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1. An oral (unwritten) will.
COMMON LAW
CONCILIATION
DISSENT
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
2. A person with legal skills - but who is not an attorney - and who works under the supervision of a lawyer or who is otherwise authorized by law to use those legal skills.
MITIGATING FACTORS
SEARCH WARRANT
FINDING
PARALEGAL
3. The assertion of a right to money or property.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
CLAIM
PROTECTIVE ORDER
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
4. To terminate legal action involving outstanding charges against a defendant in a criminal case.
DISMISS
BENEFICIARY
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
REMITTITUR
5. The act of showing a weapon to another person - typically the police or the victim.
INHERITANCE TAX
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
6. Against - or not authorized by law; unlawful.
FAILURE TO COMPLY
FOSTER CARE
FOUNDATION
ILLEGAL
7. Noncriminal case in which one private individual or business sues another to protect - enforce - or redress private or civil rights.
FOUNDATION
LOITERING
AGENT
CIVIL ACTION
8. An order issued by a judge for the arrest of a person.
BAIL BONDSMAN
DEATH PENALTY
ARGUMENT
BENCH WARRANT
9. The court transfer of legal custody of a person from parents or legal guardian to another person - agency - or institution. It may be temporary or permanent.
RESTRAINING ORDER
COMPLY
STATEMENT - OPENING
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
10. Formal conclusion by a judge or jury on issues of fact.
BAIL BOND
ACTION
FINDING
PRIVILEGE
11. Allowance ordered to be paid by one spouse to the other for support while the spouses are living apart but not divorced.
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
CHARGING DOCUMENT
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
12. A lawyer appointed or elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective judicial districts. See PROSECUTOR.
COMMISSIONER
DEATH PENALTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
13. Opportunity to present rebuttal evidence after one's evidence has been subjected to cross-examination.
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
CLERK OF COURT
EQUITY
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
14. Summary of a larger work - wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are contained.
ARRAIGN
CIVIL PROCEDURE
ALLEGE
ABSTRACTACT
15. A failure to respond to a lawsuit within the specified time.
RELINQUISHMENT
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
BEQUEATH
DEFAULT
16. That which tends to injure a person's reputation. Libel is published defamation - whereasslander is spoken.
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
BAIL
DEFAMATION
LIE DETECTOR
17. A determination of guilt which is the result of a trial or entry of a plea of guilty or nol contendere (no contest) - regardless of whether adjudication of guilt or imposition of sentence was suspended - deferred - or withheld.
INDEMNIFY
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
BATTERY
CONVICTION
18. The jurisdiction of two or more courts - each authorized to deal with the same subject matter.
ARBITRATION
FORFEIT
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
CALLING THE DOCKET
19. 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.
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
FALSE ARREST
FELONY MURDER
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
20. 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.
PRECEDENT
INADMISSIBLE
DECREE
HEARSAY
21. The means by which a right is enforced or the violation of a right is prevented - redressed or compensated.
ANNUAL REVIEW
REMEDY
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
22. The standard in a criminal case requiring that the jury be satisfied to a moralcertainty that every element of a crime has been proven by the prosecution. This standard of proof does not require that the state establish absolute certainty by eliminat
DISSENT
PANDERING
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
PIMP
23. An allowance for expenses in prosecuting or defending a suit. Ordinarily this does not include attorney fees.
LYNCHING
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
COSTS
RULE
24. A personal representative - named in a will - who administers an estate.
ANNUAL REVIEW
EXECUTOR
LIABLE
ORDER - COURT
25. An offer of proof as to what the evidence would be if a witness were called to testify or answer a question.
PROFFER
BEQUESTS
ESTATE TAX
REPLY
26. The court with authority to supervise estate administration.
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
PROBATE COURT
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
27. 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.
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
PATENT
28. To put off or delay a court hearing.
NON-CAPITAL CASE
JUROR
HOSTILE WITNESS
POSTPONEMENT
29. Moving a lawsuit or criminal trial to another place for trial.
CHANGE OF VENUE
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
BIFURCATE
COURT
30. A crime of a more serious nature than a misdemeanor - usually punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary for more than a year and/or substantial fines.
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
FELONY
REDRESS
CONSIDERATION
31. An order requiring a person to appear in court and present reasons why a certain order - judgment - or decree should not be issued.
ACQUITTAL
COUNSEL TABLE
SHOW CAUSE
AUTO TAMPERING
32. 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.
ESCROW
COURT - TRAFFIC
CASE LAW
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
33. The formal statement before the court that the accused admits committing the criminal act.
ACCUSATION
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
STATUTORY LAW
MAGISTRATE
34. A judgment entered against a party who fails to appear in court - respond to the charges - or does not comply with an order - especially an order to provide or permit discovery.
PIMP
CONFESSION
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
PAROLE EVIDENCE
35. A punitive act designed to secure enforcement by imposing a penalty for its violation. For example - a sanction may be imposed for failure to comply with discovery orders.
SANCTION
JUSTICIABLE
EMINENT DOMAIN
JUDICIAL NOTICE
36. A county court that handles civil claims for amounts less than $5 -00. People often represent themselves rather than hire an attorney.
MOTION GRANTED
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
BODY ATTACHMENT
37. Recommendation for a sentence less than the maximum allowed.
LENIENCY
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
CERTIFICATION
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
38. A court order forbidding the defendant from doing any action or threatened action until a hearing on the application can be conducted.
RESTRAINING ORDER
CRIME
INCAPACITY
SIDEBAR
39. The act of stopping a judicial proceeding by order of the court.
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
STAY
SPEEDY TRIAL
INTERLOCUTORY
40. The state - as in the People of the State of Florida.
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
INFRACTION
INTESTACY LAWS
CHILD SUPPORT
41. A party is said to rest or rest its case when it has presented all the evidence it intends to offer.
CONDEMNATION
JUDICIAL REVIEW
PRESENTMENT
REST
42. An action for the recovery of a possession that has been wrongfully taken.
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
CLASS ACTION
MERITS
REPLEVIN
43. Notifying a person that he or she has been named as a party to a lawsuit or has been accused of some offense. Process consists of a summons - citation or warrant - to which a copy of the complaint is attached.
PETIT JURY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
SERVICE OF PROCESS
44. A rule of law that courts and judges shall draw a particular inference from a particular fact - or from particular evidence.
LYNCHING
LITIGANT
CHANGE OF VENUE
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
45. An attorney appointed by a court or employed by a government agency whose work consists primarily of defending people who are unable to hire a lawyer due to economic reasons.
APPELLEE
ARRAIGN
POUR-OVER WILL
PUBLIC DEFENDER
46. The act of entering or remaining illegally in a movable or immovable structure - vehicle or dwelling with intent to commit a felony.
CAUSATION
JURY BOX
BURGLARY
PAROLE EVIDENCE
47. Standard of proof commonly used in civil lawsuits and in regulatory agency cases. It governs the amount of proof that must be offered in order for the plaintiff to win the case.
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
DIRECT EXAMINATION
COMMITMENT
48. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.
STATUS OFFENDERS
COMPLY
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
HOSPITAL WARRANT
49. A criminal case in which the allowable punishment includes death. CAPITAL CRIME - A crime punishable by death.
CAPITAL CASE
ACCESSORY
MATERIAL WITNESS
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
50. To refuse a gift made in a will.
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
APPELLEE
DISCLAIM
COUNT
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