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Law Vocab
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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
SANCTION
ACCOMPLICE
ESTATE
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
2. To disagree. An appellate court opinion setting forth the minority view and outlining the disagreement of one or more judges with the decision of the majority.
REVERSIBLE ERROR
DISSENT
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
DISMISS
3. A criminal case in which the allowable penalty does not include death.
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
JURY COMMISSIONER
REVERSIBLE ERROR
NON-CAPITAL CASE
4. Any form of cruelty to a child's physical - moral - or mental well-being.
CHILD ABUSE
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
FAILURE TO APPEAR
JURISPRUDENCE
5. One who saw the act - fact - or transaction to which he or she testifies.
EYE WITNESS
ORDINANCE
DEPOSITION
CASE
6. A county court that handles civil claims for amounts less than $5 -00. People often represent themselves rather than hire an attorney.
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
JEOPARDY
EXPERT TESTIMONY
RAP SHEET
7. The degree of certainty required for a juror to legally find a criminal defendant guilty
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
INADMISSIBLE
8. 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.
NON-CAPITAL CASE
DEPENDENT CHILD
RULE
SIDEBAR
9. The act of obtaining the property of another person through wrongful use of actual or threatened force - violence - or fear.
JOYRIDING
CLASS ACTION
ATTEST
EXTORTION
10. Claim that an act otherwise criminal was legally justifiable because it was necessary to protect a person or property from the threat or action of another.
PANDERING
SELF-DEFENSE
ALIMONY
PRECEDENT
11. The procedure by which one or both parties disclose evidence which will be used at trial. The specific tools of discovery include depositions - interrogatories and motions for the production of documents.
DISCOVERY
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
12. 1. One who administers the estate of a person who dies without a will. 2. A court official.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
JEOPARDY
INMATE
ADMINISTRATOR
13. The first examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify.
NEGLIGENCE
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
14. The party against whom an appeal is taken. Sometimes called a respondent.
CALENDAR
APPELLEE
DELIBERATE
CHILD SUPPORT
15. Confirmation or support of a witness' statement or other fact.
PRE-INJUNCTION
CORROBORATION
JURY FOREMAN
PRESENTMENT
16. A legal right - exemption or immunity granted to a person - company or class - that is beyond the common advantages of other citizens.
PRIVILEGE
ARSON
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
CLERK
17. 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).
LEASE
PIMP
QUASH
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
18. Procedure by which mortgaged property is sold on default of the mortgagor in satisfaction of mortgage debt.
ARSON
FORECLOSURE
PETTY THEFT
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
19. A conference between the judge and lawyers - usually in the courtroom - out of earshot of the jury and spectators.
BURDEN OF PROOF
SIDEBAR
IRRELEVANT
JURISPRUDENCE
20. Behavior that is obscene - lustful - indecent - vulgar.
BAR EXAMINATION
PROSECUTOR
PIMP
LEWD CONDUCT
21. Aka PROSECUTOR and DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
FORFEIT
FIFTH AMENDMENT
HOLDING CELL
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
22. Legally responsible.
COURT - TRAFFIC
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
INDECENT EXPOSURE
LIABLE
23. The act of claiming one's own writing to be that of another.
BIND OVER
INJUNCTION
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
FORGERY
24. Law established by previous decisions of appellate courts - particularly the Supreme Court.
PREMEDITATION
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
APPELLATE COURT
CASE LAW
25. Lack of mental capacity to do or abstain from doing a particular act; inability to distinguish right from wrong. State of mind rendering a defendant incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong - such that he or shecannot be held accountable f
CRIMINAL INSANITY
PARTY
FORFEIT
CONSPIRACY
26. The taking or detaining of a person against his or her will and without lawful authority.
OBJECTION
OFFER OF PROOF
KIDNAPPING
HEARSAY
27. All the documents and evidence plus transcripts of oral proceedings in a case.
AID AND ABET
STRICT LIABILITY
CHILD MOLESTATION
RECORD
28. 1. A statement of acceptance of responsibility. 2. The short declaration at the end of a legal paper showing that the paper was duly executed and acknowledged.
BAIL BOND
RESTRAINING ORDER
REVERSIBLE ERROR
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
29. A case summary or commentary on the law cases - statutes - and rules illustrating its interpretation.
ANNOTATION
COURT REPORTER
ACCOMPLICE
SLANDER
30. The act of collecting the bets of others or making odds on future gambling events.
FIDELITY BOND
BOOKMAKING
INDECENT EXPOSURE
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
31. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the judgment given.
RATIFICATION
AFFIDAVIT
PERSONAL PROPERTY
ADJUDICATION
32. A motion to dismiss a civil case because of the legal insufficiency of a complaint.
PROBATION
FINGERPRINT
DEMURRER
FALSE PRETENSES
33. To obtain customers for a whore or prostitute. One who obtains customers for a whore or prostitute.
PIMP
DAMAGES
ARGUMENT
EYE WITNESS
34. A specialized court that hears crimes dealing with traffic offenses.
COURT - TRAFFIC
SEALING
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
FORECLOSURE
35. 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.
PLEA
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
INSANITY PLEA
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
36. A final settlement or determination. The court decision terminating proceedings in a case before judgment.
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
PARALEGAL
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
DISPOSITION
37. Among other matters - the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from depriving any person of life - liberty - or property without adequate due process .
ATTACHMENT
FOURTH AMENDMENT
SELF-PROVING WILL
FELONY
38. To determine finally.
ADJUDICATE
CONVICT
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
PETTY OFFENSE
39. A person having a legal relationship of trust and confidence to another and having a duty to act primarily for the others benefit - e.g. - a guardian - trustee - or executor.
NEGLIGENCE
FIDUCIARY
MALFEASANCE
JOINT TENANCY
40. A murder committed during the commission of a felony such as robbery - burglary - or kidnapping.
COUNTERFEIT
FELONY MURDER
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
41. The initial statement made by attorneys for each side - outlining the facts each intends to establish during the trial.
OPENING ARGUMENT
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
BENCH TRIAL
PIMP
42. 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.
DIRECTED VERDICT
ATTORNEY
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
BREATHALYZER TEST
43. An allowance for expenses in prosecuting or defending a suit. Ordinarily this does not include attorney fees.
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
COSTS
BURDEN OF PROOF
REMEDY
44. The judgment reached or given by a court of law.
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
DECISION
PARDON
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
45. To protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
COUNTERFEIT
OBJECT
STATEMENT - CLOSING
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
46. The quality in a witness which makes his or her testimony believable.
BANKRUPTCY
DISSENT
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
CREDIBILITY
47. A belief in the American legal system which states that all people accused of a criminal act are considered not to have committed the crime until the evidence leaves no doubt in the mind of the court or the jury .
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
ORDINANCE
MATERIAL WITNESS
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
48. Conduct which tends to annoy all citizens - including unnecessary and distractingnoisemaking.
PREJUDICE
DISTURBING THE PEACE
LIMITED JURISDICTION
IMPANEL
49. A phrase used to denote a hypothetical person who exercises qualities of attention - knowledge - intelligence - and judgment that society requires of its members for the protection of his or her own interest and the interests of others.
FORGERY
REASONABLE PERSON
DEPOSITION
ATTEMPT
50. The planning of a crime preceding the commission of the act - rather than committing the crime on the spur of the moment.
COUNTERCLAIM
RATIFICATION
PREMEDITATION
DEATH PENALTY