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Law Vocab
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1. A formal - written statement by legislature declaring - commanding - or prohibiting something.
STATEMENT - OPENING
STATUTE
STATEMENT - CLOSING
BENCH
2. A court order to protect a person from further harassment - service of process - or discovery.
SEARCH WARRANT
GLUE SNIFFING
PROTECTIVE ORDER
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
3. 1. The process of removing some minor criminal traffic - or juvenile cases from the full judicial process - on the condition that the accused undergo some sort of rehabilitation or make restitution for damages. 2. Unauthorized use of funds.
PROBATE COURT
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
DIVERSION
JUDICIAL REVIEW
4. To hold a person for trial on bond (bail) or in jail. If the judicial official conducting a hearing finds probable cause to believe the accused committed a crime - the official will bind over the accused - normally by setting bail for the accused's a
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
SEARCH WARRANT
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
BIND OVER
5. A lesser offense than a felony and generally punishable by fine or limited jail time - but not in a penitentiary.
COLLATERAL ATTACK
ARBITRATION
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
MISDEMEANOR
6. The guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that all persons be treated equally by the law.
PATERNITY
EQUAL PROTECTION
RECKLESS DRIVING
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
7. The court officer responsible for choosing the panel of persons to serve as potential jurors for a particular court term.
PERSONAL PROPERTY
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
JURY COMMISSIONER
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
8. An order of the court. A final decree is one that fully and finally disposes of the litigation. Aninterlocutory decree is a preliminary order that often disposes of only part of a lawsuit.
INDICTMENT
ACQUITTAL
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
DECREE
9. 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.
LIBEL
INHERITANCE TAX
REAL EVIDENCE
FIDELITY BOND
10. Words - gestures - and actions which tend to annoy - alarm - and verbally abuse another person.
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
JUVENILE WAIVER
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
HARASSMENT
11. A state examination taken by prospective lawyers in order to be admitted and licensed to practice law.
CHILD MOLESTATION
RULE OF COURT
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
BAR EXAMINATION
12. A formal written document filed by the prosecutor detailing the criminal charges against the defendant. An alternative to an indictment - it serves to bring a defendant to trial.
CASE
INFORMATION
BENCH TRIAL
CRIMINAL INSANITY
13. A defense claim that the accused was somewhere else at the time a crime was committed.
DEFENDANT
ALIBI
INTERVENTION
AMENDMENT
14. To forge - to copy or imitate - without authority or right - and with the purpose to deceive or defraud - by passing off the copy as genuine.
SETTLEMENT
COUNTERFEIT
OPINION
CIVIL ACTION
15. To seize or take private property for public use (the police confiscated the weapon).
MOTION GRANTED
CONFISCATE
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
SERVICE
16. To annul or make void by recalling or taking back.
REVOKE
FORFEITURE
STATUTE
REMAND
17. The assertion of a right to money or property.
GRAND JURY
COURT - TRAFFIC
CLAIM
BANKRUPTCY
18. The defendant's response to the plaintiff's allegations as stated in a complaint. An item-by-item - paragraph-by-paragraph response to points made in a complaint; part of the pleadings.
ANSWER
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
HOSTILE WITNESS
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
19. An assault committed with the intention of committing some additional crime.
DECREE
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
COLLATERAL ATTACK
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
20. A phrase commonly applied to counsel employed to assist in the preparation or management of the case - or its presentation on appeal - but who is not the principal attorney for the party.
CONTEMPT OF COURT
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
OF COUNSEL
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
21. The correction of an error admitted in any process.
AMENDMENT
INTESTATE
RETAINER
JURY COMMISSIONER
22. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the judgment given.
ADJUDICATION
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
23. Procedure by which mortgaged property is sold on default of the mortgagor in satisfaction of mortgage debt.
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
PRELIMINARY HEARING
CONSIDERATION
FORECLOSURE
24. Any willful attempt or threat to inflict injury upon the person of another - when coupled with the present ability to do so - and any intentional display of force such as would give victim reason to fear or expect immediate bodily harm.
ASSAULT
LENIENCY
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
ESTOPPEL
25. The wellness of a person's state of mind.
HOSPITAL WARRANT
JUVENILE
MENTAL HEALTH
REFEREE
26. A criminal case in which the allowable penalty does not include death.
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
NON-CAPITAL CASE
BAIL REVIEW
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
27. The finding of the court that an act was committed with the intent of embarrassing the court - disobeying its lawful orders - or obstructing the administration of justice in some way.
CONTEMPT OF COURT
FOURTH AMENDMENT
CLASS ACTION
SLANDER
28. To sentence a person convicted of an offense to pay a penalty in money.
CAPTION
FINE
POWER OF ATTORNEY
CAUSE
29. The unlawful operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
PLEADINGS
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
30. 1. A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a sentence for that crime; a prison inmate. 2. To find a person guilty of an offense by either a trial or a plea of guilty.
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
CONVICT
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
DELIBERATION
31. The hearing given to person accused of crime - by a magistrate or judge - to determine whether there is enough evidence to warrant the confinement and holding to bail the person accused.
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
PETTY THEFT
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
EXPERT TESTIMONY
32. A formal - written application to the court requesting judicial action on some matter.
SEARCH WARRANT
APPELLEE
INTERVENTION
PETITION
33. An action of a higher court in setting aside or revoking a lower court decision.
REVERSE
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
ORDINANCE
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
34. To clean or clear - such as eliminating inactive records from court files; with respect to civil contempt - to cure the noncompliance that caused the contempt finding.
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
PURGE
FALSE PRETENSES
GRAND JURY
35. A specialized court that hears crimes dealing with traffic offenses.
INSANITY PLEA
COURT - TRAFFIC
LIABLE
MENTAL HEALTH
36. The reduction of a sentence - such as from death to life imprisonment.
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
CORONER
COMMUTATION
CLOSING ARGUMENT
37. A proceeding similar to a trial - without a jury - and usually of shorter duration.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
CROSS-EXAMINATION
HEARING
RETAINER
38. 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;
PARALEGAL
BIFURCATE
INDECENT EXPOSURE
MIRANDA RIGHTS
39. To take into one's family the child of another and give him or her the rights - privileges - and duties of a child and heir.
INTERROGATORIES
CIVIL ACTION
PARTY
ADOPTION
40. 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.
CORROBORATE
RECOGNIZANCE
GOOD TIME
CLASS ACTION
41. The form of verdict in criminal cases where the jury acquits the defendant - finds him or her not guilty.
SEARCH WARRANT
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
NOT GUILTY
BAR EXAMINATION
42. The act of obtaining the property of another person through wrongful use of actual or threatened force - violence - or fear.
BENEFICIARY
PAROLE
ACQUITTAL
EXTORTION
43. An offensive touching or use of force on a person without the person's consent.
BATTERY
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
44. The act of stopping a judicial proceeding by order of the court.
INTERROGATORIES
OFFER OF PROOF
STAY
CREDIBILITY
45. 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.
JUROR - ALTERNATE
BAIL
SHERIFF
APPELLEE
46. Evil doing - ill conduct; the commission of some act which is positively prohibited by law.
MALFEASANCE
SECURED DEBT
BREATHALYZER TEST
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
47. An amendment to a will.
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48. The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant after his or her conviction by imposing a punishment to be inflicted either in the form of a fine - incarceration or probation.
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
SENTENCE
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
49. A method of discharging a claim upon agreement by the parties to give and accept something in settlement of the claim.
FOURTH AMENDMENT
AFFIRMED
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
50. See DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES.
COMMITMENT ORDER
INTESTACY LAWS
DECISION
COURT