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Law Vocab
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1. Oral or anal copulation between humans - or between humans or animals.
SODOMY
KNOWINGLY
STATUS OFFENDERS
ADMONISH
2. Aka SURETY BOND.
GARNISH
KNOWINGLY
FIDELITY BOND
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
3. The facts that give rise to a lawsuit or a legal claim.
CAUSE OF ACTION
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
SENTENCE REPORT
4. A trust set up and in effect during the lifetime of the grantor. Also called inter vivos trust.
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
CONSERVATORSHIP
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
LIVING TRUST
5. 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.
OBJECTION
ARRAIGNMENT
COUNTERFEIT
DISBARMENT
6. A previously decided case that guides the decision of future cases.
PRECEDENT
INHERITANCE TAX
PLAINTIFF
LIE DETECTOR
7. Words - gestures - and actions which tend to annoy - alarm - and verbally abuse another person.
JURISDICTION
DEFAMATION
HARASSMENT
LEVY
8. The combination of those rules and principles of conduct promulgated by legislative authority - derived from court decisions - and established by local custom.
LAW
COMMIT
ACCUSED
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
9. Punishment by death for capital crimes. Death penalty.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
STATUS OFFENDERS
JURY FOREMAN
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
10. A report to the sentencing judge containing background information about the crime and the defendant to assist the judge in making his or her sentencing decision.
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
PANDERING
11. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
JURISPRUDENCE
COMPLY
OVERT ACT
12. Successive sentences - one beginning at the expiration of another - imposed against a person convicted of two or more violations.
ANSWER
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
MISTRIAL
ORDINANCE
13. Allowance ordered to be paid by one spouse to the other for support while the spouses are living apart but not divorced.
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
OVERRULE
ADMONISH
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
14. The means by which a right is enforced or the violation of a right is prevented - redressed or compensated.
PREJUDICE
REMEDY
RULES OF EVIDENCE
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
15. Trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts.
FIFTH AMENDMENT
BENCH TRIAL
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
ALLOCUTION
16. The degree of certainty required for a juror to legally find a criminal defendant guilty
ORDINANCE
MALFEASANCE
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
17. The method - established normally by rules to be followed in a case; the formal steps in a judicial proceeding.
CLOSING ARGUMENT
DISCOVERY
PROCEDURAL LAW
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
18. The process of photographing - fingerprinting - and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest.
INDEMNIFY
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
LIABILITY
BOOKING
19. An action which may be brought for the purpose of restraining the threatened infliction of wrongs or injuries - and the prevention of threatened illegal action.
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
CONTINUANCE
EQUITABLE ACTION
APPEARANCE
20. In the practice of appellate courts - the word means that the decision of the trial court is correct.
AFFIRMED
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
PROBATION OFFICER
DIRECTED VERDICT
21. 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.
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
CONDEMNATION
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
22. An action for the recovery of a possession that has been wrongfully taken.
LEWD CONDUCT
REPLEVIN
ACCUSED
INCARCERATE
23. The time in a lawsuit when the complaining party has stated his or her claim and the other side has responded with a denial and the matter is ready to be tried.
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
AT ISSUE
EXPERT TESTIMONY
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
24. The judgment reached or given by a court of law.
CASE
DECISION
RESPONDENT
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
25. Proof of facts by witnesses who saw acts done or heard words spoken.
MODIFICATION
LYNCHING
DIRECT EVIDENCE
CONFESSION
26. A court order requiring that some action be taken - or that some party refrain from taking action. It differs from forms of temporary relief - such as a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction.
COMMIT
INSTRUCTIONS
STRICT LIABILITY
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
27. In bankruptcy proceedings - a debt is secured if the debtor gave the creditor a right to repossess the property or goods used as collateral.
OFFER OF PROOF
AT ISSUE
SECURED DEBT
SENTENCE REPORT
28. A trust that the grantor may change or revoke.
REVOCABLE TRUST
DECREE
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
29. Authority or discretion vested in an officer whose acts partake of a judicial character.
REGULATION
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
QUASI JUDICIAL
30. In some states - the highest appellate court - where it is the Court's discretion whether to hear the case on appeal.
COURT - APPEALS
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
SELF-INCRIMINATION
31. Process by which a court seeks to interpret the meaning and scope of legislation.
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
FORGERY
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
32. An association of persons jointly undertaking some commercial enterprise. Unlike a partnership - a joint venture does not entail a continuing relationship among the parties.
GROUNDS
STAY
SECURED DEBT
JOINT VENTURE
33. A legal claim against another person's property as security for a debt.
OPINION EVIDENCE
LIEN
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
34. Objection to the seating of a particular juror for a stated reason (usually bias or prejudice for or against one of the parties in the lawsuit). The judge has the discretion to deny the challenge. This differs from peremptory challenge.
ALLEGE
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
INDEMNIFY
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
35. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.
DEPENDENT CHILD
REMOVAL
DETENTION
REJOINDER
36. To withhold a debtor's money - and turn it over to another in order to pay a debt. Typically - the one withholding the money is the debtor's employer.
NO BILL
APPELLANT
GARNISH
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
37. Attested as being true or an exact reproduction.
INTERROGATORIES
CERTIFIED
JUDICIAL REVIEW
CODE
38. Law established by previous decisions of appellate courts - particularly the Supreme Court.
COMMIT
ENTRAPMENT
CASE LAW
CITATION
39. Operation of a motor vehicle that shows a reckless disregard of possible consequences and indifference of others rights.
LAWSUIT
PLEA
RECKLESS DRIVING
ALIBI
40. A reference to a source of legal authority. A direction to appear in court - as when a defendant is cited into court - rather than arrested.
CITATION
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
INCOMPETENCY
FAILURE TO COMPLY
41. One who saw the act - fact - or transaction to which he or she testifies.
DISSENT
CERTIFICATION
PLEADINGS
EYE WITNESS
42. Two or more sentences of jail time to be served simultaneously.
FORFEIT
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
43. Any factors associated with the commission of a crime which increase the seriousness of theoffense or add to its injurious consequences.
CLOSING ARGUMENT
JUSTICIABLE
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
FILE
44. Noncriminal case in which one private individual or business sues another to protect - enforce - or redress private or civil rights.
EVIDENCE
BRIBE
CIVIL ACTION
REPORT
45. A defense claim that the accused was somewhere else at the time a crime was committed.
PROBATE COURT
ALIBI
CONTEMPT OF COURT
FAILURE TO COMPLY
46. A private person (who is not necessarily a lawyer) authorized by another to act in his or her place - either for some particular purpose - as to do a specific act - or for the transaction of business in general - not of legal character. This authorit
PRIORS
BEQUESTS
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
GENERAL JURISDICTION
47. An offensive touching or use of force on one's spouse without the spouse's consent.
DISCOVERY
BANKRUPT
ACQUIT
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
48. The state or condition of a person who is unable to pay his or her debts as they are or become due.
AGREEMENT
BANKRUPT
MALPRACTICE
OF COUNSEL
49. Legal dissolution of a marriage by a court. Also termed dissolutionof marriage.
JOINT VENTURE
DIVORCE
LEWD CONDUCT
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
50. A claim by a defendant that he or she lacks the soundness of mind required by law to accept responsibility for a criminal act.
INSANITY PLEA
CONSERVATORSHIP
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
BAIL REVIEW