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Law Vocab
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1. 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.
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
ALLOCUTION
BILL OF PARTICULARS
EQUAL PROTECTION
2. An attorney appointed by a court or employed by a government agency whose work consists primarily of defending people who are unable to hire a lawyer due to economic reasons.
EQUITY
COURT OF RECORD
DISBARMENT
PUBLIC DEFENDER
3. Elected officer of a county whose job is to conserve peace within his or her territorial jurisdiction as well as aid in the criminal and civil court processes.
PARTY
PURGE
ADMISSION
SHERIFF
4. The act of claiming one's own writing to be that of another.
CORONER
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
FORGERY
EQUITY
5. An undisclosed person who confidentially discloses material information of a crime to the police - which is usually done in exchange for a reward or special treatment.
INFORMANT
LEADING QUESTION
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
SPEEDY TRIAL
6. Another hearing of a civil or criminal case by the same court in which the case was originally heard.
REHEARING
CHIEF JUDGE
MISTRIAL
OFFENSE
7. A formal - written statement by legislature declaring - commanding - or prohibiting something.
STATUTE
CASE NUMBER
POUR-OVER WILL
ABANDONMENT
8. Published words or pictures that falsely and maliciously harm the reputation of a person. See DEFAMATION.
ORAL ARGUMENT
LIBEL
LAW
FOUNDATION
9. The jurisdiction of two or more courts - each authorized to deal with the same subject matter.
MOTION GRANTED
DISSENT
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
POLYGRAPH
10. A warrant that a court issues under Health-General Article Section 12-120 after a probable cause determination
LEASE
HOSPITAL WARRANT
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
PERSONAL PROPERTY
11. 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
BILL OF PARTICULARS
BURDEN OF PROOF
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
12. A reasonable belief that a crime has or is being committed; the basis for all lawful searches - seizures -and arrests.
PROBABLE CAUSE
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
JUROR
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
13. A will entirely written - dated - and signed by the testator in his/her own handwriting.
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
HOSTILE WITNESS
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
14. The number assigned to the criminal record that corresponds to the person's arrest.
BOOKING NUMBER
REPORT
PRIORS
JOIN
15. State laws that provide for the distribution of estate property of a person who dies without a will. Same as intestacy laws.
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
16. Successive sentences - one beginning at the expiration of another - imposed against a person convicted of two or more violations.
DISCLAIM
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
AMEND
COMPLAINANT
17. Confirmation or support of a witness' statement or other fact.
SLANDER
PRIVILEGE
CORROBORATION
BOOKING
18. Two or more sentences of jail time to be served simultaneously.
PENITENTIARY
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
STATUTE
PETTY OFFENSE
19. An inference of the truth or falsity of a proposition or fact - that stands until rebutted by evidence to the contrary.
CLASS ACTION
PRESUMPTION
CRIMINAL RECORD
ARRAIGNMENT
20. Process by which a court seeks to interpret the meaning and scope of legislation.
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
DEPOSITION
COMMITMENT ORDER
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
21. The right of an accused to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution.
OPINION
JURISPRUDENCE
FIRST APPEARANCE
SPEEDY TRIAL
22. A false statement given while under oath or in a sworn affidavit.
DEFENDANT
STRICT LIABILITY
PERJURY
MALFEASANCE
23. An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
ORAL ARGUMENT
FALSE ARREST
AUTO TAMPERING
APPELLANT
24. Yearly judicial review - usually in juvenile dependency cases - to determine whether the child requirescontinued court supervision or placement.
CODE
DISCOVERY
ANNUAL REVIEW
RULE
25. A ruling by the court against the party making the objection.
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
OBJECTION OVERRULED
26. The act of spending an allotted amount of time in a designated location such as a prison as punishment for the crime committed.
SIDEBAR
ALIMONY
SERVE A SENTENCE
INTERROGATORIES
27. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.
CIVIL ACTION
RECIDIVISM
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
SERVICE
28. A gift - not necessarily of monetary value - given to influence the conduct of the receiver.
AMEND
BRIBE
COMMITMENT
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
29. Requirement that police tell a suspect in their custody of his or her constitutional rights before they question him or her: specifically - the right to remain silent; that any statement made may be used against him or her; the right to an attorney;
ACCESSORY
DISTURBING THE PEACE
GUARDIANSHIP
MIRANDA RIGHTS
30. Professional legal services available usually to persons or organizations unable to afford legal representation.
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
ISSUE
FINDING
LEGAL AID
31. Gifts made in a will.
DEATH PENALTY
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
COMMIT
BEQUESTS
32. Courts having jurisdiction over cases involving children under 18. Casesinvolve delinquent - dependent - and neglected children.
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
GUILTY
HOMICIDE
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
33. To seat a jury. When voir dire is finished and both sides have exercised their challenges - the jury is impaneled.The jurors are sworn in and the trial is ready to proceed.
IMPANEL
BENCH CONFERENCE
JOINT VENTURE
BREACH
34. Any fact or evidence that leads to a judgment of the court.
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
INTERVENTION
RELEVANT
PROOF
35. The right to challenge a juror without assigning a reason for the challenge.
CONCILIATION
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
MOTION GRANTED
LITIGANT
36. A body of persons temporarily selected from the citizens of a particular district sworn to listen to the evidence in a trial and declare a verdict on matters of fact.
ALIMONY
BEQUESTS
JURY
CODE
37. The act which produces an effect.
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
NO BILL
CAUSATION
COURTROOM
38. A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
COMMISSIONER
POLYGRAPH
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
COURT REPORTER
39. A defense to criminal charges alleging that agents of the government induced a person to commit a crime he or she otherwise would not have committed.
LENIENCY
PETTY THEFT
ENTRAPMENT
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
40. The judgment reached or given by a court of law.
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
DISTURBING THE PEACE
ESCROW
DECISION
41. A collection - compendium - or revision of laws - rules - and regulations enacted by legislative authority.
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
CODE
CONFISCATE
PENDING
42. 1. A unit of the judiciary authorized to decide disputed matters of fact - cases or controversies. 2. Figuratively - the judge or judicial officer. Judges sometimes use 'court' to refer to themselves in the third person - as in 'the court has read
EXECUTE
PROBATION OFFICER
HARMLESS ERROR
COURT
43. 1. Arrest record. A written account listing all the instances in which a person has been arrested. 2. A form completed by a police officer when a person is arrested.
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
CRIMINAL RECORD
RECORD
COMPLAINANT
44. 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
JUDGMENT
DECISION
INCAPACITY
45. The response by a party to charges raised in a pleading by the other party.
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
AT ISSUE
REPLY
LENIENCY
46. 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
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
EQUITY
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
HOSTILE WITNESS
47. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.
JUDICIAL NOTICE
COMMITMENT ORDER
NULL AND VOID
INMATE
48. Inferences drawn from proven facts.
STATE'S ATTORNEY
JAIL
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
CLERK
49. A court order forbidding the defendant from doing any action or threatened action until a hearing on the application can be conducted.
RESTRAINING ORDER
BENCH WARRANT
HOSPITAL WARRANT
GROUNDS
50. 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.
SHOPLIFTING
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
JURISDICTION
BENCH WARRANT