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Subject : law
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1. A crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.






2. To legally certify the innocence of one charged with a crime. To set free - release or discharge from an obligation - burden or accusation. To find a defendant not guilty in a criminal trial.






3. An official or formal statement of facts or proceedings.






4. The person to whom property rights or power are transferred by another - a grantee.






5. Opportunity to present rebuttal evidence after one's evidence has been subjected to cross-examination.






6. A concept applied by courts in product liability cases in which a seller is liable for any and all defective or hazardous products which unduly threaten a consumer's personal safety.






7. Intentional - unlawful deception to deprive another person of property or to injure that person in some other way.






8. Officer of the court who files pleadings - motions - judgments - etc. - issues process - and keeps records of court proceedings.






9. A person who initiates a lawsuit against another. Also called the complainant.






10. Confidential communications to certain persons that are protected by law against any disclosure - including forced disclosure in legal proceedings.






11. A defense attorney designated by the court to represent a defendant who does not have the funds to retain an attorney. COURT COSTS - The expenses of prosecuting or defending a lawsuit - other than the attorneys' fees. An amount of moneymay be awarded






12. The hearing available to a person charged with a felony to determine if there is enough evidence (probable cause) to hold him for trial.






13. 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.






14. The number assigned to the criminal record that corresponds to the person's arrest.






15. Confirmation or support of a witness' statement or other fact.






16. Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.






17. The act of bringing to an end; termination. The dissolution of a marriage or other relationship.






18. An act of legislation of a local governing body such as a city - town or county.






19. Numerous and unnecessary attempts to litigate the same issue.






20. An error committed during a trial that was corrected or was not serious enough to affect the outcome of a trial and (prejudicial) to be reversed on appeal.






21. Language in a will that provides that a person who makes a legal challenge to the will's validity will be disinherited.






22. A weapon which acts by force of gunpowder - such as a rifle - shotgun or revolver.






23. 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.






24. Dying without a will.






25. An elected constitutional officer serving as an arm of the court with respect to all court filings and related proceedings.






26. An oral (unwritten) will.






27. 1. Historically - the partition separating the general public from the space occupied by the judges - lawyers - and other participants in a trial. 2. More commonly - the term means the whole body of lawyers.






28. 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.






29. An action by which a third person who may be affected by a lawsuit is permitted to become a party to the suit. Differs from the process of becoming an amicus curiae.






30. A procedure by which a convicted defendant challenges the conviction and/or sentence on the basis of some alleged violation or error.






31. An action instituted with intention of injuring the defendant and without probable cause -and which terminates in favor of the person prosecuted.






32. To put off or delay a court hearing.






33. Aka PROSECUTOR and DISTRICT ATTORNEY.






34. Failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would use under the same circumstances.






35. A listing of all the criminal convictions against an individual.






36. The section of a courthouse in which the judge presides over the proceedings.






37. A federal or state public building or other place for the confinement of persons. It is used as either a punishment imposed by the law or otherwise in the course of the administration of justice






38. A foundation or basis; points relied on.






39. The party against whom an appeal is taken. Sometimes called a respondent.






40. A special type of guilty plea by which a defendant does not admit guilt but concedes that the State hasufficient evidence to convict; normally made to avoid the threat of greater punishment. Source: Black's Law Dictionary(1996); North Carolina v. Alf






41. Process by which a court seeks to interpret the meaning and scope of legislation.






42. Unlawful sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 18 - regardless of whether they consent to the act.






43. To place a paper in the official custody of the clerk of court to enter into the files or records of a case.






44. Antisocial behavior by a minor; especially behavior that would be criminally punishable if the actor were an adult - but instead is usually punished by special laws pertaining only to minors.






45. The time in a lawsuit when the complaining party has stated his or her claim and the other side has responded with a denial and the matter is ready to be tried.






46. Standards governing whether evidence in a civil or criminal case is admissible.






47. A list of cases to be heard by a court - or a log containing brief entries of court proceedings.






48. Money or a written instrument such as a deed that - by agreement between two parties - is held by a neutral third party (held in escrow) until all conditions of the agreement are met.






49. Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.






50. A forsaking - abandoning - renouncing - or giving over a right.