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Law Vocab
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1. The act of bringing to an end; termination. The dissolution of a marriage or other relationship.
INDIGENT
SHOW CAUSE
DISSOLUTION
MIRANDA RIGHTS
2. 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.
PARTY
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
BAR
PLAINTIFF
3. A list of cases to be heard by a court - or a log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
DOCKET
FOSTER CARE
4. An offer of proof as to what the evidence would be if a witness were called to testify or answer a question.
INFORMATION
PROFFER
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
PROOF
5. A contract by which owner of property grants to another the right to possess - use - and enjoy it for a specified period of time in exchange for payment of an agreed price (rent).
DISMISS
LEASE
KNOWINGLY
BAR EXAMINATION
6. To overthrow - to vacate - to annul or make void.
QUASH
ARRAIGNMENT
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
7. The degree of certainty required for a juror to legally find a criminal defendant guilty
ALLEGE
BENCH CONFERENCE
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
HARMLESS ERROR
8. Case - cause - suit - or controversy disputed or contested before a court of justice.
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
FELONY MURDER
COMPETENCY
ACTION
9. A sentence postponed in which the defendant is not required to serve time unless he or she commits another crime or violates a court-imposed condition.
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
PROBATE
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
10. 1. A unit of the judiciary authorized to decide disputed matters of fact - cases or controversies. 2. Figuratively - the judge or judicial officer. Judges sometimes use 'court' to refer to themselves in the third person - as in 'the court has read
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
SEPARATION
JOINT TENANCY
COURT
11. The means by which a right is enforced or the violation of a right is prevented - redressed or compensated.
REMEDY
CASE LAW
PERSONAL PROPERTY
EXECUTOR
12. In tort law - a defense to a personal injury suit. The essence of an affirmative defense is that the plaintiff assumed the known risk of whatever dangerous condition caused the injury.
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
CONSPIRACY
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
ASSIGNEE
13. The planning of a crime preceding the commission of the act - rather than committing the crime on the spur of the moment.
NOTICE
PREMEDITATION
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
CODE
14. 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.
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
OFFER OF PROOF
RESTITUTION
GARNISHMENT
15. Opportunity to present rebuttal evidence after one's evidence has been subjected to cross-examination.
PATERNITY
DETENTION FACILITY
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
ACTION
16. Courts having jurisdiction over cases involving children under 18. Casesinvolve delinquent - dependent - and neglected children.
INCAPACITY
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
JUROR
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
17. An order requiring a person to appear in court and present reasons why a certain order - judgment - or decree should not be issued.
SETTLOR
STAY
EXECUTOR
SHOW CAUSE
18. 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
STATUS OFFENDERS
RULE OF COURT
SETTLEMENT
HOSTILE WITNESS
19. An association of persons jointly undertaking some commercial enterprise. Unlike a partnership - a joint venture does not entail a continuing relationship among the parties.
AFFIDAVIT
MURDER
REASONABLE PERSON
JOINT VENTURE
20. The act of taking money - personal property - or any other article of value that is in the possession of another done by means of force or fear.
ROBBERY
RESTRAINING ORDER
RECORD
PLAINTIFF
21. 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.
DEATH ROW
IMPANEL
PURGE
REFEREE
22. A phrase commonly applied to counsel employed to assist in the preparation or management of the case - or its presentation on appeal - but who is not the principal attorney for the party.
OF COUNSEL
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
REPORT
JUROR
23. Any behavior - contrary to law - which disturbs the public peace or decorum - scandalizes the community - or shocks the public sense of morality.
GOOD CAUSE
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
HOME MONITORING
SERVE A SENTENCE
24. A document containing background material on a convicted person. It is prepared to guide the judge in the imposition of a sentence. Sometimes called a pre-sentence report.
GUARDIAN
PROBABLE CAUSE
SENTENCE REPORT
HIT AND RUN
25. Physical condition of a child indicating that external or internal injuries result from acts committed by a parent or custodian.
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
STATUTORY RAPE
JURY - HUNG
EQUAL PROTECTION
26. 1. The process of removing some minor criminal traffic - or juvenile cases from the full judicial process - on the condition that the accused undergo some sort of rehabilitation or make restitution for damages. 2. Unauthorized use of funds.
CASE NUMBER
AFFIANT
DIVERSION
DOMICILE
27. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be.
BIAS
FIRST APPEARANCE
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
IRRELEVANT
28. The malicious burning of someone else's or one's own dwelling or of anyone's commercial or industrial property.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
CHILD SUPPORT
BIND OVER
ARSON
29. One who is joined as a party or defendant merely because the technical rules of pleading require his presence in the record.
PROBATE
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
DOCKET
NOMINAL PARTY
30. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
PROSECUTOR
DETENTION
INTENT
31. Trial in which a jury decides issues of fact as opposed to trial only before a judge.
JURY TRIAL
ADMISSION
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
GARNISH
32. The referral of a dispute to an impartial third person chosen by the parties to the dispute who agree in advance to abide by the arbitrator's award issued after a hearing at which both parties have an opportunity to be heard.
CONTEMPT OF COURT
GLUE SNIFFING
ARBITRATION
RESTRAINING ORDER
33. A husband or wife of a deceased spouse married after a will is executed who is not provided for in the will.
DEFENDANT
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
MEMORIALIZED
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
34. An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as bond.
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
BAIL BOND
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
EMBEZZLE
35. Professional legal services available usually to persons or organizations unable to afford legal representation.
LEGAL AID
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
STATUS OFFENDERS
REAL EVIDENCE
36. Mental capacity of a person - especially with regard to his or her ability to stand trial and to assist counsel in his or her defense.
ACTION
COMPETENCY
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
37. The act of claiming one's own writing to be that of another.
JAIL
INDEMNIFY
JURISDICTION
FORGERY
38. Jury of inquiry. The jury which determines which charges - if any - are to be brought against a defendant.
GRAND JURY
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
EQUITY
PROOF
39. The unlawful use of force against another with unusual or serious consequences such as theuse of a dangerous weapon.
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
FORECLOSURE
40. A crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.
OFFENSE
JURISPRUDENCE
BILL OF PARTICULARS
JURY FOREMAN
41. A forejudgment - bias - a preconceived opinion.
AT ISSUE
SHOW CAUSE
PREJUDICE
ILLEGAL
42. All the documents and evidence plus transcripts of oral proceedings in a case.
RECORD
GUARDIANSHIP
PANDERING
PROTECTIVE ORDER
43. An elected constitutional officer serving as an arm of the court with respect to all court filings and related proceedings.
AFFIRMED
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
44. A ruling by the court against the party making the objection.
RETAINER
ABANDONMENT
OBJECTION OVERRULED
FALSE PRETENSES
45. Responsible for a delinquency - crime - or other offense; not innocent.
FILE
GUILTY
MORAL TURPITUDE
ABSTRACTACT
46. An accounting for the whereabouts of the tangible evidence from the moment it is received in custody until it is offered in evidence in court.CHALLENGE - An objection - such as when an attorney objects at a hearing to the seating of a particular pers
RELEVANT
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
47. 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
LINEUP
SEALING
RULE OF COURT
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
48. Begun - but not yet completed. Thus - an action is pending from its inception until the rendition of its final judgment.
PLEADINGS
PENDING
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
49. An action for the recovery of a possession that has been wrongfully taken.
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
BAR
RAP SHEET
REPLEVIN
50. A witness whose testimony is not favorable to the party who calls him or her as a witness. A hostile witness may be asked be cross-examined by the party who calls him or be cross-examined by the party who calls him or leading questions and may her to
HOSTILE WITNESS
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
BRIBE
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR