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Law Vocab
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1. A misdemeanor or minor offense or comparatively insignificant criminal act.
ARGUMENT
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
PETTY OFFENSE
JUROR - ALTERNATE
2. In tort law - a defense to a personal injury suit. The essence of an affirmative defense is that the plaintiff assumed the known risk of whatever dangerous condition caused the injury.
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
APPELLANT
3. An action by which a third person who may be affected by a lawsuit is permitted to become a party to the suit. Differs from the process of becoming an amicus curiae.
LEVY
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
INTERVENTION
CONSIDERATION
4. In practice - a notice in writing requiring the opposite party to produce a certain described paper or document at the trial - or in the course of pre-trial discovery.
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
MORAL TURPITUDE
5. Evidence which might unfairly sway the judge or jury to one side or the other.
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
LAW
SEPARATION
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
6. To disagree. An appellate court opinion setting forth the minority view and outlining the disagreement of one or more judges with the decision of the majority.
ATTORNEY
DISSENT
ACTION
ORDINANCE
7. A crime composed of some - but not all - of the elements of a greater crime; commission of the greater crime automatically includes commission of the lesser included offense.
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
STATE'S ATTORNEY
FELONY MURDER
8. The legal right to bring a lawsuit. Only a person with something at stake has standing to bring a lawsuit.
FAILURE TO COMPLY
STANDING
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
ORDINANCE
9. Testimony given in relation to some scientific - technical - or professional matter by experts - i.e. -person qualified to speak authoritatively by reason of their special training - skill - or familiarity with the subject.
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
EXPERT TESTIMONY
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
10. An assistant lawyer to the state's attorney.
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11. Juvenile found to have committed a status offense rather than a crime that would provide a basis for a finding of delinquency. Typical status offenses are habitual truancy - violating a curfew - or running away from home. These are not crimes - but t
EXECUTE
GARNISH
LIABLE
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
12. A pretrial discovery device by which one party questions the other party or a witness for the other party. It usually takes place in the office of one of the lawyers - in the presence of a court reporter - who transcribes what is said. Questions are
PETTY OFFENSE
PROSECUTION
DEPOSITION
FORFEIT
13. Responsible for a delinquency - crime - or other offense; not innocent.
ARRAIGN
GUILTY
DELIBERATE
CREDIBILITY
14. The rights of a person guaranteed by the state or federal constitutions.
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
PUBLIC DEFENDER
NULL AND VOID
15. 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.
ANNOTATION
CORONER
COMPLAINT
QUASI JUDICIAL
16. State laws that provide for the distribution of estate property of a person who dies without a will. Same as intestacy laws.
SHOPLIFTING
COUNTY JAIL
AGREEMENT
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
17. A specialized court that hears crimes dealing with traffic offenses.
COURT - TRAFFIC
CONSIDERATION
COMMITMENT
BRIEF
18. Another term for arraignment.
PRELIMINARY HEARING
REVERSE
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
19. The act of collecting the bets of others or making odds on future gambling events.
MOTION
BOOKMAKING
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
ANNUAL REVIEW
20. A jury which is unable to agree on a verdict after a suitable period of deliberation.
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
KIDNAPPING
JURY - HUNG
21. Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start.
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
BANKRUPTCY
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
22. The person to whom property rights or power are transferred by another - a grantee.
PANDERING
ASSIGNEE
AUTO TAMPERING
COLLATERAL ATTACK
23. The state - as in the People of the State of Florida.
ENHANCE
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
PROXIMATE CAUSE
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
24. An inference of the truth or falsity of a proposition or fact - that stands until rebutted by evidence to the contrary.
DIVORCE
DELIBERATION
PRESUMPTION
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
25. A suit which has been quashed and ended.
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
BAILIFF
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
26. A belief in the American legal system which states that all people accused of a criminal act are considered not to have committed the crime until the evidence leaves no doubt in the mind of the court or the jury .
LIE DETECTOR
PAROLE
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
27. The act of stopping a judicial proceeding by order of the court.
COURT REPORTER
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
STAY
DEATH PENALTY
28. Substantial reason - one that affords a legal excuse.
NEGLIGENCE
ADMISSION
GOOD CAUSE
CALLING THE DOCKET
29. Form of discipline of a lawyer resulting in the loss (often permanently) of that lawyer's right to practice law. It differs from censure (an official reprimand or condemnation) and from suspension (a temporary loss of the right to practice law).
SETTLOR
PENALTY
DISBARMENT
CONVICTION
30. Without denying the charge - the defendant raises circumstances such as insanity - self-defense -or entrapment to avoid civil or criminal responsibility.
JUDICIAL NOTICE
JUROR
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
IMPLIED CONTRACT
31. One who commits a crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.
OFFENDER
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
INDEMNIFY
32. The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant after his or her conviction by imposing a punishment to be inflicted either in the form of a fine - incarceration or probation.
INTERROGATORIES
EXECUTE
SENTENCE
JURY - HUNG
33. Keeping all witnesses (except plaintiff and defendant) out of the courtroom except for their time on the stand - and cautioning them not to discuss their testimony with other witnesses. Also called separation of witnesses. This prevents a witness fro
OFFER OF PROOF
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
INCEST
CONDEMNATION
34. A lawsuit - litigation - or action. Any question - civil or criminal - litigated or contested before a court of justice.
RECUSE
CAUSE
DEPOSITION
MOTION GRANTED
35. Fatherhood.
DELIBERATE
PATERNITY
STANDING
APPELLEE
36. 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.
PROTECTIVE ORDER
CRIMINAL RECORD
POLYGRAPH
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
37. 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.
CODE
ESCROW
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
DEPOSITION
38. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the judgment given.
NO BILL
ADJUDICATION
CONVICTION
BAIL
39. The unlawful use of force against another with unusual or serious consequences such as theuse of a dangerous weapon.
SHERIFF
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
DEPOSITION
ASSAULT
40. An attack on a judgment other than a direct appeal to a higher court.
RULE OF COURT
COLLATERAL ATTACK
COMMITMENT
CAPITAL CASE
41. 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
CHILD SUPPORT
PARDON
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
42. 1. One who administers the estate of a person who dies without a will. 2. A court official.
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
PENITENTIARY
NOMINAL PARTY
ADMINISTRATOR
43. Evidence not sufficiently related to the matter in issue.
COMPOSITE DRAWING
MALFEASANCE
SETTLOR
IRRELEVANT
44. 1) The disputed point in a disagreement between parties in a lawsuit. 2) To send out officially - as in to issue an order.
SHOPLIFTING
ISSUE
RAPE
PREMEDITATION
45. Act of the client in employing the attorney or counsel. Also denotes the fee the client pays when he or she retains the attorney to act for him or her.
FALSE PRETENSES
SERVE A SENTENCE
RETAINER
CONVICTION
46. Refers to courts that are limited in the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear. For example - traffic violations generally are heard by limited jurisdiction courts.
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
LIMITED JURISDICTION
ENJOINING
47. The act - after a jury verdict has been announced - of asking jurors individually whether they agree with the verdict.
POLLING THE JURY
BRIEF
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
48. 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.
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
DISCOVERY
49. 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.
APPEAL
CITATION
FORECLOSURE
BEQUESTS
50. A ruling by the court against the party making the objection.
OBJECTION OVERRULED
CONSIDERATION
CONDEMNATION
BENCH WARRANT