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Law Vocab
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1. The manipulation of an automobile and its parts for a specific purpose.
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
LAWSUIT
AUTO TAMPERING
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
2. 1. A statement of acceptance of responsibility. 2. The short declaration at the end of a legal paper showing that the paper was duly executed and acknowledged.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
GOOD CAUSE
PROTECTIVE ORDER
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
3. A jury which is unable to agree on a verdict after a suitable period of deliberation.
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
JURY - HUNG
FOSTER CARE
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
4. An agreement between parties that dictates what is being received from one party to the other.
SETTLEMENT
INITIAL APPEARANCE
JURY
DEMURRER
5. A hallowed principle of criminal law that a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty.
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
CORONER
INFORMATION
6. The authority of a court to review the official actions of other branches of government. Also - the authority to declare unconstitutional the actions of other branches.
JUDICIAL REVIEW
BANKRUPTCY
COMMON LAW
REGULATION
7. One who commits a crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.
REMOVAL
LENIENCY
JAIL
OFFENDER
8. With knowledge - willfully or intentionally with respect to a material element of an offense.
CHAMBERS
ACCUSATION
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
KNOWINGLY
9. An offensive touching or use of force on a person without the person's consent.
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
ON A PERSON'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE
BATTERY
AFFIANT
10. A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a trial court's procedure.
APPELLATE COURT
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
CASE
DAMAGES
11. To lose - or lose the right to.
BOND
JOIN
FORFEIT
CLERK
12. The dismissal of a case - by which the same cause of action cannot be brought against thedefendant again at a later date.
ESTOPPEL
FIRST APPEARANCE
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
DETENTION FACILITY
13. An order issued by a judge for the arrest of a person.
BODY ATTACHMENT
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
EN BANC
BENCH WARRANT
14. Pictures taken after a suspect is taken into custody (booked) - usually used as an official photograph by police officers.
MUGSHOT
FAIR HEARING
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
15. To deprive a person of his liberty by legal authority.
HANDCUFFS
RULE
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
ARREST
16. A release from custody which imposes regulations on the activities and associations of the defendant. If a defendant fails to meet the conditions - the release is revoked.
ISSUE
INTENT
BANKRUPT
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
17. A parent's or custodian's act of leaving a child without adequate care - supervision - support - or parental
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
ARRAIGN
RULE
ABANDONMENT
18. An oral (unwritten) will.
ACQUITTAL
JURY - HUNG
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
19. Immorality. An element of crimes inherently bad - as opposed to crimes bad merely because they are forbidden by statute.
DETENTION HEARING
MORAL TURPITUDE
JURY FOREMAN
BODY ATTACHMENT
20. Evil doing - ill conduct; the commission of some act which is positively prohibited by law.
INVESTIGATION
DISMISS
MALFEASANCE
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
21. 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.
ACCUSATION
CONVICTION
CORONER
MORAL TURPITUDE
22. A written direction or command delivered by a court or judge.
CORONER
ADMINISTRATOR
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
COURT ORDER
23. Court order requiring action or forbidding action until a decision can be made whether to issue a permanent injunction. It differs from a temporary restraining order.
PRE-INJUNCTION
AT ISSUE
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
POUR-OVER WILL
24. A rule of law that courts and judges shall draw a particular inference from a particular fact - or from particular evidence.
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
RELEVANT
25. A lawyer elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective juicial circuit. See PROSECUTOR.
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26. State-imposed death as punishment for a serious crime. Capital punishment.
CHIEF JUDGE
DEATH PENALTY
CORROBORATION
MAGISTRATE
27. Court order requiring to appear and show cause why the court should not take a particular course of action. If the party fails to appear or to give sufficient reasons why the court should take no action - the court will take the action. In criminal c
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
PATERNITY
28. 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.
DISCOVERY
PENALTY
GENERAL JURISDICTION
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
29. 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.
EQUAL PROTECTION
IMPANEL
FORFEIT
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
30. Another term for arraignment.
PRELIMINARY HEARING
CHILD ABUSE
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
AMEND
31. A request made after a trial - asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial wasconducted properly. To make such a request is 'to appeal' or 'to take an appeal.'
HOSPITAL WARRANT
DISTURBING THE PEACE
APPEAL
RAP SHEET
32. Asserted to be true as depicted or a person who is accused but has not yet been tried in court.
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
ALLEGED
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
PRECEDENT
33. Settling a dispute without a full - formal trial. Methods includemediation - conciliation - arbitration - and settlement - among others.
INSTRUCTIONS
JOYRIDING
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
34. Law enacted by the legislative branch of government - as distinguished from case law or common law .
REVERSE
BATTERY
KNOWINGLY
STATUTORY LAW
35. An advocate - counsel - or official agent employed in preparing - managing - and trying cases in the courts.
AID AND ABET
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
36. The doctrine that the government - state or federal - is immune to lawsuit unless it gives its consent.
BAILIFF
CIVIL PROCEDURE
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
DIRECTED VERDICT
37. A person who aids or contributes in the commission of a crime.
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
CAPITAL CASE
JOINT TENANCY
ACCESSORY
38. A person who initiates a lawsuit against another. Also called the complainant.
DISSOLUTION
ESTOPPEL
PLAINTIFF
INDEMNIFY
39. The act of collecting the bets of others or making odds on future gambling events.
ARREST
EXTORTION
BOOKING
BOOKMAKING
40. Written or oral pledge by a witness to speak the truth.
LEVY
NOT GUILTY
OATH
SEALING
41. 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.
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
SELF-DEFENSE
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
CLASS ACTION
42. The act of showing a weapon to another person - typically the police or the victim.
STANDING
FAILURE TO APPEAR
CONTRACT
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
43. Putting a person to death - usually by hanging - without legal authority.
PERMANENT RESIDENT
LYNCHING
SETTLOR
KNOWINGLY
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.
PROBABLE CAUSE
DETENTION HEARING
CAUSE OF ACTION
JUDICIAL REVIEW
45. A crime composed of some - but not all - of the elements of a greater crime; commission of the greater crime automatically includes commission of the lesser included offense.
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
ACQUIT
ALLEGE
OPINION EVIDENCE
46. Requirement that police tell a suspect in their custody of his or her constitutional rights before they question him or her: specifically - the right to remain silent; that any statement made may be used against him or her; the right to an attorney;
MIRANDA RIGHTS
HEARSAY
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
LIBEL
47. To take into one's family the child of another and give him or her the rights - privileges - and duties of a child and heir.
ON A PERSON'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
ADOPTION
48. An allowance for expenses in prosecuting or defending a suit. Ordinarily this does not include attorney fees.
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
COSTS
COMMIT
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
49. The ordinary jury of twelve (or fewer) persons for the trial of a civil or criminal case. So called to distinguish it from the grand jury.
PETIT JURY
RECUSE
BIND OVER
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
50. The rules and process by which a civil case is tried and appealed - including the preparations for trial - the rules of evidence and trial conduct - and the procedure for pursuing appeals.
CIVIL PROCEDURE
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
REVOCABLE TRUST
JUVENILE WAIVER