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Law Vocab
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1. Land - buildings - and other improvements affixed to the land.
REAL PROPERTY
ALLEGE
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
BAIL BOND
2. An order by the court telling a person to stop performing a specific act.
CONTINUANCE
MALICE
ENJOINING
BAIL
3. A meeting between the judge and the lawyers involved in a lawsuit to narrow the issues in the suit - agree on what will be presented at the trial - and make a final effort to settle the case without a trial.
ARRAIGNMENT
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
MEDIATION
COLLATERAL ATTACK
4. A failure to respond to a lawsuit within the specified time.
DEFAULT
SEALING
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
5. Aka SURETY BOND.
PATERNITY
FIDELITY BOND
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
6. Questioning the qualifications of an entire jury panel - usually on the ground of partiality or some fault in the process of summoning the panel.
LIE DETECTOR
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
CREDIBILITY
SETTLEMENT
7. The act of claiming one's own writing to be that of another.
FORGERY
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
GARNISHMENT
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
8. A sentence imposed for the commission of a crime whereby a convicted criminal offender is released into the community - usually under conditions and under the supervision of a probation officer - instead of incarceration.
MALPRACTICE
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
REAL EVIDENCE
PROBATION
9. A defense attorney designated by the court to represent a defendant who does not have the funds to retain an attorney. COURT COSTS - The expenses of prosecuting or defending a lawsuit - other than the attorneys' fees. An amount of moneymay be awarded
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
PROBATE
MOTION DENIED
INADMISSIBLE
10. Facts that do not constitute a justification or excuse for an offense but which may be considered as reasons for reducing the degree of blame.
REBUTTAL
BENCH WARRANT
ARREST
MITIGATING FACTORS
11. To refuse a gift made in a will.
INCRIMINATE
LIVING TRUST
DISCLAIM
CONTINUANCE
12. The court officer responsible for choosing the panel of persons to serve as potential jurors for a particular court term.
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
JURY COMMISSIONER
ENTRAPMENT
EQUAL PROTECTION
13. The unlawful operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
COMPOSITE DRAWING
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
SELF-PROVING WILL
LIEN
14. The combination of those rules and principles of conduct promulgated by legislative authority - derived from court decisions - and established by local custom.
SODOMY
GOOD FAITH
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
LAW
15. The act of stopping a judicial proceeding by order of the court.
INCOMPETENCY
DEFAULT
STAY
ORDER - COURT
16. To annul or make void by recalling or taking back.
MAYHEM
REBUTTAL
INFORMATION
REVOKE
17. A lawyer appointed or elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective judicial districts. See PROSECUTOR.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
PENITENTIARY
DISSOLUTION
COURT REPORTER
18. Written questions asked by one party in a lawsuit for which the opposing party must provide written answers.
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
INTERROGATORIES
EN BANC
FOURTH AMENDMENT
19. A legal inquiry to discover and collect facts concerning a certain matter.
INVESTIGATION
ARGUMENT
BEST EVIDENCE
CHARGE TO THE JURY
20. 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.
PARDON
MISDEMEANOR
DIVORCE
CHILD SUPPORT
21. The first questioning of witnesses by the party on whose behalf they are called.
ACCORD
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
LIE DETECTOR
DIRECT EXAMINATION
22. To forge - to copy or imitate - without authority or right - and with the purpose to deceive or defraud - by passing off the copy as genuine.
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
COUNTERFEIT
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
MEDIATION
23. The appellate court has the right to review and revise the lower court decision.
CASE
CLERK
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
24. The manipulation of an automobile and its parts for a specific purpose.
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
AUTO TAMPERING
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
INJUNCTION
25. 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
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
OATH
COMPLAINANT
26. Behavior that is obscene - lustful - indecent - vulgar.
COSTS
LEWD CONDUCT
JUDGE
PRELIMINARY HEARING
27. To stand idly around - particularly in a public place.
SHERIFF
LEASE
LOITERING
MOOT
28. To take into one's family the child of another and give him or her the rights - privileges - and duties of a child and heir.
ADOPTION
AGREEMENT
HUNG JURY
REST
29. A trust set up and in effect during the lifetime of the grantor. Also called inter vivos trust.
JURY FOREMAN
JURISPRUDENCE
LIVING TRUST
CASE NUMBER
30. The quality in a witness which makes his or her testimony believable.
CAPITAL CASE
CREDIBILITY
OBJECTION
RECALL
31. A report to a judge by police on the implementation of an arrest or search warrant. Also - a report to a judge in reply to a subpoena - civil or criminal.
SENTENCE REPORT
RETURN
JUDGMENT
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
32. The rights of a person guaranteed by the state or federal constitutions.
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
DELIBERATION
CONTEMPT OF COURT
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
33. Legally responsible.
LIABLE
SETTLOR
NOT GUILTY
HOSPITAL WARRANT
34. The loss of money or property resulting from failure to meet a legal obligation or from the illegal nature or use of the money or property.
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
FORFEITURE
CASE NUMBER
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
35. A satisfaction agreed upon between the parties in a lawsuit which bars subsequent actions on the claim.
COUNTY JAIL
ACCORD
POUR-OVER WILL
BENCH CONFERENCE
36. Evidence which is of greater weight or more convincing than the evidence which is offered in opposition to it.
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
CASE LAW
CLOSING ARGUMENT
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
37. An action for the recovery of a possession that has been wrongfully taken.
COUNSEL TABLE
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
REPLEVIN
38. Proof of facts by witnesses who saw acts done or heard words spoken.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
REAL PROPERTY
DIRECT EVIDENCE
COMPLAINANT
39. All the judges of a court sitting together. Appellate courts can consist of a dozen or more judges - but often they hear cases in panels of three judges. If a case is heard or reheard by the full court - it is heard en banc.
PATENT
EN BANC
BOOKING NUMBER
ATTORNEY
40. The unlawful killing of one human being by another.
HOMICIDE
HOLDING CELL
CAPTION
STATUS OFFENDERS
41. Objection to the seating of a particular juror for a stated reason (usually bias or prejudice for or against one of the parties in the lawsuit). The judge has the discretion to deny the challenge. This differs from peremptory challenge.
RESPONDENT
COMMITMENT
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
INTENT
42. The reduction of a sentence - such as from death to life imprisonment.
COMMUTATION
RETURN
LEWD CONDUCT
ADMINISTRATOR
43. The act of inhaling glue in order 'to get high'.
INFRACTION
GLUE SNIFFING
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
EXHIBIT
44. That which - under the rules of evidence - cannot be admitted as evidence in a trial or hearing.
ORAL ARGUMENT
ASSAULT
INADMISSIBLE
EQUITABLE ACTION
45. An inference of the truth or falsity of a proposition or fact - that stands until rebutted by evidence to the contrary.
PRESUMPTION
DIRECT EVIDENCE
COURT REPORTER
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
46. Words - gestures - and actions which tend to annoy - alarm - and verbally abuse another person.
CHANGE OF VENUE
ARRAIGN
BOOKING
HARASSMENT
47. A hallowed principle of criminal law that a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty.
BANKRUPTCY
COMMIT
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
48. The act of not following an order that is directed by the court.
BATTERY
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
FIFTH AMENDMENT
FAILURE TO COMPLY
49. 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
ARRAIGN
PATENT
OPINION
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
50. Putting a person to death - usually by hanging - without legal authority.
LYNCHING
MISTRIAL
BRIEF
FALSE ARREST