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Law Vocab
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1. A court officer who has charge of a court session in the matter of keeping order and has custody of the jury.
BAILIFF
ARSON
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
RELEVANT
2. Primary evidence; the best evidence available. Evidence short of this is 'secondary.' That is - anoriginal letter is 'best evidence -' and a photocopy is 'secondary evidence.'
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
FOUNDATION
JURY
BEST EVIDENCE
3. Unlawful killing of another - without malice - when the act is committed with a sudden extreme emotional impulse.
REBUTTAL
DISCLAIM
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
ESTOPPEL
4. A person who directs a commission; a member of a commission. The officer in charge of a department or bureau of a public service.
COMMISSIONER
SPEEDY TRIAL
ESTOPPEL
EXTRADITION
5. Taking and carrying away the personal property of another person of a value in excess of an amount set by law with the .intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it.
COURT - APPEALS
GRAND THEFT
ILLEGAL
MURDER
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.
ENHANCE
INSTRUCTIONS
COLLATERAL
FOURTH AMENDMENT
7. A person appointed by will or by law to assume responsibility for incompetent adults or minor children.
OVERT ACT
GUARDIAN
LEADING QUESTION
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
8. Numerous and unnecessary attempts to litigate the same issue.
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
POUR-OVER WILL
NO BILL
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
9. An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
RULE OF COURT
JOIN
PRETERMITTED CHILD
JUDGE
10. A report to a judge by police on the implementation of an arrest or search warrant. Also - a report to a judge in reply to a subpoena - civil or criminal.
PROXIMATE CAUSE
INCOMPETENCY
COMMISSIONER
RETURN
11. The rules of conduct that govern the legal profession. The Codecontains general ethical guidelines and specific rules written by the American Bar Association.
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
MENTAL HEALTH
GUILTY
ESCROW
12. The judge's instructions to the jury concerning the law that applies to the facts of the case on trial.
ARGUMENT
CHARGE TO THE JURY
BAR
GUARDIAN
13. The court officer responsible for choosing the panel of persons to serve as potential jurors for a particular court term.
JURY COMMISSIONER
COMMON LAW
ARSON
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
14. Provisional; not final. An interlocutory order or an interlocutory appeal concerns only a part of the issues raised in a lawsuit. Compare to decree .
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
INTERLOCUTORY
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
15. The department that oversees the actions of probationers as well as the location of where probation officers work.
SODOMY
NON-CAPITAL CASE
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
BEQUESTS
16. Officer of the court who files pleadings - motions - judgments - etc. - issues process - and keeps records of court proceedings.
AFFIDAVIT
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
CLERK
GLUE SNIFFING
17. Those which do not constitute a justification or excuse for an offense but which may be considered as reasons for reducing the degree of blame.
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
HEARSAY
DECREE
REVERSIBLE ERROR
18. A trust set up and in effect during the lifetime of the grantor. Also called inter vivos trust.
LEASE
LIVING TRUST
RAPE
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
19. An aggravated unlawful assault in which there is threat to do bodily harmwithout justification or excuse by use of any instrument calculated to do serious bodily harm or cause death.
CLAIM
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
20. 1. The action of sending a person to a penal or mental institution. 2. The order directing an officer to take a person to a penal or mental institution.
DEATH PENALTY
DETENTION HEARING
COMMITMENT
APPELLANT
21. Remarks addressed by attorney to judge or jury on the merits of case or on points of law.
BURGLARY
BENCH TRIAL
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
ARGUMENT
22. An action of a higher court in setting aside or revoking a lower court decision.
RECIDIVISM
REVERSE
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
OF COUNSEL
23. The guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that all persons be treated equally by the law.
MAGISTRATE
DEPOSITION
EQUAL PROTECTION
APPEAL
24. The matter can only be filed in one court.
FILE
ACCOMPLICE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
CLERK OF COURT
25. Any of the drugs whose production and use are regulated by law - including narcotics - stimulants - and hallucinogens.
RAPE
ARRAIGNMENT
PROBATE
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
26. A listing of all the criminal convictions against an individual.
BENCH
RAP SHEET
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
DECREE
27. The act of entering or remaining illegally in a movable or immovable structure - vehicle or dwelling with intent to commit a felony.
BURGLARY
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
COMPOSITE DRAWING
PAROLE EVIDENCE
28. An order by the court telling a person to stop performing a specific act.
ENJOINING
EYE WITNESS
PROTECTIVE ORDER
OBJECTION OVERRULED
29. 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.
DIVERSION
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
BENEFICIARY
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
30. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.
DETENTION HEARING
OPENING ARGUMENT
PRE-INJUNCTION
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
31. A misdemeanor or minor offense or comparatively insignificant criminal act.
ADJUDICATE
CONVICT
PETTY OFFENSE
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
32. A child who is homeless or without proper care through no fault of the parent - guardian - or custodian. DEPORTATION - The act of removing a person to another country. Order issued by an immigration judge - expelling an alien from the United States.
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
DEPENDENT CHILD
BENCH WARRANT
HIT AND RUN
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.
FIRST APPEARANCE
EXPERT TESTIMONY
SERVICE
JURY
34. 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
GARNISHMENT
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
JUROR - ALTERNATE
35. Successive sentences - one beginning at the expiration of another - imposed against a person convicted of two or more violations.
REST
FIRST APPEARANCE
LIMITED JURISDICTION
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
36. 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
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
CERTIFIED
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
LINEUP
37. 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.
PROTECTIVE ORDER
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
RAP SHEET
PAROLE EVIDENCE
38. The facts that give rise to a lawsuit or a legal claim.
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
OFFENSE
CAUSE OF ACTION
AGENT
39. Any behavior - contrary to law - which disturbs the public peace or decorum - scandalizes the community - or shocks the public sense of morality.
REHEARING
INVESTIGATION
CERTIFIED
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
40. An allowance for expenses in prosecuting or defending a suit. Ordinarily this does not include attorney fees.
COSTS
RECUSE
DISSENT
COMPOSITE DRAWING
41. 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.
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
EQUITABLE ACTION
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
LINEUP
42. A reduction in sentenced time in prison as a reward for good behavior. It usually is one-third to one-half of fthe maximum sentence.
PURGE
COMMISSIONER
GOOD TIME
REMAND
43. The physical location where the defense and prosecuting parties are seated throughout the duration of the trial.
COUNSEL TABLE
FAIR HEARING
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
COURT ORDER
44. In a criminal proceeding - it is the defendant's declaration in open court that he or she is guilty or not guilty. The defendant's answer to the charges made in the indictment or information.
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
BOOKING
PLEA
45. The act of obtaining the property of another person through wrongful use of actual or threatened force - violence - or fear.
NO BILL
PRECEDENT
AID AND ABET
EXTORTION
46. To try issues separately - such as guilt and criminal responsibility in a criminal proceeding or liability and damages in a civil action.
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
BIFURCATE
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
EVICTION
47. The legal right to bring a lawsuit. Only a person with something at stake has standing to bring a lawsuit.
STANDING
REAL PROPERTY
DISSOLUTION
LIE DETECTOR
48. Additional juror impaneled in case of sickness or disability of another juror.
GUARDIAN
JUROR - ALTERNATE
PERJURY
SHOPLIFTING
49. The person who administers an estate. If named in a will - that person's title is an executor . If there is no valid will - that person's title is an administrator.
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
FILE
PLAINTIFF
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
50. Voluntary statement made by one who is a defendant in a criminal trial - which - if true - discloses his or her guilt.
DIRECTED VERDICT
CONFESSION
PARTY
CIVIL CASE