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1. Yearly judicial review - usually in juvenile dependency cases - to determine whether the child requirescontinued court supervision or placement.






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






3. A suit which has been quashed and ended.






4. Evidence which tends to indicate that a defendant did not commit the alleged crime.






5. 1. Arrest record. A written account listing all the instances in which a person has been arrested. 2. A form completed by a police officer when a person is arrested.






6. 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.






7. A person who directs a commission; a member of a commission. The officer in charge of a department or bureau of a public service.






8. Any form of cruelty to a child's physical - moral - or mental well-being.






9. A specialized court that deals with cases during the late evening and early morning hours.






10. A parent's or custodian's act of leaving a child without adequate care - supervision - support - or parental






11. An order issued by a judge or magistrate commanding a sheriff - constable - or other officer to search a specified location.






12. Responsible for a delinquency - crime - or other offense; not innocent.






13. 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.






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.






15. 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.






16. Attorney at law - lawyer - counselor at law.






17. To bear witness to - to affirm to be true or genuine - to certify.






18. 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.






19. The formal statement before the court that the accused admits committing the criminal act.






20. Any behavior - contrary to law - which disturbs the public peace or decorum - scandalizes the community - or shocks the public sense of morality.






21. Evidence that can be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial.






22. A legal right - exemption or immunity granted to a person - company or class - that is beyond the common advantages of other citizens.






23. A meeting between the judge and the lawyers involved in a lawsuit to narrow the issues in the suit - agree on what will be presented at the trial - and make a final effort to settle the case without a trial.






24. Ordinarily refers to a summary proceeding for restoring possession of land to one who has been wrongfully deprived of possession.






25. The lawyer who represents a client and is entitled to receive all formal documents from the court or from other parties. Also known as counsel of record.






26. The peril in which an accused is placed when he is properly charged with a crime before a court. Jeopardy normally attaches when the petit jury is impaneled.






27. The act of stopping a judicial proceeding by order of the court.






28. A state examination taken by prospective lawyers in order to be admitted and licensed to practice law.






29. 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.






30. A police identification procedure by which the suspect to a crime is exhibited - along with others - before the victim or witness to determine if the victim or witness can identify the committed the crime.suspect as the person who






31. Placing a convicted defendant on conditional probation - the successful completion of which will prevent entry of the underlying judgment of conviction






32. The quality in a witness which makes his or her testimony believable.






33. Substantial reason - one that affords a legal excuse.






34. Evidence that helps to prove a point or issue in a case.






35. The authority of a court to review the official actions of other branches of government. Also - the authority to declare unconstitutional the actions of other branches.






36. A child who is homeless or without proper care through no fault of the parent - guardian - or custodian. DEPORTATION - The act of removing a person to another country. Order issued by an immigration judge - expelling an alien from the United States.






37. 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






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






39. To put off or delay a court hearing.






40. The jury's decision-making process after hearing the evidence and closing arguments and being giventhe court's instructions.






41. The unlawful use of force against another with unusual or serious consequences such as theuse of a dangerous weapon.






42. A slang term meaning previous conviction(s) of the accused.






43. To annul or make void by recalling or taking back.






44. The judgment reached or given by a court of law.






45. A trust that the grantor may change or revoke.






46. Representation of some fact or circumstance which is not true and is calculated to mislead - whereby a person obtains another's money or goods.






47. A government grant giving an inventor the exclusive right to make or sell his or her invention for a term of years.






48. A legal proceeding in which a debtor's money - in the possession of another (the garnishee) - is applied to the debts of the debtor - such as when an employer garnishes a debtor's wages.






49. 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.






50. The state - as in the People of the State of Florida.







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