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1. An estate consists of personal property (car - household items - and other tangible items) - real property - and intangible property - such as stock certificates and bank accounts - owned in the individual name of a person at the time of the person's






2. A criminal case in which the allowable penalty does not include death.






3. 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.






4. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's personal liberty - whether or not carried out by a peace officer.






5. A murder committed during the commission of a felony such as robbery - burglary - or kidnapping.






6. The postconviction stage in which the defendant is brought before the court for imposition of sentence.






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






8. Trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts.






9. The rights of a person guaranteed by the state or federal constitutions.






10. 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).






11. 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.






12. To lose - or lose the right to.






13. 1) The disputed point in a disagreement between parties in a lawsuit. 2) To send out officially - as in to issue an order.






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






15. Evidence not sufficiently related to the matter in issue.






16. The assertion of a party to an action - setting out what he expects to prove.






17. To forge - to copy or imitate - without authority or right - and with the purpose to deceive or defraud - by passing off the copy as genuine.






18. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party - who helps them agree on a settlement.






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






20. The juror who chairs the jury during deliberations and speaks for the jury in court when announcing the verdict.






21. A lawyer appointed or elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective judicial districts. See PROSECUTOR.






22. Immorality. An element of crimes inherently bad - as opposed to crimes bad merely because they are forbidden by statute.






23. A coming into court as party or interested person or as a lawyer on behalf of party or interested person.






24. Another term for arraignment.






25. The act of collecting the bets of others or making odds on future gambling events.






26. Substantial reason - one that affords a legal excuse.






27. The state or condition of a person who is unable to pay his or her debts as they are or become due.






28. An action instituted with intention of injuring the defendant and without probable cause -and which terminates in favor of the person prosecuted.






29. The process by which the property of a person who has died without a will passes on to others according to the state's distribution statutes.






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






31. To sentence a person convicted of an offense to pay a penalty in money.






32. A trial lawyer representing the government in a criminal case and the interests of the state in civil matters.






33. To try issues separately - such as guilt and criminal responsibility in a criminal proceeding or liability and damages in a civil action.






34. Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.






35. Aka DOCKET NUMBER.






36. A forejudgment - bias - a preconceived opinion.






37. Needy and poor. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court appointed attorney at public expense.






38. 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.






39. An invalid trial caused by some legal error. When a judge declares a mistrial - the trial must start again from the beginning - including the selection of a new jury.






40. A hallowed principle of criminal law that a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty.






41. The process by which a judge is disqualified from hearing a case - on his or her own motion or upon the objection of either party.






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






43. Gifts made in a will.






44. An elected constitutional officer serving as an arm of the court with respect to all court filings and related proceedings.






45. Yearly judicial review - usually in juvenile dependency cases - to determine whether the child requirescontinued court supervision or placement.






46. The physical location where the defense and prosecuting parties are seated throughout the duration of the trial.






47. 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.






48. Legal debts and obligations.






49. To state - recite - assert - claim - maintain - charge or set forth. To make an allegation.






50. Fatherhood.







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