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Law Vocab
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1. Cancellation by a court of a warrant before its execution by the arrest of a defendant; also - a process by which a retired judge may be asked to sit on a particular case.
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
LYNCHING
RECALL
BENCH WARRANT
2. The peril in which an accused is placed when he is properly charged with a crime before a court. Jeopardy normally attaches when the petit jury is impaneled.
APPEAL
JEOPARDY
DIVERSION
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
3. 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.
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
CAUSE
BEST EVIDENCE
DISSENT
4. 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
COLLATERAL ATTACK
CORROBORATION
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
JUVENILE WAIVER
5. To refuse a gift made in a will.
NOT GUILTY
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
DISCLAIM
FILE
6. The legal right to bring a lawsuit. Only a person with something at stake has standing to bring a lawsuit.
CASE LAW
CALENDAR
STANDING
STANDARD OF PROOF
7. 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.
STRICT LIABILITY
FORFEITURE
GRAND THEFT
RETAINER
8. Remarks addressed by attorney to judge or jury on the merits of case or on points of law.
COUNSEL
ARGUMENT
ACQUIT
RECUSE
9. A previously decided case that guides the decision of future cases.
DEFENSE
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
CIVIL ACTION
PRECEDENT
10. In some states - the highest appellate court - where it is the Court's discretion whether to hear the case on appeal.
FORFEITURE
INFORMATION
EXTORTION
COURT - APPEALS
11. Any fact or evidence that leads to a judgment of the court.
DIVERSION
PROOF
REBUTTAL
POWER OF ATTORNEY
12. 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
COMMUTATION
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
ORDER - COURT
ALFORD PLEA
13. An order of an administrative agency or court prohibiting a person or business from continuing a particular course of conduct.
HOLDING CELL
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
FAILURE TO APPEAR
ADMINISTRATOR
14. A lawsuit.
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
LITIGATION
PROSECUTION
INCRIMINATE
15. 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.
ILLEGAL
SHERIFF
PARALEGAL
BAIL BONDSMAN
16. A hallowed principle of criminal law that a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty.
CRIMINAL INSANITY
BOND
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
STAY
17. A form of executive clemency preventing criminal prosecution or removing or extinguishing a criminal conviction.
PARDON
CERTIFICATION
SODOMY
AID AND ABET
18. Each of the allegations of an offense listed in a charging document.
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
COUNT
LOITERING
SELF-DEFENSE
19. A person - business - or government agency actively involved in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
LAWSUIT
BRIEF
PARTY
20. A written statement prepared by the counsel arguing a case in court. It contains a summary of the facts of a case -the pertinent laws - and an argument of how the law applies to the facts supporting counsel's position.
BRIEF
COMMON LAW
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
DISBARMENT
21. Fatherhood.
MALICE
MOTION DENIED
PATERNITY
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
22. An order issued by a judge or magistrate commanding a sheriff - constable - or other officer to search a specified location.
SEARCH WARRANT
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
FORECLOSURE
CHAMBERS
23. Placing a convicted defendant on conditional probation - the successful completion of which will prevent entry of the underlying judgment of conviction
LENIENCY
PLEA BARGAIN
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
PROBATE
24. 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.
OF COUNSEL
SIDEBAR
BANKRUPTCY
INFORMANT
25. The reduction by a judge of the damages awarded by a jury.
JOIN
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
SANCTION
REMITTITUR
26. To seize or take private property for public use (the police confiscated the weapon).
CLASS ACTION
FELONY MURDER
CONFISCATE
CRIMINAL CASE
27. 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.
OPINION
DISSOLUTION
BENCH CONFERENCE
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
28. The act of obtaining the property of another person through wrongful use of actual or threatened force - violence - or fear.
ACCUSED
AMEND
NEXT FRIEND
EXTORTION
29. A coming into court as party or interested person or as a lawyer on behalf of party or interested person.
EQUAL PROTECTION
LINEUP
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
APPEARANCE
30. 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
BRIBE
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
FIDUCIARY
PRESENTMENT
31. A foundation or basis; points relied on.
CONDEMNATION
REVERSIBLE ERROR
CONTRACT
GROUNDS
32. Responsible for a delinquency - crime - or other offense; not innocent.
REBUTTAL
INITIAL APPEARANCE
COMPLAINANT
GUILTY
33. The party who makes an answer to a bill or other proceedings in equity; also refers to the party against whom an appeal is brought. Sometimes called an appellee.
COMPLAINT
PRIORS
RESPONDENT
BOOKMAKING
34. 1. An act of omission or commission in violation of law which carries criminal consequences. 2. Criminal activity in general relating to a specific time or place.
BIND OVER
JUDICIAL REVIEW
CRIME
COURT - NIGHT
35. A place of confinement that is more than a police station and less than a prison. It is usually used to hold persons convicted of misdemeanors or persons awaiting trial.
ACQUITTAL
ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
INJUNCTION
JAIL
36. The written statements of fact and law filed by the parties to a lawsuit.
LIEN
INITIAL APPEARANCE
REPLEVIN
PLEADINGS
37. Supervised release of a prisoner before the expiration of his or her sentence.
PAROLE
EXTORTION
ABANDONMENT
INVESTIGATION
38. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.
MALPRACTICE
COMPLY
IMPANEL
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
39. A formal charge against a person - to the effect that he has engaged in a punishable offense.
ACCUSATION
EXPERT TESTIMONY
PARTY
BODY ATTACHMENT
40. To seat a jury. When voir dire is finished and both sides have exercised their challenges - the jury is impaneled.The jurors are sworn in and the trial is ready to proceed.
IMPANEL
COMPLY
REPLY
EQUITABLE ACTION
41. To make it appear that one is guilty of a crime.
INCRIMINATE
OBJECTION
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
42. Property owned in common by husband and wife each having an undivided one-half interest by reason of their marital status. For example - the earnings of one spouse during the marriage do not belong solely to that spouse; the earnings are community pr
EXCEPTIONS
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
43. An oral (unwritten) will.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
FOURTH AMENDMENT
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
44. A second examination of a witness by the opposing counsel after the second examination (or redirect examination) by the counsel who called the witness to testify is completed.
BANKRUPTCY
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
EXCEPTIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
45. An act of legislation of a local governing body such as a city - town or county.
ORDINANCE
LEVY
REST
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
46. A lawsuit brought by one or more persons on behalf of a larger group.
CLASS ACTION
INDEMNIFY
ADMINISTRATOR
OF COUNSEL
47. Aka PROSECUTOR and DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
INITIAL APPEARANCE
PRESUMPTION
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
48. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.
ACCOMPLICE
OFFER OF PROOF
BENCH WARRANT
INMATE
49. A lesser offense than a felony and generally punishable by fine or limited jail time - but not in a penitentiary.
EXECUTE
PRIVITY
MISDEMEANOR
JUROR - ALTERNATE
50. Inferences drawn from proven facts.
ARBITRATION
COUNSEL
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
JURISDICTION