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Law Vocab
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1. A state examination taken by prospective lawyers in order to be admitted and licensed to practice law.
COUNSEL TABLE
SENTENCE REPORT
GOOD TIME
BAR EXAMINATION
2. Chains or shackles for the hands to secure prisoners.
SHERIFF
STATE'S ATTORNEY
HANDCUFFS
ARREST
3. 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.
POLYGRAPH
PRIVILEGE
FIDUCIARY
ESCROW
4. False and defamatory spoken words tending to harm another's reputation - community standing - office - trade - business - or means of livelihood.
GRAND THEFT
SLANDER
RETURN
PERJURY
5. The act - after a jury verdict has been announced - of asking jurors individually whether they agree with the verdict.
POLLING THE JURY
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
FINGERPRINT
MOTION
6. 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
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
COUNTERFEIT
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
7. A claim by codefendant or co-plaintiffs against each other and not against persons on the opposite side of the lawsuit.
BAILIFF
HUNG JURY
ALLEGE
CROSS-CLAIM
8. 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.
HOMICIDE
ATTEMPT
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
NEXT FRIEND
9. A lawsuit.
INJUNCTION
PROBABLE CAUSE
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
LITIGATION
10. Process by which a court seeks to interpret the meaning and scope of legislation.
RULE OF COURT
REMAND
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
11. Courts having jurisdiction over cases involving children under 18. Casesinvolve delinquent - dependent - and neglected children.
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
GARNISH
12. A police identification procedure by which the suspect to a crime is exhibited - along with others - before the victim or witness to determine if the victim or witness can identify the committed the crime.suspect as the person who
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
LINEUP
13. State-imposed death as punishment for a serious crime. Capital punishment.
DEATH PENALTY
INCAPACITY
BEQUEATH
BOOKING
14. Sentences for more than one crime that are to be served at the same time - rather than one after the other. See also CUMULATIVE SENTENCES.
FORFEIT
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
EXTRADITION
15. The willful taking and concealing of merchandise from a store or business establishment with the intention of using the goods for one's personal use without paying the purchase price.
SHOPLIFTING
AFFIANT
PENDING
FINGERPRINT
16. The unlawful killing of a human being with deliberate intent to kill.
GOOD CAUSE
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
MURDER
CLAIM
17. Ill will - hatred - or hostility by one person toward another which may prompt the intentional doing of a wrongful act without legal justification or excuse.
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
CRIMINAL RECORD
MALICE
OPINION EVIDENCE
18. Language in a will that provides that a person who makes a legal challenge to the will's validity will be disinherited.
GARNISHMENT
JUDICIAL NOTICE
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
COMPLY
19. Claim that an act otherwise criminal was legally justifiable because it was necessary to protect a person or property from the threat or action of another.
FORFEITURE
SELF-DEFENSE
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
BAR EXAMINATION
20. 1. A real or seeming incompatibility between one's private interests and one's public or fiduciary duties. 2. A real or seeming incompatibility between the interests of two of a lawyer's clients - such that the lawyer is disqualified from representin
BODY ATTACHMENT
BAIL REVIEW
FOSTER CARE
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
21. Conduct which tends to annoy all citizens - including unnecessary and distractingnoisemaking.
DIRECTED VERDICT
DISTURBING THE PEACE
ESTATE
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
22. The public calling of the docket or list of causes at commencement of term of court - for setting a time for trial or entering orders.
CALLING THE DOCKET
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
HOSPITAL WARRANT
PERMANENT RESIDENT
23. 1. Historically - the partition separating the general public from the space occupied by the judges - lawyers - and other participants in a trial. 2. More commonly - the term means the whole body of lawyers.
CONDEMNATION
BAR
INHERITANCE TAX
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
24. 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.
SHOW CAUSE
FORFEITURE
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
25. The department that oversees the actions of probationers as well as the location of where probation officers work.
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
BAILIFF
DEMURRER
COURT - TRAFFIC
26. To put off or delay a court hearing.
POSTPONEMENT
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
MUGSHOT
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
27. 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.
GUARDIANSHIP
CERTIFIED
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
COURT ORDER
28. Pictures taken after a suspect is taken into custody (booked) - usually used as an official photograph by police officers.
MUGSHOT
COMMITMENT
DEATH ROW
JURY BOX
29. A hearing in which certain rights are respected such as the right to present evidence - to cross examine and to have findings supported by evidence.
FAIR HEARING
ALIMONY
HIT AND RUN
JUDICIAL NOTICE
30. 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
STATEMENT - CLOSING
REVOCABLE TRUST
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
31. 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.
CLAIM
BAIL REVIEW
MOTION
CLERK
32. Moving a lawsuit or criminal trial to another place for trial.
CHANGE OF VENUE
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
COMPLAINANT
33. That which tends to injure a person's reputation. Libel is published defamation - whereasslander is spoken.
DEFAMATION
ARSON
DIVERSION
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
34. A motion to dismiss a civil case because of the legal insufficiency of a complaint.
DEMURRER
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
DEATH PENALTY
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
35. A seizure; the obtaining of money by legal process through seizure and sale of property.
SETTLEMENT
FALSE ARREST
LEVY
PETITIONER
36. The breaking or violating of a law - right - obligation - or duty either by doing an act or failing to do an act. BREAKING AND ENTERING - Breaking and entering a dwelling of another in nighttime with intent to commit a felony therein.
ADJUDICATION
FIFTH AMENDMENT
BREACH
JAIL
37. A listing of all the criminal convictions against an individual.
COMMITMENT ORDER
RAP SHEET
REASONABLE PERSON
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
38. 1. To execute - perpetrate - or carry out an act. To commit a crime. 2. To send a person to prison - asylum - or reformatory by a court order.
EQUITY
COMMIT
REMEDY
LAY PERSON
39. 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
CONVICT
HEARSAY
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
40. A legal representative - attorney - lawyer.
STATUTORY LAW
COUNSEL
APPELLANT
SHOW CAUSE
41. A hearing held for the purpose of deciding issues or fact of law that both parties are disputing.
PAROLE
PROCEDURAL LAW
CAUSE
HEARING - CONTESTED
42. An invalid trial caused by some legal error. When a judge declares a mistrial - the trial must start again from the beginning - including the selection of a new jury.
MISTRIAL
STATUTORY LAW
FORECLOSURE
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
43. A lawsuit brought to enforce - redress - or protect private rights or to gain payment for a wrong done to a person or party by another person or party. In general - all types of actions other than criminal proceedings.
SIDEBAR
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
CIVIL CASE
44. In juvenile court - a judicial hearing - usually held after the filing of a petition - to determine interim custody of a minor pending a judgment.
STAY
MOTION GRANTED
DETENTION FACILITY
DETENTION HEARING
45. Pertinent and proper to be considered in reaching a decision.
STATEMENT - OPENING
COURTROOM
ADMISSIBLE
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
46. A proceeding similar to a trial - without a jury - and usually of shorter duration.
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
DISCLAIM
MIRANDA RIGHTS
HEARING
47. An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
DIRECT EVIDENCE
JUDGE
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
PETTY THEFT
48. 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.
EXPERT TESTIMONY
DEMURRER
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
CONTINUANCE
49. A program of parental care for children who do not have an in-home parental relationship with either biological or adoptive parents.
LITIGATION
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
STANDING
FOSTER CARE
50. To protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
CHARGE TO THE JURY
OBJECT
CONTRACT
ON A PERSON'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE