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Law Vocab
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1. Any fact or evidence that leads to a judgment of the court.
EXECUTOR
DIVERSION
PROOF
GOOD CAUSE
2. An assistant lawyer to the state's attorney.
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3. Questioning the qualifications of an entire jury panel - usually on the ground of partiality or some fault in the process of summoning the panel.
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
CLAIM
4. A crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.
OFFENSE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FORGERY
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
5. Land - buildings - and other improvements affixed to the land.
ARRAIGN
LAY PERSON
REAL PROPERTY
DISMISS
6. The act of taking and carrying away the personal property of another of a value less than $300 with the intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it permanently.
CODE
PETTY THEFT
CALLING THE DOCKET
COURT
7. Another hearing of a civil or criminal case by the same court in which the case was originally heard.
ADMINISTRATOR
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
REHEARING
REMAND
8. The appellate court has the right to review and revise the lower court decision.
PRISON
DELIBERATION
FELONY MURDER
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
9. The juror who chairs the jury during deliberations and speaks for the jury in court when announcing the verdict.
COMMITMENT
DISCOVERY
JURY FOREMAN
SELF-INCRIMINATION
10. Removal of a charge - responsibility or duty.
EXONERATE
CERTIFICATION
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
ANSWER
11. A formal charge against a person - to the effect that he has engaged in a punishable offense.
CONSERVATORSHIP
ACCUSATION
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
12. A general term for an action - cause - suit - or controversy brought before the court for resolution.
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
CASE
OPINION EVIDENCE
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
13. A jury whose members cannot agree upon a verdict.
HUNG JURY
CHILD ABUSE
AFFIRMED
SHOW CAUSE
14. 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.
PARDON
REFEREE
INTERVENTION
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
15. A short - abbreviated form of the case as found in the record.
NO BILL
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
JOINT TENANCY
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
16. Evidence in form of witness testimony - who actually saw - heard - or touched the subject of question.
ESTOPPEL
JUDGMENT
DELIBERATE
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
17. The rules of conduct that govern the legal profession. The Codecontains general ethical guidelines and specific rules written by the American Bar Association.
DISSENT
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
MALFEASANCE
18. A young person who has not yet attained the age at which he or she should be treated as an adult for purposes of criminal law and other legal matters.
COMMITMENT ORDER
ENTRAPMENT
DELIBERATION
JUVENILE
19. A type of sentence where the convicted criminal is ordered to spend the rest of his or her life in prison
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
SECURED DEBT
RETURN
20. One who lives in a location for a period of time and denotes it as their official address or residence.
PERJURY
INTERVENTION
PERMANENT RESIDENT
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
21. A hallowed principle of criminal law that a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty.
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
ALLOCUTION
22. A ruling by the court against the party making the objection.
CHILD SUPPORT
GARNISH
CONSERVATORSHIP
OBJECTION OVERRULED
23. A written or verbal command from a court directing or forbidding an action.
DOCKET NUMBER
ATTORNEY
ORDER - COURT
PREJUDICE
24. To annul or make void by recalling or taking back.
ARRAIGN
LEVY
REVOKE
INTERVENTION
25. Voluntary statement made by one who is a defendant in a criminal trial - which - if true - discloses his or her guilt.
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
DEFENDANT
CONFESSION
26. Yearly judicial review - usually in juvenile dependency cases - to determine whether the child requirescontinued court supervision or placement.
EXECUTOR
ANNUAL REVIEW
ACCUSED
FALSE PRETENSES
27. The process by which a deceased person's property goes to the state if no heir can be found.
MISDEMEANOR
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
DEPENDENT CHILD
28. A malicious injury which disables or disfigures another.
MAYHEM
AGREEMENT
BEQUESTS
PAROLE
29. A lesser offense than a felony and generally punishable by fine or limited jail time - but not in a penitentiary.
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
MISDEMEANOR
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
30. Proof of facts by witnesses who saw acts done or heard words spoken.
CRIME
EXECUTOR
ACCORD
DIRECT EVIDENCE
31. An act of legislation of a local governing body such as a city - town or county.
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
ORDINANCE
INJUNCTION
CRIMINAL INSANITY
32. In criminal law - a finding of not guilty. In contract law - a release - absolution - or discharge from an obligation - liability - or engagement.
ACQUITTAL
CONCILIATION
ASSAULT
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
33. A ruling by the court in favor of the party making the objection.
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
ADMINISTRATOR
POWER OF ATTORNEY
RECOGNIZANCE
34. The act - after a jury verdict has been announced - of asking jurors individually whether they agree with the verdict.
ARSON
ALFORD PLEA
OBJECTION OVERRULED
POLLING THE JURY
35. A collection - compendium - or revision of laws - rules - and regulations enacted by legislative authority.
CODE
DEFAMATION
JAIL
COURT OF RECORD
36. The lawyer who represents a client and is entitled to receive all formal documents from the court or from other parties. Also known as counsel of record.
QUASH
SERVICE
ANNUAL REVIEW
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
37. A slang term meaning previous conviction(s) of the accused.
POLLING THE JURY
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
PRIORS
CONTRACT
38. A court-ordered allowance that one spouse pays the other spouse for maintenance and support while they areeither separated - pending suit for divorce - or after they are divorced.
GRAND JURY
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
ALIMONY
GOOD TIME
39. A temporary location that is meant to secure the accused while waiting for trial to begin or continue.
SETTLOR
HOLDING CELL
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
EQUAL PROTECTION
40. To willfully take or convert to one's own use - another's money or property - which the wrongdoer initially acquired lawfully - because of some office - employment - or some position of trust.
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
EMBEZZLE
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
INHERITANCE TAX
41. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
COMMITMENT ORDER
FELONY
COURT REPORTER
42. Ruling or order issued by the judge granting the party's request.
JURY BOX
OFFENDER
QUASI JUDICIAL
MOTION GRANTED
43. A will that leaves some or all estate assets to a trust established before the will-maker's death.
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
POUR-OVER WILL
DEATH PENALTY
EXTORTION
44. A defense claim that the accused was somewhere else at the time a crime was committed.
ALIBI
HANDCUFFS
LARCENY
EQUITY
45. Acts or declarations by which one implicates oneself in a crime.
CHILD MOLESTATION
GOOD TIME
MIRANDA RIGHTS
SELF-INCRIMINATION
46. Crime in which the driver of a vehicle leaves the scene of an accident without identifying himself or herself.
RESTRAINING ORDER
HIT AND RUN
DEPENDENT CHILD
PUBLIC DEFENDER
47. An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as bond.
NON-CAPITAL CASE
BAIL BOND
FIND GUILTY
FAILURE TO APPEAR
48. Legal document issued by a court that shows an administrator's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
INCRIMINATE
REVERSIBLE ERROR
REVOKE
49. A contract by which owner of property grants to another the right to possess - use - and enjoy it for a specified period of time in exchange for payment of an agreed price (rent).
SELF-PROVING WILL
CERTIFICATION
CALLING THE DOCKET
LEASE
50. The quality in a witness which makes his or her testimony believable.
FOUNDATION
INVESTIGATION
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
CREDIBILITY