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Law Vocab
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1. A building or structure used to house alleged criminals and/or convicted criminals of local area crimes.
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
EVICTION
COUNTY JAIL
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
2. 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
MURDER
POUR-OVER WILL
LAY PERSON
3. A proceeding similar to a trial - without a jury - and usually of shorter duration.
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
GROUNDS
HEARING
JUDGMENT
4. 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
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
LINEUP
BEQUEATH
5. The right to challenge a juror without assigning a reason for the challenge.
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
OPENING ARGUMENT
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
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
CLOSING ARGUMENT
JUDICIAL NOTICE
BIAS
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
7. Fatherhood.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
SELF-PROVING WILL
PATERNITY
8. The act of entering or remaining illegally in a movable or immovable structure - vehicle or dwelling with intent to commit a felony.
BURGLARY
OPENING ARGUMENT
DIVERSION
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
9. The generic name for the defendant in a criminal case.
ACCUSED
DEMURRER
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
SENTENCING
10. The wellness of a person's state of mind.
REAL PROPERTY
MENTAL HEALTH
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
ACTION
11. The cause - price - or impelling influence which induces a party to enter into a contract.
FIREARM
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
RAPE
CONSIDERATION
12. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
DETENTION
ACQUITTAL
LITIGANT
13. To protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
OBJECT
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
COMPOSITE DRAWING
14. Any form of indecent or sexual activity on - involving - or surrounding a child under the state's designated age.
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
CHILD MOLESTATION
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
BAIL BOND
15. 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.
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
SEPARATION
NOMINAL PARTY
16. Act of giving the equivalent for any loss - damage or injury.
DISPOSITION
DIVORCE
EXPUNGEMENT
RESTITUTION
17. Legal document issued by a court that shows an administrator's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
FAILURE TO COMPLY
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
BREACH
18. 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.
CRIME
STATE'S ATTORNEY
STATUTORY RAPE
PARTY
19. One which implicitly instructs the witness how to answer or which suggests to the witness the answer desired.
ALIMONY
INTERROGATORIES
FIRST APPEARANCE
LEADING QUESTION
20. The form of verdict in criminal cases where the jury acquits the defendant - finds him or her not guilty.
REMEDY
NOT GUILTY
MISDEMEANOR
INCEST
21. A writ - often issued by an appellate court - making available remedies not regularly within the powers of lower courts. They include writs of habeas corpus - mandamus - prohibition and quo warranto.
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
STATUS OFFENDERS
SENTENCE REPORT
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
22. Lie detector test and the apparatus for conducting the test.
SEALING
DISBARMENT
POLYGRAPH
COURT - TRAFFIC
23. To bear witness to - to affirm to be true or genuine - to certify.
ATTEST
HUNG JURY
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
CASE
24. A document or other item introduced as evidence during a trial or hearing.
BATTERY
EXHIBIT
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
REDRESS
25. 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
CONTRACT
LAW CLERKS
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
26. 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.
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
AFFIRMED
GRAND JURY
27. The court officer responsible for choosing the panel of persons to serve as potential jurors for a particular court term.
FINE
RETAINER
JURY COMMISSIONER
LIE DETECTOR
28. A county court that handles civil claims for amounts less than $5 -00. People often represent themselves rather than hire an attorney.
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
BILL OF PARTICULARS
OPINION EVIDENCE
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
29. A written direction or command delivered by a court or judge.
ESTATE
REFEREE
COURT ORDER
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
30. A legal doctrine that makes each of the parties who are responsible for an injury liable for all the damages awarded in a lawsuit if the other parties responsible cannot pay.
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
APPEAL
BANKRUPTCY
PROFFER
31. 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.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
DEFENDANT
CAUSATION
BRIEF
32. A body of persons temporarily selected from the citizens of a particular district sworn to listen to the evidence in a trial and declare a verdict on matters of fact.
CALLING THE DOCKET
JURY
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
JUROR - ALTERNATE
33. One who saw the act - fact - or transaction to which he or she testifies.
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
EYE WITNESS
PRE-INJUNCTION
INFRACTION
34. An allowance for expenses in prosecuting or defending a suit. Ordinarily this does not include attorney fees.
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
COSTS
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
35. To make greater in value - to increase.
CONSIDERATION
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
ANNUAL REVIEW
ENHANCE
36. A listing of all the criminal convictions against an individual.
ASSIGNEE
RESPONDENT
RAP SHEET
SETTLEMENT
37. A lawsuit.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
REASONABLE PERSON
LITIGATION
38. A court order requiring that some action be taken - or that some party refrain from taking action. It differs from forms of temporary relief - such as a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction.
REPORT
ACTION
COMPLY
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
39. The voluntary transfer - by a debtor - of all property to a trustee for thebenefit of all of his or her creditors.
PERJURY
PETTY THEFT
DISSOLUTION
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
40. The state or condition of a person who is unable to pay his or her debts as they are or become due.
SEALING
BANKRUPT
CORROBORATE
EXECUTE
41. Case - cause - suit - or controversy disputed or contested before a court of justice.
SEPARATION
ACTION
INFORMATION
ARREST
42. In some states - the highest appellate court - where it is the Court's discretion whether to hear the case on appeal.
COURT - APPEALS
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
PETTY OFFENSE
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
43. The act of stopping a judicial proceeding by order of the court.
ANNOTATION
STAY
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
SHOW CAUSE
44. Having addressed any matter in writing.
MEMORIALIZED
PLEA
EMINENT DOMAIN
BODY ATTACHMENT
45. Written or oral pledge by a witness to speak the truth.
RESTRAINING ORDER
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
RECKLESS DRIVING
OATH
46. The time within a plaintiff must begin a lawsuit (in civil cases) or a prosecutor must bring charges (in criminal cases). There are different statutes of limitations at both the federal and state levels for different kinds of lawsuits or crimes.
JUVENILE
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
CONSERVATORSHIP
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
47. A judge's written explanation of a decision of the court or of a majority of judges. A dissenting opinion disagrees with the majority opinion because of the reasoning and/or the principles of law on which the decision is based. A concurring opinion a
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
OPINION
STATE'S ATTORNEY
48. All evidence except eyewitness testimony. One example is physical evidence - such as fingerprints - from which an inference can be drawn.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
DIVORCE
49. The final statements by the attorneys to the jury or court summarizing the evidence that they have established and the evidence that the other side has failed to establish.
PROSECUTOR
STATEMENT - CLOSING
COUNTY JAIL
JUSTICIABLE
50. The procedure by which one or both parties disclose evidence which will be used at trial. The specific tools of discovery include depositions - interrogatories and motions for the production of documents.
DIVERSION
DISCOVERY
ACCOMPLICE
LEWD CONDUCT