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Law Vocab
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1. Exposure to sight of the private parts of the body in a lewd or indecent manner in a public place.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
BAR
HOSPITAL WARRANT
INDECENT EXPOSURE
2. A method of determining whether a person is intoxicated using a motor skills test which is administered by testing the driver's speaking ability and/or physical coordination.
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
CRIMINAL CASE
STANDARD OF PROOF
FAIR HEARING
3. An assault committed with the intention of committing some additional crime.
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
COMMUTATION
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
4. To bear witness to - to affirm to be true or genuine - to certify.
PRESENTMENT
BOOKMAKING
LIEN
ATTEST
5. An imaginary situation - incorporating facts previously admitted into evidence - upon which an expert witness is permitted to give an opinion as to a condition resulting from the situation.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
GOOD CAUSE
REVERSIBLE ERROR
6. Synonymous with reversible error ; an error which warrants the appellate court in reversing the judgment before it.
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
ANSWER
SERVICE
CIVIL PROCEDURE
7. A false statement given while under oath or in a sworn affidavit.
PERJURY
JURY FOREMAN
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
8. 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.
BAIL BOND
LIMITED JURISDICTION
BENCH WARRANT
LAW
9. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.
DETENTION
BENEFICIARY
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
CROSS-EXAMINATION
10. Moving a lawsuit or criminal trial to another place for trial.
CHANGE OF VENUE
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
HEARING - CONTESTED
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
11. Summary of a larger work - wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are contained.
RETAINER
ABSTRACTACT
REVOKE
GAMBLING
12. A lawsuit brought by one or more persons on behalf of a larger group.
COMMON LAW
OPINION EVIDENCE
CLASS ACTION
CAUSE OF ACTION
13. A court officer who has charge of a court session in the matter of keeping order and has custody of the jury.
BAILIFF
ATTEST
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
GUARDIANSHIP
14. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.
STANDARD OF PROOF
COMPLY
RETURN
CASE
15. The court with authority to supervise estate administration.
AFFIDAVIT
PROBATE COURT
HEARING - CONTESTED
REST
16. A formal - written statement by legislature declaring - commanding - or prohibiting something.
INCEST
STATUTE
COUNTERCLAIM
ALIBI
17. In civil cases when it is necessary to preserve the status quo prior to trial - the court may issue a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order ordering a party to carry out a specified activity.
LIE DETECTOR
DISPOSITION
PARALEGAL
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
18. A second examination of a witness by the opposing counsel after the second examination (or redirect examination) by the counsel who called the witness to testify is completed.
BIND OVER
REVOKE
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
ALLOCUTION
19. This phrase - endorsed by a grand jury on the written indictment submitted to it for its approval - means that the evidence was found insufficient to indict.
DISSOLUTION
ATTACHMENT
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
NO BILL
20. Pictures taken after a suspect is taken into custody (booked) - usually used as an official photograph by police officers.
MUGSHOT
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
CHIEF JUDGE
OFFENDER
21. A person who directs a commission; a member of a commission. The officer in charge of a department or bureau of a public service.
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
COMMISSIONER
FELONY
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
22. Release of a person from custody without the payment of any bail or posting of bond - upon the promise to return to court.
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23. A person to whom the court refers a pending case to take testimony - hear the parties - and report to the court.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
OVERT ACT
REFEREE
LIEN
24. 1. A real or seeming incompatibility between one's private interests and one's public or fiduciary duties. 2. A real or seeming incompatibility between the interests of two of a lawyer's clients - such that the lawyer is disqualified from representin
ALLEGE
FINE
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
INDEMNIFY
25. A claim presented by a defendant in a civil lawsuit against the plaintiff. In essence - a counter lawsuit within a lawsuit.
COUNTERCLAIM
PRIVITY
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
ALIMONY
26. A court order directing that an individual be kept in custody - usually in a penal or mental facility.
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
SEALING
RELINQUISHMENT
COMMITMENT ORDER
27. 1. The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. 2. The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
HANDCUFFS
CASE NUMBER
CHILD SUPPORT
JURISDICTION
28. A specialized court that deals with cases during the late evening and early morning hours.
REMITTITUR
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
COURT - NIGHT
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
29. In the practice of appellate courts - the word means that the decision of the trial court is correct.
AFFIRMED
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
LIEN
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
30. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
INMATE
JURISDICTION
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
31. Language in a will that provides that a person who makes a legal challenge to the will's validity will be disinherited.
JOIN
BAIL
DEPOSITION
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
32. A state tax on property that an heir or beneficiary under a will receives from a deceased person's estate. The heir or beneficiary pays this tax.
RESTITUTION
CONSPIRACY
ACCOMPLICE
INHERITANCE TAX
33. The public calling of the docket or list of causes at commencement of term of court - for setting a time for trial or entering orders.
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
BODY ATTACHMENT
DRUNK DRIVING
CALLING THE DOCKET
34. A rule of law that courts and judges shall draw a particular inference from a particular fact - or from particular evidence.
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
STANDARD OF PROOF
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
STATEMENT - OPENING
35. 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.
GRAND THEFT
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
POLYGRAPH
RULES OF EVIDENCE
36. To complete the legal requirements (such as signing before witnesses) that make a will valid. Also - to execute a judgment or decree means to put the final judgment of the court into effect.
ACCORD
BOOKING
EXECUTE
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
37. Professional legal services available usually to persons or organizations unable to afford legal representation.
DOMICILE
FORFEITURE
LEGAL AID
COUNT
38. A procedural error during a trial or hearing sufficiently harmful to justify reversing the judgment of a lower court.
INFORMANT
REVERSIBLE ERROR
CITATION
DISSOLUTION
39. 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.
PETTY THEFT
COURT ORDER
ACCESSORY
PRETERMITTED CHILD
40. Evidence that helps to prove a point or issue in a case.
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
STATUS OFFENDERS
RELEVANT
JUDGE
41. The person who sets up a trust. Also called the grantor.
SETTLOR
BEQUESTS
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
42. Trial in which a jury decides issues of fact as opposed to trial only before a judge.
HOSTILE WITNESS
AGREEMENT
JURY TRIAL
ARRAIGNMENT
43. The party who complains or sues; one who applies to the court for legal redress. Also called the plaintiff.
BRIEF
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
COMPLAINANT
44. 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.
PROTECTIVE ORDER
INVESTIGATION
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
45. A failure to respond to a lawsuit within the specified time.
DEFAULT
EXPERT TESTIMONY
PROSECUTOR
PROXIMATE CAUSE
46. The adjournment or postponement of a session - hearing - trial - or other proceeding until a future date.
CONTINUANCE
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
INDECENT EXPOSURE
47. False and defamatory spoken words tending to harm another's reputation - community standing - office - trade - business - or means of livelihood.
INDECENT EXPOSURE
REMITTITUR
SLANDER
PROCEDURAL LAW
48. The willful taking and concealing of merchandise from a store or business establishment with the intention of using the goods for one's personal use without paying the purchase price.
PROXIMATE CAUSE
STAY
LAW CLERKS
SHOPLIFTING
49. An accounting for the whereabouts of the tangible evidence from the moment it is received in custody until it is offered in evidence in court.CHALLENGE - An objection - such as when an attorney objects at a hearing to the seating of a particular pers
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
LAWSUIT
SLANDER
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
50. An open act showing the intent to commit a crime.
HUNG JURY
OVERT ACT
ALFORD PLEA
PUBLIC DEFENDER