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Subject : law
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1. A legally enforceable agreement between two or more competent parties made either orally or in writing. CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE - A legal doctrine that says if the plaintiff in a civil action for negligence also was negligent - he or she cannot recov






2. A person's own act - or acceptance of facts - which preclude his or her later making claims to the contrary.






3. The taking or detaining of a person against his or her will and without lawful authority.






4. An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as bond.






5. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the judgment given.






6. Formal authorization of a person to act in the interest of another person.






7. Dying without a will.






8. The hearing given to person accused of crime - by a magistrate or judge - to determine whether there is enough evidence to warrant the confinement and holding to bail the person accused.






9. A contract in which the promise made by the obligor is not expressed - but inferred by one's conduct or implied in law.






10. The court with authority to supervise estate administration.






11. An arrangement whereby a husband and wife live apart from each other while remaining married either by mutual consent or by a judicial order.






12. The legal process by which the government takes private land for public use - paying the owners a fair price. See EMINENT DOMAIN.






13. The ordinary jury of twelve (or fewer) persons for the trial of a civil or criminal case. So called to distinguish it from the grand jury.






14. To determine finally.






15. 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.






16. An offer of proof as to what the evidence would be if a witness were called to testify or answer a question.






17. One who is joined as a party or defendant merely because the technical rules of pleading require his presence in the record.






18. Formal notification to the party that has been sued in a civil case of the fact that the lawsuit has been filed. Also - any form of notification of a legal proceeding.






19. Procedure by which mortgaged property is sold on default of the mortgagor in satisfaction of mortgage debt.






20. A government grant giving an inventor the exclusive right to make or sell his or her invention for a term of years.






21. Case - cause - suit - or controversy disputed or contested before a court of justice.






22. The doctrine that the government - state or federal - is immune to lawsuit unless it gives its consent.






23. Stealing or theft.






24. 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.






25. A formal charge against a person - to the effect that he has engaged in a punishable offense.






26. To advise or caution. For example the Court may caution or admonish counsel for wrong practices.






27. 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.






28. Supplementary evidence that tends to strengthen or confirm the initial evidence.






29. In criminal law - a finding of not guilty. In contract law - a release - absolution - or discharge from an obligation - liability - or engagement.






30. A general term for an action - cause - suit - or controversy brought before the court for resolution.






31. The court-supervised process by which a will is determined to be the will-maker's final statement regarding how the will-maker wants his or her property distributed.






32. Taking and carrying away the personal property of another person of a value in excess of an amount set by law with the .intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it.






33. Those which do not constitute a justification or excuse for an offense but which may be considered as reasons for reducing the degree of blame.






34. A special type of guilty plea by which a defendant does not admit guilt but concedes that the State hasufficient evidence to convict; normally made to avoid the threat of greater punishment. Source: Black's Law Dictionary(1996); North Carolina v. Alf






35. One acting without formal appointment as guardian for the benefit of an infant - a person of unsound mind not judicially declared incompetent - or other person under some disability.






36. A seizure; the obtaining of money by legal process through seizure and sale of property.






37. A jury whose members cannot agree upon a verdict.






38. Elected officer of a county whose job is to conserve peace within his or her territorial jurisdiction as well as aid in the criminal and civil court processes.






39. The place where a person has his or her permanent legal home. A person may have several residences - but only one domicile.






40. The confirmation or adoption of a previous act done either by the party himself or by another.






41. Violation of a professional duty to act with reasonable care and in good faith without fraud or collusion.






42. 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.






43. To protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.






44. Officer of the court who files pleadings - motions - judgments - etc. - issues process - and keeps records of court proceedings.






45. The section of a courthouse in which the judge presides over the proceedings.






46. In a trial - a foundation must be laid to establish the basis for the admissibility of certain types of evidence.






47. One not trained in law.






48. A husband or wife of a deceased spouse married after a will is executed who is not provided for in the will.






49. Lie detector test and the apparatus for conducting the test.






50. To seize or take private property for public use (the police confiscated the weapon).