPORT
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
REMAND
13. The process by which the property of a person who has died without a will passes on to others according to the state's distribution statutes.
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
OPINION EVIDENCE
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
PENITENTIARY
14. The act of stopping a judicial proceeding by order of the court.
GUARDIAN
STAY
FAIR HEARING
AFFIANT
15. A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a trial court's procedure.
GOOD CAUSE
GLUE SNIFFING
DEFAULT
APPELLATE COURT
16. A ruling by the court in favor of the party making the objection.
CLOSING ARGUMENT
DISMISS
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
ESTATE
17. Language in a will that provides that a person who makes a legal challenge to the will's validity will be disinherited.
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
RECKLESS DRIVING
SODOMY
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
18. Responsible for a delinquency - crime - or other offense; not innocent.
GUILTY
REPORT
ORAL ARGUMENT
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
19. The transfer of a state case to federal court for trial; in civil cases - because the parties are from different states; in criminal and some civil cases - because there is a significant possibility that there could not be a fair trial in state court
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
LYNCHING
REMOVAL
FIDUCIARY
20. Legal right given to a person to manage the property and financial affairs of a person deemed incapable of doing that for himself or herself. (Conservators have somewhat less responsibility than guardians. See also guardianship.)
CONSERVATORSHIP
MOTION
PAROLE
LENIENCY
21. To legally certify the innocence of one charged with a crime. To set free - release or discharge from an obligation - burden or accusation. To find a defendant not guilty in a criminal trial.
AUTHENTICATE
DOMICILE
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
ACQUIT
22. To make it appear that one is guilty of a crime.
INCRIMINATE
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
SERVE A SENTENCE
23. 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
CONVICTION
RECIDIVISM
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
24. Exhibit and/or evidence that is offered by the prosecution.
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25. A murder committed during the commission of a felony such as robbery - burglary - or kidnapping.
MITIGATING FACTORS
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
FELONY MURDER
INDICTMENT
26. Inclination - bent - a pre-conceived opinion or a predisposition to decide a cause or an issue a certain way.
BIAS
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
CONFESSION
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
27. One who saw the act - fact - or transaction to which he or she testifies.
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
EYE WITNESS
CHIEF JUDGE
SECURED DEBT
28. 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.
ANNOTATION
COUNTERFEIT
MUGSHOT
RECOGNIZANCE
29. Ruling or order issued by the judge denying the party's request.
CHARGE TO THE JURY
PETITIONER
JUVENILE WAIVER
MOTION DENIED
30. Authority or discretion vested in an officer whose acts partake of a judicial character.
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
QUASI JUDICIAL
ESTOPPEL
FIRST APPEARANCE
31. The degree of certainty required for a juror to legally find a criminal defendant guilty
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
CITATION
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
32. The form of verdict in criminal cases where the jury acquits the defendant - finds him or her not guilty.
PETTY THEFT
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
NOT GUILTY
REVOCABLE TRUST
33. List of cases scheduled for hearing in court.
ALFORD PLEA
CALENDAR
CLERK OF COURT
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
34. A person's own act - or acceptance of facts - which preclude his or her later making claims to the contrary.
COURT REPORTER
JOYRIDING
SLANDER
ESTOPPEL
35. The illegal taking of an automobile without intent to deprive the owner permanently of the vehicle - often involving reckless driving.
JOYRIDING
DEPENDENT CHILD
PROFFER
COMMISSIONER
36. A hearing in which certain rights are respected such as the right to present evidence - to cross examine and to have findings supported by evidence.
FAIR HEARING
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
37. In juvenile court - a judicial hearing - usually held after the filing of a petition - to determine interim custody of a minor pending a judgment.
DETENTION HEARING
FINGERPRINT
FORFEITURE
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
38. 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.
STATEMENT - CLOSING
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
HARASSMENT
JUDICIAL NOTICE
39. The written statements of fact and law filed by the parties to a lawsuit.
DISMISS
PLEADINGS
SERVE A SENTENCE
SENTENCE REPORT
40. A procedural error during a trial or hearing sufficiently harmful to justify reversing the judgment of a lower court.
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
GUARDIAN
CROSS-EXAMINATION
REVERSIBLE ERROR
41. A party to a lawsuit. Litigation refers to a case - controversy - or lawsuit.
LITIGANT
GUILTY
ANSWER
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
42. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the judgment given.
IRRELEVANT
PRIORS
RETAINER
ADJUDICATION
43. 1. Defendant's statement of a reason why the plaintiff or prosecutor has no valid case against defendant -especially a defendant's answer - denial - or plea. 2. Defendant's method and strategy in opposing the plaintiff or theprosecution. 3. One or mo
BANKRUPT
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
DEFENSE
RELEVANT
44. Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
COMPETENCY
RAPE
ATTACHMENT
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
45. Pimping. Arranging for acts of prostitution.
CHANGE OF VENUE
EVIDENCE
PANDERING
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
46. An assistant lawyer to the state's attorney.
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47. A method of determining whether a person is intoxicated using a motor skills test which is administered by testing the driver's speaking ability and/or physical coordination.
MEDIATION
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
CONFESSION
CAUSE OF ACTION
48. Against - or not authorized by law; unlawful.
REVERSE
CALLING THE DOCKET
ALIMONY
ILLEGAL
49. A claim by a defendant that he or she lacks the soundness of mind required by law to accept responsibility for a criminal act.
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
INSANITY PLEA
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
MEMORIALIZED
50. The right of all persons to receive the guarantees and safeguards of the law and the judicial process. It includes such constitutional requirements as adequate notice - assistance of counsel - the right to remain silent - theright to a speedy and pub
INADMISSIBLE
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
ARSON
SERVICE