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Subject : law
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1. Any behavior - contrary to law - which disturbs the public peace or decorum - scandalizes the community - or shocks the public sense of morality.






2. 1. To discuss - ponder or reflect upon before reaching a decision. A judge will usually deliberate before announcing a judgment. 2. Intentional - characterized by consideration and awareness.






3. A procedure by which a convicted defendant challenges the conviction and/or sentence on the basis of some alleged violation or error.






4. A procedural error during a trial or hearing sufficiently harmful to justify reversing the judgment of a lower court.






5. 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






6. 1. A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a sentence for that crime; a prison inmate. 2. To find a person guilty of an offense by either a trial or a plea of guilty.






7. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.






8. Someone named to receive property or benefits in a will. In a trust - a person who is to receive benefits from the trust.






9. A state examination taken by prospective lawyers in order to be admitted and licensed to practice law.






10. An amendment to a will.

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11. Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.






12. A court's recognition of the truth of basic facts without formal evidence.






13. An offer of proof as to what the evidence would be if a witness were called to testify or answer a question.






14. 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.






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






16. A person - business - or government agency actively involved in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.






17. The section of a courthouse in which the judge presides over the proceedings.






18. 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.






19. One who knowingly - voluntarily - and intentionally unites with the principal offender in the commission ofa crime. A partner in a crime.






20. State laws that provide for the distribution of estate property of a person who dies without a will. Same as intestacy laws.






21. Legal dissolution of a marriage by a court. Also termed dissolutionof marriage.






22. An offensive touching or use of force on one's spouse without the spouse's consent.






23. Intentional - unlawful deception to deprive another person of property or to injure that person in some other way.






24. Elected officer of a county whose job is to conserve peace within his or her territorial jurisdiction as well as aid in the criminal and civil court processes.






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. A person to whom the court refers a pending case to take testimony - hear the parties - and report to the court.






28. Legal document issued by a court that shows an executor's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.






29. A pretrial discovery device by which one party questions the other party or a witness for the other party. It usually takes place in the office of one of the lawyers - in the presence of a court reporter - who transcribes what is said. Questions are






30. Refers to courts that have no limit on the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear.






31. To determine finally.






32. The right of all persons to receive the guarantees and safeguards of the law and the judicial process. It includes such constitutional requirements as adequate notice - assistance of counsel - the right to remain silent - theright to a speedy and pub






33. 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.






34. Additional juror impaneled in case of sickness or disability of another juror.






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






36. Money awarded by a court to a person injured by the unlawful act or negligence of another person.






37. That which tends to injure a person's reputation. Libel is published defamation - whereasslander is spoken.






38. 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






39. 1. Property that is pledged as security against a debt. 2. A person belonging to the same ancestral stock (a relation) - but not in a direct line of descent.






40. Antisocial behavior by a minor; especially behavior that would be criminally punishable if the actor were an adult - but instead is usually punished by special laws pertaining only to minors.






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






42. The closure of court records to inspection - except to the parties.






43. A will that leaves some or all estate assets to a trust established before the will-maker's death.






44. The legal document that usually begins a civil lawsuit. It states the facts and identifies the action the court is asked to take. 2. Formal written charge that a person has committed a criminal offense.






45. An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.






46. 1. The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. 2. The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.






47. The act of inhaling glue in order 'to get high'.






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






49. A defense to criminal charges alleging that agents of the government induced a person to commit a crime he or she otherwise would not have committed.






50. Fatherhood.