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Law Vocab
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1. A person who is the liable party in paying the bond for the defendant's release from jail.
ALLEGED
BAIL BONDSMAN
ORDER - COURT
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
2. Summary of a larger work - wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are contained.
BIND OVER
ABSTRACTACT
APPELLANT
CHILD ABUSE
3. An alternative to incarceration where an individual is confined to his or her home and monitored electronically.
ESTOPPEL
HOME MONITORING
MOTION GRANTED
INJUNCTION
4. Judge's explanation to the jury before it begins deliberations of the questions it must answer and the applicable law governing the case. Also called charge.
PLEADINGS
CRIMINAL
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
INSTRUCTIONS
5. A legal doctrine that makes each of the parties who are responsible for an injury liable for all the damages awarded in a lawsuit if the other parties responsible cannot pay.
EXPERT TESTIMONY
CAUSATION
ILLEGAL
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
6. 1. One who administers the estate of a person who dies without a will. 2. A court official.
ADMINISTRATOR
RULE OF COURT
PAROLE
INFRACTION
7. The appellate court has the right to review and revise the lower court decision.
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
RESTRAINING ORDER
BOOKING NUMBER
ARBITRATION
8. The performance or agreement to perform a sexual act for hire.
PROSTITUTION
MEMORIALIZED
LOITERING
JOIN
9. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.
FORGERY
RETURN
BURGLARY
FINGERPRINT
10. To give a gift to someone through a will.
JUVENILE
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
BEQUEATH
REBUTTAL
11. A reference to a source of legal authority. A direction to appear in court - as when a defendant is cited into court - rather than arrested.
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
CIVIL PROCEDURE
CITATION
COMPLAINANT
12. In criminal trial - a witness whose testimony is crucial to either the defense or prosecution.
NON-CAPITAL CASE
DOCKET NUMBER
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
MATERIAL WITNESS
13. The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
ASSAULT
COURT
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
JURISPRUDENCE
14. A hearing held for the purpose of deciding issues or fact of law that both parties are disputing.
COUNSEL TABLE
MUGSHOT
HEARING - CONTESTED
AFFIANT
15. 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.
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
STATE'S ATTORNEY
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
SHERIFF
16. A general term for an action - cause - suit - or controversy brought before the court for resolution.
BOOKMAKING
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
REVOCABLE TRUST
CASE
17. The lack of power or the legal ability to act.
INCAPACITY
BENEFICIARY
NULL AND VOID
INDIGENT
18. Any of the drugs whose production and use are regulated by law - including narcotics - stimulants - and hallucinogens.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
PATERNITY
PRESENTMENT
BENCH WARRANT
19. A legal representative - attorney - lawyer.
PLEA
RECALL
JURY BOX
COUNSEL
20. The process by which the property of a person who has died without a will passes on to others according to the state's distribution statutes.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
COUNTERFEIT
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
21. A formal charge against a person - to the effect that he has engaged in a punishable offense.
RECORD
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
BAIL
ACCUSATION
22. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's personal liberty - whether or not carried out by a peace officer.
PLAINTIFF
LIVING TRUST
CIVIL CASE
FALSE ARREST
23. 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.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
PUBLIC DEFENDER
IMPANEL
OPENING ARGUMENT
24. In some states - the highest appellate court - where it is the Court's discretion whether to hear the case on appeal.
BAIL BONDSMAN
COURT - APPEALS
CORROBORATE
GOOD CAUSE
25. A report to a judge by police on the implementation of an arrest or search warrant. Also - a report to a judge in reply to a subpoena - civil or criminal.
AGENT
HUNG JURY
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
RETURN
26. Keeping all witnesses (except plaintiff and defendant) out of the courtroom except for their time on the stand - and cautioning them not to discuss their testimony with other witnesses. Also called separation of witnesses. This prevents a witness fro
SEARCH WARRANT
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
EQUITY
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
27. Mutual or successive relationships to the same right of property - or the same interest of one person with another which represents the same legal right.
PRIVITY
OFFER OF PROOF
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
CRIME
28. In a criminal proceeding - it is the defendant's declaration in open court that he or she is guilty or not guilty. The defendant's answer to the charges made in the indictment or information.
STATE'S ATTORNEY
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
PLEA
29. 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.
LEASE
OPINION
GOOD FAITH
PETTY THEFT
30. Published words or pictures that falsely and maliciously harm the reputation of a person. See DEFAMATION.
LIBEL
JUVENILE WAIVER
DEATH PENALTY
DIVERSION
31. Words - gestures - and actions which tend to annoy - alarm - and verbally abuse another person.
PLEADINGS
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
HARASSMENT
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
32. Oral or anal copulation between humans - or between humans or animals.
HEARSAY
SODOMY
PETITIONER
INSTRUCTIONS
33. A will that leaves some or all estate assets to a trust established before the will-maker's death.
REDRESS
REAL PROPERTY
POUR-OVER WILL
JUVENILE
34. 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.
DOCKET NUMBER
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
CALLING THE DOCKET
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
35. Legal dissolution of a marriage by a court. Also termed dissolutionof marriage.
PATENT
DIVORCE
PENALTY
REPORT
36. A legal claim against another person's property as security for a debt.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
LIEN
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
37. A trust set up and in effect during the lifetime of the grantor. Also called inter vivos trust.
CONVICTION
COUNSEL TABLE
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
LIVING TRUST
38. 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.
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
SHOPLIFTING
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
STRICT LIABILITY
39. The unlawful operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
FORGERY
40. 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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41. 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.
INFORMATION
ADJUDICATE
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
COMMITMENT ORDER
42. A will entirely written - dated - and signed by the testator in his/her own handwriting.
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
GOOD FAITH
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
43. Recovery of land or rental property from another by legal process.
GAMBLING
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
EVICTION
44. A statement of all important facts - which all the parties agree is true and correct -which is submitted to a court for ruling.
FAIR HEARING
BAR
ARBITRATION
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
45. The trial method used in the U.S. and some other countries. This system is based on the belief that truth can best be determined by giving opposing parties full opportunity to present and establish their evidence - and totest by crossexamination the
ADMISSIBLE
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
COMMITMENT
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
46. The degree of certainty required for a juror to legally find a criminal defendant guilty
LAWSUIT
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
FORECLOSURE
47. A picture of an alleged criminal created by a professional police artist using verbal descriptionsgiven by the victim or a witness.
COMPOSITE DRAWING
OPENING ARGUMENT
MANDATE
SEARCH WARRANT
48. 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.
LITIGATION
MURDER
SERVICE OF PROCESS
OF COUNSEL
49. 1. An act of omission or commission in violation of law which carries criminal consequences. 2. Criminal activity in general relating to a specific time or place.
CRIME
FORECLOSURE
ACTION
JURY FOREMAN
50. Declaration or document issued by a grand jury that either makes a neutral report or notes misdeeds by officials charged with specified public duties.
PRESENTMENT
CLERK
COMPLAINT
COMPLY