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Law Vocab
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1. A legal representative - attorney - lawyer.
COUNSEL
HOMICIDE
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
2. An agreement by two or more persons to commit an unlawful act; in criminal law - conspiracy is a separate offense from the crime that is the object of the conspiracy.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
LINEUP
CONSPIRACY
3. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.
MALFEASANCE
MEMORIALIZED
BENCH
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
4. Land - buildings - and other improvements affixed to the land.
ADMISSION
REAL PROPERTY
STRICT LIABILITY
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
5. Any behavior - contrary to law - which disturbs the public peace or decorum - scandalizes the community - or shocks the public sense of morality.
EXTRADITION
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
ENJOINING
INCRIMINATE
6. To change - correct - revise - improve - modify - or alter.
INDIGENT
MOTION DENIED
AMEND
BAIL FORFEITURE
7. The procedure where the accused is brought before the court to hear the criminal charge(s) against him or her and to enter a plea of either guilty - not guilty or no contest.
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
PENDING
QUASH
ARRAIGN
8. A malicious injury which disables or disfigures another.
LEVY
MAYHEM
DIRECTED VERDICT
JUDGE
9. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
AMEND
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
FINGERPRINT
10. An act of legislation of a local governing body such as a city - town or county.
ORDINANCE
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
FILE
HEARING - CONTESTED
11. To stand idly around - particularly in a public place.
FALSE ARREST
FINGERPRINT
REAL EVIDENCE
LOITERING
12. One who lives in a location for a period of time and denotes it as their official address or residence.
PERMANENT RESIDENT
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
FOSTER CARE
ALIMONY
13. A mutual understanding and intention between two or more parties. The writing or instrument which isevidence of an agreement. (Although often used as synonymous with contract - agreement is a broader term.)
STATUS OFFENDERS
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
AGREEMENT
MIRANDA RIGHTS
14. Exposure to sight of the private parts of the body in a lewd or indecent manner in a public place.
PLEADINGS
INDECENT EXPOSURE
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
15. An action instituted with intention of injuring the defendant and without probable cause -and which terminates in favor of the person prosecuted.
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
DELIBERATE
EXONERATE
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
16. An order commanding an accused to appear in court.
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
GUARDIANSHIP
CERTIFICATION
17. One not trained in law.
LAY PERSON
FOURTH AMENDMENT
PETITIONER
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
18. Two or more sentences of jail time to be served in sequence.
ACTION
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
ORDINANCE
19. Immorality. An element of crimes inherently bad - as opposed to crimes bad merely because they are forbidden by statute.
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
MORAL TURPITUDE
EXHIBIT
BAILIFF
20. A rule or order prescribed for management or government.
MALICE
MOTION DENIED
REGULATION
REVOCABLE TRUST
21. Punishment - civil or criminal - generally referring to payment of money.
CALLING THE DOCKET
EMINENT DOMAIN
PENALTY
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
22. Confidential communications to certain persons that are protected by law against any disclosure - including forced disclosure in legal proceedings.
DETENTION FACILITY
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
PROSECUTOR
23. A change - alteration - or amendment which introduces new elements into the details - or cancels some of them - but leaves the general purpose and effect of the subject-matter intact.
MODIFICATION
COLLATERAL ATTACK
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
ALLEGED
24. A defendant's statement in mitigation of punishment.
FINE
ILLEGAL
ALLOCUTION
NOT GUILTY
25. An accounting for the whereabouts of the tangible evidence from the moment it is received in custody until it is offered in evidence in court.CHALLENGE - An objection - such as when an attorney objects at a hearing to the seating of a particular pers
LINEUP
DELIBERATION
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
26. To terminate legal action involving outstanding charges against a defendant in a criminal case.
NOTICE
DISMISS
BAIL BOND
REVERSIBLE ERROR
27. 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
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
STATUS OFFENDERS
FINGERPRINT
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
28. 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.
BOND
CIVIL CASE
JUDICIAL REVIEW
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
29. A warrant that a court issues under Health-General Article Section 12-120 after a probable cause determination
HOSPITAL WARRANT
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
LIVING TRUST
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
30. Standards governing whether evidence in a civil or criminal case is admissible.
RELEVANT
RULES OF EVIDENCE
REMEDY
JUDGE
31. Additional juror impaneled in case of sickness or disability of another juror.
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
JURY - HUNG
JUROR - ALTERNATE
COUNT
32. An arrangement whereby a husband and wife live apart from each other while remaining married either by mutual consent or by a judicial order.
SEPARATION
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
FINGERPRINT
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
33. Remarks addressed by attorney to judge or jury on the merits of case or on points of law.
DISCLAIM
JEOPARDY
ARGUMENT
FINDING
34. A young person who has not yet attained the age at which he or she should be treated as an adult for purposes of criminal law and other legal matters.
RECIDIVISM
JUVENILE
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
SERVE A SENTENCE
35. List of cases scheduled for hearing in court.
DETENTION HEARING
DISSENT
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
CALENDAR
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.
INTERROGATORIES
FELONY
MERITS
DEPENDENT CHILD
37. Confirmation or support of a witness' statement or other fact.
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
CORROBORATION
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
DISCLAIM
38. 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.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
OFFER OF PROOF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SENTENCE
39. 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.
EYE WITNESS
HOMICIDE
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
PATERNITY
40. See DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES.
REJOINDER
ADJUDICATE
INTESTACY LAWS
IRRELEVANT
41. To put off or delay a court hearing.
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
RECIDIVISM
POSTPONEMENT
MAYHEM
42. The dismissal of a case - by which the same cause of action cannot be brought against thedefendant again at a later date.
ESCROW
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
EQUITY
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
43. The right of an accused to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution.
ALLEGATION
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
SHERIFF
SPEEDY TRIAL
44. A parent's or custodian's act of leaving a child without adequate care - supervision - support - or parental
ANNOTATION
CONFESSION
ABANDONMENT
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
45. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the judgment given.
ADJUDICATION
PRIVITY
JURY FOREMAN
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
46. A second examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify. This examination is usually focused on certain matters that were discussed by the opposing counsel's examination.
CASE NUMBER
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
ADOPTION
47. A case brought by the government against a person accused of committing a crime.
NOMINAL PARTY
BANKRUPTCY
CRIMINAL CASE
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
48. Ill will - hatred - or hostility by one person toward another which may prompt the intentional doing of a wrongful act without legal justification or excuse.
SERVICE OF PROCESS
MALICE
INFORMANT
COURT - APPEALS
49. Objection to the seating of a particular juror for a stated reason (usually bias or prejudice for or against one of the parties in the lawsuit). The judge has the discretion to deny the challenge. This differs from peremptory challenge.
SERVE A SENTENCE
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
REPORT
DECISION
50. Standard of proof commonly used in civil lawsuits and in regulatory agency cases. It governs the amount of proof that must be offered in order for the plaintiff to win the case.
BENCH TRIAL
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
COMMIT