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1. Aka DOCKET NUMBER.






2. 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.






3. A picture of an alleged criminal created by a professional police artist using verbal descriptionsgiven by the victim or a witness.






4. The hearing available to a person charged with a felony to determine if there is enough evidence (probable cause) to hold him for trial.






5. The designation assigned to each case filed in a particular court. Also called a case number.






6. Tangible physical property (such as cars - clothing - furniture - and jewelry) and intangible personal property. This does not include real property such as land or rights in land.






7. A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a trial court's procedure.






8. A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.






9. Oral or verbal evidence rather than written. The Parole Evidence Rule limits the admissibility of parole evidence which would directly contradict the clear meaning of terms of a written contract.






10. A practice whereby a person or place is searched and evidence useful in the investigation and prosecution of a crime is seized or taken. The search is conducted after an order is issued by a judge.






11. The final decision of the court - resolving the dispute; an opinion; an award of damages.






12. Punishment by death for capital crimes. Death penalty.






13. To give authority or legal authenticity to a statute - record - or other written instrument.






14. A trust that the grantor may change or revoke.






15. The process whereby the accused and the prosecutor in a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case subject to court approval. Usually involves the defendant's pleading guilty to a lesser offense or to only one.






16. A party to a lawsuit. Litigation refers to a case - controversy - or lawsuit.






17. The act of showing a weapon to another person - typically the police or the victim.






18. With knowledge - willfully or intentionally with respect to a material element of an offense.






19. 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.






20. In practice - a notice in writing requiring the opposite party to produce a certain described paper or document at the trial - or in the course of pre-trial discovery.






21. The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant after his or her conviction by imposing a punishment to be inflicted either in the form of a fine - incarceration or probation.






22. A court order forbidding the defendant from doing any action or threatened action until a hearing on the application can be conducted.






23. A suit which has been quashed and ended.






24. Ordinarily refers to a summary proceeding for restoring possession of land to one who has been wrongfully deprived of possession.






25. The court in which a matter must first be filed.






26. A right guaranteed by the U. S. Constitution - interpreted by the federal courts; also - a right guaranteed by some other constitution (such as a state constitution).






27. The trial method used in the U.S. and some other countries. This system is based on the belief that truth can best be determined by giving opposing parties full opportunity to present and establish their evidence - and totest by crossexamination the






28. Public official charged with duty to make inquiry into the causes and circumstances of any death which occurs through violence or suddenly - with marks of suspicion.






29. A concept applied by courts in product liability cases in which a seller is liable for any and all defective or hazardous products which unduly threaten a consumer's personal safety.






30. A rule of law that courts and judges shall draw a particular inference from a particular fact - or from particular evidence.






31. Numerous and unnecessary attempts to litigate the same issue.






32. An agreement by two or more persons to commit an unlawful act; in criminal law - conspiracy is a separate offense from the crime that is the object of the conspiracy.






33. Any factors associated with the commission of a crime which increase the seriousness of theoffense or add to its injurious consequences.






34. A crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.






35. One not trained in law.






36. Youths charged with the status of being beyond the control of their legal guardian or are habitually disobedient - truant from school - or have committed other acts that would not be a crime if committed by an adult. They are not delinquents (in that






37. A short - abbreviated form of the case as found in the record.






38. The finding of the court that an act was committed with the intent of embarrassing the court - disobeying its lawful orders - or obstructing the administration of justice in some way.






39. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.






40. The act of taking and carrying away the personal property of another of a value less than $300 with the intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it permanently.






41. A legal proceeding in which a debtor's money - in the possession of another (the garnishee) - is applied to the debts of the debtor - such as when an employer garnishes a debtor's wages.






42. Synonymous with reversible error ; an error which warrants the appellate court in reversing the judgment before it.






43. An error committed during a trial that was corrected or was not serious enough to affect the outcome of a trial and (prejudicial) to be reversed on appeal.






44. The cause - price - or impelling influence which induces a party to enter into a contract.






45. The area of a state or federal prison where criminals who are sentenced to death are confined until their sentence is commuted or carried out.






46. An undisclosed person who confidentially discloses material information of a crime to the police - which is usually done in exchange for a reward or special treatment.






47. Conduct which tends to annoy all citizens - including unnecessary and distractingnoisemaking.






48. A lawyer elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective juicial circuit. See PROSECUTOR.

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49. An inference of the truth or falsity of a proposition or fact - that stands until rebutted by evidence to the contrary.






50. 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.






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