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Subject : law
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1. An order of the court requiring all witnesses to remain outside the courtroom until each is called to testify - except the plaintiff or defendant. The witnesses are ordered not to discuss their testimony with each other and may be held in contempt if






2. The illegal taking of an automobile without intent to deprive the owner permanently of the vehicle - often involving reckless driving.






3. To set right; to remedy; to compensate; to remove the causes of a grievance.






4. A court order directing that an individual be kept in custody - usually in a penal or mental facility.






5. Among other matters - the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from depriving any person of life - liberty - or property without adequate due process .






6. 1. Written attestation. 2. Authorized declaration verifying that an instrument is a true and correct copy of the original.






7. One acting without formal appointment as guardian for the benefit of an infant - a person of unsound mind not judicially declared incompetent - or other person under some disability.






8. To make it appear that one is guilty of a crime.






9. Moving a lawsuit or criminal trial to another place for trial.






10. A chronological summary of all official records and recorded documents affecting the title to aparcel of real property.






11. The matter can only be filed in one court.






12. To give authority or legal authenticity to a statute - record - or other written instrument.






13. A witness whose testimony is not favorable to the party who calls him or her as a witness. A hostile witness may be asked be cross-examined by the party who calls him or be cross-examined by the party who calls him or leading questions and may her to






14. The procedure by which one or both parties disclose evidence which will be used at trial. The specific tools of discovery include depositions - interrogatories and motions for the production of documents.






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






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






17. Generally - justice or fairness.






18. 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.






19. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party - who helps lower tensions - improve communications - and explore possible solutions. Conciliation is similar to mediation - but it may be less






20. A statement of all important facts - which all the parties agree is true and correct -which is submitted to a court for ruling.






21. For the judge or jury to determine and declare the guilt of the defendant.






22. The closure of court records to inspection - except to the parties.






23. A rule or order prescribed for management or government.






24. Operation of a motor vehicle that shows a reckless disregard of possible consequences and indifference of others rights.






25. One who has authority to act for another.






26. 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






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






28. A contract in which the promise made by the obligor is not expressed - but inferred by one's conduct or implied in law.






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






31. A hearing held for the purpose of deciding issues or fact of law that both parties are disputing.






32. A claim by codefendant or co-plaintiffs against each other and not against persons on the opposite side of the lawsuit.






33. A determination of guilt which is the result of a trial or entry of a plea of guilty or nol contendere (no contest) - regardless of whether adjudication of guilt or imposition of sentence was suspended - deferred - or withheld.






34. The testimony of witnesses who know the general character and reputation of a person in the community in which he or she lives.






35. To seat a jury. When voir dire is finished and both sides have exercised their challenges - the jury is impaneled.The jurors are sworn in and the trial is ready to proceed.






36. A person with legal skills - but who is not an attorney - and who works under the supervision of a lawyer or who is otherwise authorized by law to use those legal skills.






37. A special kind of executor - permitted by the laws of certain states - who performs the duties of an executor without intervention by the court.






38. One who lives in a location for a period of time and denotes it as their official address or residence.






39. An established standard - guide - or regulation.






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






41. 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.






42. An assault committed by one member of a household against another.






43. Allowance ordered to be paid by one spouse to the other for support while the spouses are living apart but not divorced.






44. The guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that all persons be treated equally by the law.






45. Public official charged with duty to make inquiry into the causes and circumstances of any death which occurs through violence or suddenly - with marks of suspicion.






46. 1. A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a sentence for that crime; a prison inmate. 2. To find a person guilty of an offense by either a trial or a plea of guilty.






47. A court officer who has charge of a court session in the matter of keeping order and has custody of the jury.






48. Written or oral pledge by a witness to speak the truth.






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






50. Trial in which a jury decides issues of fact as opposed to trial only before a judge.







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