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1. Evidence that can be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial.
JOYRIDING
LAY PERSON
ADOPTION
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
2. The act of collecting the bets of others or making odds on future gambling events.
BENCH CONFERENCE
AGREEMENT
BOOKMAKING
ENTRAPMENT
3. The legal obligation of parents to contribute to the economic maintenance - including education - of their children. Money paid by one parent to another toward the expenses of the children of the marriage.
PRISON
CHILD SUPPORT
OBJECTION
FAIR HEARING
4. A judgment entered against a party who fails to appear in court - respond to the charges - or does not comply with an order - especially an order to provide or permit discovery.
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
INTESTACY LAWS
MEDIATION
5. A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
PENITENTIARY
CHANGE OF VENUE
MALICE
COURT REPORTER
6. 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.
COLLATERAL
CONSPIRACY
RAPE
REPORT
7. See DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES.
INTESTACY LAWS
FRAUD
OVERT ACT
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
8. 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.
SENTENCE REPORT
PETTY OFFENSE
CALLING THE DOCKET
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
9. Pictures taken after a suspect is taken into custody (booked) - usually used as an official photograph by police officers.
FOSTER CARE
REMOVAL
EN BANC
MUGSHOT
10. A state tax on property that an heir or beneficiary under a will receives from a deceased person's estate. The heir or beneficiary pays this tax.
INHERITANCE TAX
CRIMINAL INSANITY
JURY COMMISSIONER
SETTLOR
11. 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.
ATTORNEY
COURTROOM
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
12. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
REPLY
COMPLY
13. 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.
IMPANEL
CORROBORATE
AFFIDAVIT
PRIORS
14. Legally responsible.
COURT OF RECORD
LIABLE
DISPOSITION
INHERITANCE TAX
15. To try issues separately - such as guilt and criminal responsibility in a criminal proceeding or liability and damages in a civil action.
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
POUR-OVER WILL
BIFURCATE
PARALEGAL
16. A specialized court that hears crimes dealing with traffic offenses.
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
SIDEBAR
COURT - TRAFFIC
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
17. 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.
STATEMENT - OPENING
JUVENILE
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
JAIL
18. Remarks addressed by attorney to judge or jury on the merits of case or on points of law.
JOIN
ARGUMENT
EQUAL PROTECTION
CHARGE TO THE JURY
19. Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else.Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
ANSWER
HEARSAY
INDIGENT
PAROLE
20. The rule preventing illegally obtained evidence to be used in any trial.
REAL PROPERTY
PAROLE
DIVERSION
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
21. The peril in which an accused is placed when he is properly charged with a crime before a court. Jeopardy normally attaches when the petit jury is impaneled.
CONVICTION
PROBATE COURT
JEOPARDY
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
22. A form of legal co-ownership of property (also known as survivor ship ). At the death of one co-owner - the surviving co-owner becomes sole owner of the property.
SLANDER
PETITIONER
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
JOINT TENANCY
23. 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
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
PAROLE EVIDENCE
FOSTER CARE
CONTRACT
24. A party to a lawsuit. Litigation refers to a case - controversy - or lawsuit.
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
COURTROOM
LITIGANT
RAPE
25. Without denying the charge - the defendant raises circumstances such as insanity - self-defense -or entrapment to avoid civil or criminal responsibility.
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
PRIORS
OFFER OF PROOF
26. A formal - written statement by legislature declaring - commanding - or prohibiting something.
PROSTITUTION
STATUTE
LARCENY
LEADING QUESTION
27. A formal - written application to the court requesting judicial action on some matter.
EXTRADITION
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
JURY
PETITION
28. An alternative to incarceration where an individual is confined to his or her home and monitored electronically.
HOME MONITORING
DISTURBING THE PEACE
DEMURRER
DEPENDENT CHILD
29. An allowance for expenses in prosecuting or defending a suit. Ordinarily this does not include attorney fees.
RULE OF COURT
BEQUESTS
COSTS
PRESUMPTION
30. A lesser offense than a felony and generally punishable by fine or limited jail time - but not in a penitentiary.
AMEND
CONDEMNATION
MISDEMEANOR
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
31. The cause - price - or impelling influence which induces a party to enter into a contract.
ABSTRACTACT
CONSIDERATION
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
DETENTION
32. The person who sets up a trust. Also called the grantor.
SETTLOR
DIRECT EVIDENCE
STATEMENT - CLOSING
IMMUNITY
33. Declaration or document issued by a grand jury that either makes a neutral report or notes misdeeds by officials charged with specified public duties.
JUVENILE WAIVER
PRESENTMENT
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
STAY
34. The jury's decision-making process after hearing the evidence and closing arguments and being giventhe court's instructions.
DELIBERATION
JURISDICTION
PETIT JURY
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
35. The dismissal of a case - by which the same cause of action cannot be brought against thedefendant again at a later date.
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
LIE DETECTOR
ASSAULT
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
36. A case summary or commentary on the law cases - statutes - and rules illustrating its interpretation.
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
ANNOTATION
MIRANDA RIGHTS
MUGSHOT
37. An inference of the truth or falsity of a proposition or fact - that stands until rebutted by evidence to the contrary.
FIND GUILTY
DIVORCE
ACQUIT
PRESUMPTION
38. Release of a person from custody without the payment of any bail or posting of bond - upon the promise to return to court.
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39. The hearing available to a person charged with a felony to determine if there is enough evidence (probable cause) to hold him for trial.
SELF-DEFENSE
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
40. The jury or the judge must determine that the defendant - because of mental disease or defect - could not form the intent required to commit the offense.
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
MALFEASANCE
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
41. Aka SURETY BOND.
CASE LAW
BENCH
FIDELITY BOND
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
42. A judgment of the court that explains what the existing law is or expresses the opinion of the court without the need for enforcement.
CRIMINAL CASE
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
43. The party who complains or sues; one who applies to the court for legal redress. Also called the plaintiff.
DEPENDENT CHILD
COMPLAINANT
PARTY
DISSENT
44. In a trial - a foundation must be laid to establish the basis for the admissibility of certain types of evidence.
AMENDMENT
REASONABLE PERSON
RULE OF COURT
FOUNDATION
45. 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.
STATEMENT - CLOSING
PRE-INJUNCTION
ARREST
INCEST
46. The judgment reached or given by a court of law.
FAILURE TO COMPLY
SETTLEMENT
DECISION
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
47. The illegal taking of an automobile without intent to deprive the owner permanently of the vehicle - often involving reckless driving.
ESCROW
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
MODIFICATION
JOYRIDING
48. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.
PROSTITUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
FINGERPRINT
STANDARD OF PROOF
49. A murder committed during the commission of a felony such as robbery - burglary - or kidnapping.
FAIR HEARING
FELONY MURDER
BURGLARY
MALPRACTICE
50. 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
INCARCERATE
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
MERITS
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