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Law Vocab
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1. A suit which has been quashed and ended.
REMOVAL
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
CLERK OF COURT
2. A person's own act - or acceptance of facts - which preclude his or her later making claims to the contrary.
ESTOPPEL
MATERIAL WITNESS
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
INTERROGATORIES
3. A lawyer appointed or elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective judicial districts. See PROSECUTOR.
CHARGING DOCUMENT
BEQUEATH
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
LIABILITY
4. A will that leaves some or all estate assets to a trust established before the will-maker's death.
BREATHALYZER TEST
AUTO TAMPERING
POUR-OVER WILL
RETAINER
5. One who has authority to act for another.
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
ALLEGE
AGENT
REPORT
6. A legal doctrine by which acts of the opposing parties are compared to determine the liability of each party to the other - making each liable only for his or her percentage of fault.
CAPITAL CASE
REAL EVIDENCE
REGULATION
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
7. A reasonable belief that a crime has or is being committed; the basis for all lawful searches - seizures -and arrests.
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
PROBABLE CAUSE
DEFAMATION
STRICT LIABILITY
8. A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it - before a notary or officer havingauthority to administer oaths.
MIRANDA RIGHTS
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
PETIT JURY
AFFIDAVIT
9. One who commits a crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.
OFFENDER
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
PAROLE
NEXT FRIEND
10. Willful destruction of property - from actual ill will or resentment toward its owner or possessor.
DIVERSION
RULE
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
COSTS
11. The loss of money or property resulting from failure to meet a legal obligation or from the illegal nature or use of the money or property.
FORFEITURE
CHAMBERS
FAIR HEARING
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
12. The heading on a legal document listing the parties - the court - the case number - and related information.
DEATH PENALTY
CAPTION
LITIGATION
CLAIM
13. Each of the allegations of an offense listed in a charging document.
CORROBORATE
ADMONISH
CHANGE OF VENUE
COUNT
14. An attack on a judgment other than a direct appeal to a higher court.
COLLATERAL ATTACK
CROSS-EXAMINATION
PRECEDENT
AFFIANT
15. The right of an accused to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution.
SPEEDY TRIAL
MURDER
ARRAIGNMENT
MEDIATION
16. Two or more sentences of jail time to be served simultaneously.
COMPLAINT
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
BIFURCATE
17. Exhibit and/or evidence that is offered by the prosecution.
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18. 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.
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
INSTRUCTIONS
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
19. Chains or shackles for the hands to secure prisoners.
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
BREACH
HANDCUFFS
COURT OF RECORD
20. The area of a state or federal prison where criminals who are sentenced to death are confined until their sentence is commuted or carried out.
POUR-OVER WILL
MAGISTRATE
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
DEATH ROW
21. The unlawful killing of one human being by another.
OPINION
RETURN
HOMICIDE
ADJUDICATE
22. Evil doing - ill conduct; the commission of some act which is positively prohibited by law.
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
JOYRIDING
CASE LAW
MALFEASANCE
23. A court officer who has charge of a court session in the matter of keeping order and has custody of the jury.
BAILIFF
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
INADMISSIBLE
BIND OVER
24. The person who sets up a trust.
FIDUCIARY
EQUAL PROTECTION
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
BOOKING NUMBER
25. Lie detector test and the apparatus for conducting the test.
SEARCH WARRANT
CHARGING DOCUMENT
DECREE
POLYGRAPH
26. Needy and poor. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court appointed attorney at public expense.
PANDERING
RESPONDENT
INDIGENT
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
27. Evidence which is of greater weight or more convincing than the evidence which is offered in opposition to it.
SHOPLIFTING
COURT - NIGHT
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
28. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
DETENTION
AUTHENTICATE
RELEVANT
29. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.
STANDING
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
RECIDIVISM
BAIL FORFEITURE
30. To try issues separately - such as guilt and criminal responsibility in a criminal proceeding or liability and damages in a civil action.
CALENDAR
INSANITY PLEA
AMENDMENT
BIFURCATE
31. 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.
ESTATE
CORROBORATE
REAL PROPERTY
GARNISHMENT
32. A defendant's statement in mitigation of punishment.
LAW
FOURTH AMENDMENT
ALLOCUTION
COUNTY JAIL
33. A case summary or commentary on the law cases - statutes - and rules illustrating its interpretation.
DISPOSITION
ANNOTATION
PARALEGAL
SEPARATION
34. 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.
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
JEOPARDY
PRECEDENT
MOTION GRANTED
35. The closing statement - by counsel - to the trier of facts after all parties have concluded their presentation of evidence.
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
BRIEF
CLOSING ARGUMENT
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
36. Evidence given to explain - counteract - or disprove facts given by the opposing counsel.
DIRECT EVIDENCE
REBUTTAL
OBJECT
REVOKE
37. The department that oversees the actions of probationers as well as the location of where probation officers work.
DEATH PENALTY
COLLATERAL ATTACK
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
38. The act of obtaining the property of another person through wrongful use of actual or threatened force - violence - or fear.
COUNTERFEIT
CAUSATION
PERMANENT RESIDENT
EXTORTION
39. The act which produces an effect.
CAUSATION
DEATH ROW
CONFESSION
SANCTION
40. Language in a will that provides that a person who makes a legal challenge to the will's validity will be disinherited.
LITIGATION
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
LIEN
41. Aka PROSECUTOR and DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
EXTRADITION
REFEREE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
LITIGANT
42. All the documents and evidence plus transcripts of oral proceedings in a case.
RECORD
MOTION
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
IRRELEVANT
43. To determine finally.
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
ADJUDICATE
ADJUDICATION
MIRANDA RIGHTS
44. The seat occupied by judges in courts.
ACCUSED
ENHANCE
AGENT
BENCH
45. 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.
NEXT FRIEND
STANDARD OF PROOF
ACQUIT
PROBATE ESTATE
46. The jury's decision-making process after hearing the evidence and closing arguments and being giventhe court's instructions.
CONSIDERATION
BOND
DELIBERATION
STATUTE
47. A personal representative - named in a will - who administers an estate.
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
EXECUTOR
CAPTION
HANDCUFFS
48. That which tends to injure a person's reputation. Libel is published defamation - whereasslander is spoken.
DEFAMATION
CASE
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
JOIN
49. The act of entering or remaining illegally in a movable or immovable structure - vehicle or dwelling with intent to commit a felony.
INCAPACITY
BURGLARY
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
50. A court order forbidding the defendant from doing any action or threatened action until a hearing on the application can be conducted.
PLEA
GRAND THEFT
DISCOVERY
RESTRAINING ORDER
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