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Law Vocab
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1. 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
CALENDAR
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
2. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party - who helps them agree on a settlement.
CLASS ACTION
ALLEGATION
MEDIATION
CASE LAW
3. To stand idly around - particularly in a public place.
PRIVILEGE
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
FILE
LOITERING
4. The rule preventing illegally obtained evidence to be used in any trial.
SELF-DEFENSE
PROBATION OFFICER
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
5. The party appealing a final decision or judgment.
APPELLANT
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
FOUNDATION
NOT GUILTY
6. Juvenile found to have committed a status offense rather than a crime that would provide a basis for a finding of delinquency. Typical status offenses are habitual truancy - violating a curfew - or running away from home. These are not crimes - but t
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
INCAPACITY
PURGE
CIVIL CASE
7. Authority or discretion vested in an officer whose acts partake of a judicial character.
QUASI JUDICIAL
FIREARM
OPINION
COLLATERAL
8. A specialized court that deals with cases during the late evening and early morning hours.
COURT - NIGHT
ACQUITTAL
POLLING THE JURY
ORDINANCE
9. The response by a party to charges raised in a pleading by the other party.
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
REPLY
REPORT
CROSS-CLAIM
10. An aggravated unlawful assault in which there is threat to do bodily harmwithout justification or excuse by use of any instrument calculated to do serious bodily harm or cause death.
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
COLLATERAL ATTACK
STATEMENT - OPENING
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
11. An alternative to incarceration where an individual is confined to his or her home and monitored electronically.
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
RELEVANT
HOME MONITORING
COURT
12. The referral of a dispute to an impartial third person chosen by the parties to the dispute who agree in advance to abide by the arbitrator's award issued after a hearing at which both parties have an opportunity to be heard.
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
SLANDER
CORROBORATE
ARBITRATION
13. To lose - or lose the right to.
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
BENCH TRIAL
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
FORFEIT
14. The act of staking money - or other thing of value - on an uncertain event or outcome.
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
GAMBLING
DIVORCE
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
15. Body of federal or state law dealing with procedural aspects of trial for criminal cases.
SERVICE
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
SHOW CAUSE
EVIDENCE
16. Provisional; not final. An interlocutory order or an interlocutory appeal concerns only a part of the issues raised in a lawsuit. Compare to decree .
INTESTACY LAWS
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
INTERLOCUTORY
BEQUESTS
17. Begun - but not yet completed. Thus - an action is pending from its inception until the rendition of its final judgment.
INCAPACITY
PROBATE COURT
PENDING
MIRANDA RIGHTS
18. A moot case or a moot point is one not subject to a judicial determination because it involves an abstract question or a pretended controversy that has not yet actually arisen or has already passed. Mootness usually refers to a court's refusal to con
COURT ORDER
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
EXCEPTIONS
MOOT
19. Form of discipline of a lawyer resulting in the loss (often permanently) of that lawyer's right to practice law. It differs from censure (an official reprimand or condemnation) and from suspension (a temporary loss of the right to practice law).
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
DISBARMENT
20. Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start.
CONTRACT
BANKRUPTCY
GRAND JURY
FIFTH AMENDMENT
21. A pretrial discovery device by which one party questions the other party or a witness for the other party. It usually takes place in the office of one of the lawyers - in the presence of a court reporter - who transcribes what is said. Questions are
AID AND ABET
DEPOSITION
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
EMINENT DOMAIN
22. A case brought by the government against a person accused of committing a crime.
GRAND JURY
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
CRIMINAL CASE
23. A writ - often issued by an appellate court - making available remedies not regularly within the powers of lower courts. They include writs of habeas corpus - mandamus - prohibition and quo warranto.
INTERVENTION
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
SHOPLIFTING
24. The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
CROSS-EXAMINATION
INDECENT EXPOSURE
PETITIONER
25. A final settlement or determination. The court decision terminating proceedings in a case before judgment.
DIVORCE
INITIAL APPEARANCE
DISPOSITION
DEMURRER
26. State-imposed death as punishment for a serious crime. Capital punishment.
DEATH PENALTY
INTESTACY LAWS
OPINION EVIDENCE
OFFER OF PROOF
27. A person - business - or government agency actively involved in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
JUROR
IMPLIED CONTRACT
AMEND
PARTY
28. Strict legal rights of the parties; a decision 'on the merits' is one that reaches the right(s) of a party - as distinguished from disposition of a case on a ground not reaching the right(s) raised in an action;
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
LAW CLERKS
MERITS
COMPOSITE DRAWING
29. Inclination - bent - a pre-conceived opinion or a predisposition to decide a cause or an issue a certain way.
BIAS
INCRIMINATE
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
30. The court-supervised process by which a will is determined to be the will-maker's final statement regarding how the will-maker wants his or her property distributed.
PROBATE
ATTEMPT
ADOPTION
BATTERY
31. Remarks addressed by attorney to judge or jury on the merits of case or on points of law.
ATTEMPT
CLEMENCY OR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
ARGUMENT
OBJECT
32. The guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that all persons be treated equally by the law.
ALLEGE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
EQUAL PROTECTION
LENIENCY
33. A belief in the American legal system which states that all people accused of a criminal act are considered not to have committed the crime until the evidence leaves no doubt in the mind of the court or the jury .
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
SENTENCE
34. Process by which a court seeks to interpret the meaning and scope of legislation.
INCARCERATE
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
OPENING ARGUMENT
PRIORS
35. 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.
INTERROGATORIES
PROFFER
OVERRULE
AT ISSUE
36. The rules and process by which a civil case is tried and appealed - including the preparations for trial - the rules of evidence and trial conduct - and the procedure for pursuing appeals.
OBJECTION OVERRULED
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
CIVIL PROCEDURE
DISTURBING THE PEACE
37. The closing statement - by counsel - to the trier of facts after all parties have concluded their presentation of evidence.
PROXIMATE CAUSE
CLOSING ARGUMENT
DISTURBING THE PEACE
CONDEMNATION
38. Violation of a professional duty to act with reasonable care and in good faith without fraud or collusion.
MALPRACTICE
EQUAL PROTECTION
RESPONDENT
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
39. A misdemeanor or minor offense or comparatively insignificant criminal act.
CONCILIATION
PETTY OFFENSE
PLEA
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
40. A judge's written explanation of a decision of the court or of a majority of judges. A dissenting opinion disagrees with the majority opinion because of the reasoning and/or the principles of law on which the decision is based. A concurring opinion a
RELINQUISHMENT
OPINION
IMMUNITY
BAIL BONDSMAN
41. 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.
LIVING TRUST
PUBLIC DEFENDER
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
EN BANC
42. An act of legislation of a local governing body such as a city - town or county.
STATEMENT - OPENING
PETITION
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
ORDINANCE
43. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.
FALSE ARREST
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
CLEMENCY OR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
44. Evidence given to explain - counteract - or disprove facts given by the opposing counsel.
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
STIPULATE
DISBARMENT
REBUTTAL
45. A contract in which the promise made by the obligor is not expressed - but inferred by one's conduct or implied in law.
LIVING TRUST
IMPLIED CONTRACT
PENDING
REMAND
46. Putting a person to death - usually by hanging - without legal authority.
LYNCHING
OBJECTION OVERRULED
GOOD FAITH
AGENT
47. To refuse a gift made in a will.
DISCLAIM
MALFEASANCE
CITATION
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
48. Youths charged with the status of being beyond the control of their legal guardian or are habitually disobedient - truant from school - or have committed other acts that would not be a crime if committed by an adult. They are not delinquents (in that
STATUS OFFENDERS
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
FOSTER CARE
RELINQUISHMENT
49. The combination of those rules and principles of conduct promulgated by legislative authority - derived from court decisions - and established by local custom.
ATTORNEY
BANKRUPT
LAW
FIFTH AMENDMENT
50. The court officer responsible for choosing the panel of persons to serve as potential jurors for a particular court term.
PRE-INJUNCTION
CONVICT
JURY COMMISSIONER
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)