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Law Vocab
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1. The juror who chairs the jury during deliberations and speaks for the jury in court when announcing the verdict.
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
EXPUNGEMENT
JURY FOREMAN
BIND OVER
2. A defense claim that the accused was somewhere else at the time a crime was committed.
PROBATION
BIAS
ALIBI
PETITIONER
3. A misdemeanor or minor offense or comparatively insignificant criminal act.
PROSECUTION
PETTY OFFENSE
SERVICE
SEPARATION
4. Failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would use under the same circumstances.
BEST EVIDENCE
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
NEGLIGENCE
MOOT
5. To lose - or lose the right to.
EVIDENCE
CORROBORATE
COLLATERAL ATTACK
FORFEIT
6. Refers to courts that are limited in the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear. For example - traffic violations generally are heard by limited jurisdiction courts.
PETTY THEFT
LIMITED JURISDICTION
DEFENDANT
SANCTION
7. An endeavor or effort to do an act or accomplish a crime - carries beyond preparation - but lacking execution.
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
LIEN
FOURTH AMENDMENT
ATTEMPT
8. List of cases scheduled for hearing in court.
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
DEFENSE
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
CALENDAR
9. A will that leaves some or all estate assets to a trust established before the will-maker's death.
ANNUAL REVIEW
POUR-OVER WILL
LIMITED JURISDICTION
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
10. An assault committed by one member of a household against another.
JOINT TENANCY
APPELLATE COURT
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
11. The standard in a criminal case requiring that the jury be satisfied to a moralcertainty that every element of a crime has been proven by the prosecution. This standard of proof does not require that the state establish absolute certainty by eliminat
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
JOINT VENTURE
12. 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.
ALIMONY
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
COMPLAINT
REBUTTAL
13. Facts that do not constitute a justification or excuse for an offense but which may be considered as reasons for reducing the degree of blame.
CHILD MOLESTATION
MITIGATING FACTORS
JAIL
LEVY
14. The process of photographing - fingerprinting - and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest.
ASSAULT
BOOKING
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
DISSOLUTION
15. 1. To execute - perpetrate - or carry out an act. To commit a crime. 2. To send a person to prison - asylum - or reformatory by a court order.
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
COURTROOM
COMMIT
16. The generic name for the defendant in a criminal case.
ACCUSED
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
JUSTICIABLE
AMEND
17. Presiding or Administrative Judge in a court.
COMPLAINANT
CHIEF JUDGE
COMPOSITE DRAWING
EMBEZZLE
18. The right to challenge a juror without assigning a reason for the challenge.
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
REHEARING
MANDATE
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
19. All evidence except eyewitness testimony. One example is physical evidence - such as fingerprints - from which an inference can be drawn.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
OATH
PENITENTIARY
LAW
20. 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.
FOURTH AMENDMENT
PATERNITY
REASONABLE PERSON
STIPULATE
21. In bankruptcy proceedings - a debt is secured if the debtor gave the creditor a right to repossess the property or goods used as collateral.
ACCOMPLICE
SECURED DEBT
FAILURE TO COMPLY
EMBEZZLE
22. The unlawful operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
ACCOMPLICE
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
ACTION
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
23. A chronological summary of all official records and recorded documents affecting the title to aparcel of real property.
FELONY
COUNT
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
HEARING - CONTESTED
24. Money awarded to an injured person - over and above the measurable value of the injury - in order to punish the person who hurt him.
PROCEDURAL LAW
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
SODOMY
EXHIBIT
25. An allowance for expenses in prosecuting or defending a suit. Ordinarily this does not include attorney fees.
CIVIL PROCEDURE
BENCH WARRANT
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
COSTS
26. Outline or summary of the nature of the case and of the anticipated proof presented by the attorney to the jury before any evidence is submitted. Also known as opening argument .
STATEMENT - OPENING
CONTINUANCE
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
JUVENILE WAIVER
27. An offer of proof as to what the evidence would be if a witness were called to testify or answer a question.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
JEOPARDY
PROFFER
28. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.
INTERROGATORIES
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
ALIBI
29. A violation of law - not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses are generally considered infractions.
JUVENILE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
INFRACTION
BIND OVER
30. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the judgment given.
EXHIBIT
COMMITMENT ORDER
SELF-DEFENSE
ADJUDICATION
31. A form of legal co-ownership of property (also known as survivor ship ). At the death of one co-owner - the surviving co-owner becomes sole owner of the property.
JOINT TENANCY
GUARDIANSHIP
DEATH PENALTY
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
32. The closing statement - by counsel - to the trier of facts after all parties have concluded their presentation of evidence.
LOITERING
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
CLOSING ARGUMENT
COMMISSIONER
33. A lawsuit.
FORFEIT
AFFIANT
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
LITIGATION
34. A place of confinement that is more than a police station and less than a prison. It is usually used to hold persons convicted of misdemeanors or persons awaiting trial.
LIABLE
FAIR HEARING
FIREARM
JAIL
35. The practice which enables an accused awaiting trial to be released without posting any security other than a promise to appear before the court at the proper time.
RECOGNIZANCE
HEARING - CONTESTED
PROSECUTOR
PARTY
36. An agreement by attorneys on both sides of a civil or criminal case about some aspect of the case; e.g. - to extend the time to answer - to adjourn the trial date - or to admit certain facts at the trial.
BREACH
STIPULATE
FORFEITURE
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
37. A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a trial court's procedure.
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
BAIL
APPELLATE COURT
PETTY OFFENSE
38. Placing a convicted defendant on conditional probation - the successful completion of which will prevent entry of the underlying judgment of conviction
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
FAILURE TO COMPLY
OBJECT
39. Money or other security (such as a bail bond) provided to the court to temporarily allow a person's release from jail and assure his or her appearance in court. Bail and Bond are often used interchangeably.
MORAL TURPITUDE
BAIL
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
LYNCHING
40. State laws that provide for the distribution of estate property of a person who dies without a will. Same as intestacy laws.
CHAMBERS
JURY BOX
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
41. A proceeding instituted and carried on in order to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused.
CORROBORATE
PROSECUTION
JOIN
COUNTERCLAIM
42. Crime in which the driver of a vehicle leaves the scene of an accident without identifying himself or herself.
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
ASSAULT
DEFENSE
HIT AND RUN
43. 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.
JURY FOREMAN
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
DIVERSION
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
44. To give authority or legal authenticity to a statute - record - or other written instrument.
AUTHENTICATE
SERVICE
STRICT LIABILITY
SENTENCE REPORT
45. The legal process by which the government takes private land for public use - paying the owners a fair price. See EMINENT DOMAIN.
INADMISSIBLE
CONDEMNATION
GAMBLING
PLEADINGS
46. To give a gift to someone through a will.
ADJUDICATE
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
BEQUEATH
DECREE
47. A hallowed principle of criminal law that a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty.
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
DEATH PENALTY
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
EVIDENCE
48. A failure to respond to a lawsuit within the specified time.
DEFAULT
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
BOOKING
CONVICTION
49. Two or more sentences of jail time to be served simultaneously.
CIVIL PROCEDURE
PRETERMITTED CHILD
COUNTY JAIL
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
50. A protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
OBJECTION
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
ARRAIGNMENT
BAIL BOND