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Law Vocab
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1. A practice whereby a person or place is searched and evidence useful in the investigation and prosecution of a crime is seized or taken. The search is conducted after an order is issued by a judge.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
MERITS
MURDER
HEARING
2. To annul or make void by recalling or taking back.
HOME MONITORING
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
REVOKE
ACCESSORY
3. Sentences for two or more crimes to run consecutively - rather than concurrently. CUSTODY - 1. The care and control of a thing or person for inspection - preservation - or security. 2. The care - control - and maintenance of a child awarded by a cour
CRIMINAL CASE
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
BOOKING NUMBER
4. 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.
BEQUEATH
POSTPONEMENT
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
5. To stand idly around - particularly in a public place.
LIABILITY
BURDEN OF PROOF
LOITERING
RULE
6. The act that caused an event to occur. A person generally is liable only if an injury was proximately caused by his or her action or by his or her failure to act when he or she had a duty to act.
PROXIMATE CAUSE
CRIMINAL
ATTEMPT
APPELLANT
7. To protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
CRIMINAL CASE
PRIVITY
OBJECT
8. Pimping. Arranging for acts of prostitution.
SENTENCE
PANDERING
MEDIATION
COURT - NIGHT
9. A person to whom the court refers a pending case to take testimony - hear the parties - and report to the court.
CONSIDERATION
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
CONVICTION
REFEREE
10. Officer of the court who files pleadings - motions - judgments - etc. - issues process - and keeps records of court proceedings.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
CLERK
REMAND
BREACH
11. A trust set up for the benefit of someone who the grantor believes would be incapable of managing his or her own financial affairs.
BAIL BONDSMAN
GENERAL JURISDICTION
CHANGE OF VENUE
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
12. The process by which one state or country surrenders to another state - a person accused or convicted of a crime in the other state.
SECURED DEBT
RECALL
EXTRADITION
DEATH PENALTY
13. Trial in which a jury decides issues of fact as opposed to trial only before a judge.
JURY TRIAL
LIEN
PETIT JURY
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
14. The finding of the court that an act was committed with the intent of embarrassing the court - disobeying its lawful orders - or obstructing the administration of justice in some way.
PROBABLE CAUSE
COURT OF RECORD
CONTEMPT OF COURT
CONSERVATORSHIP
15. Failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would use under the same circumstances.
INVESTIGATION
NEGLIGENCE
JOYRIDING
PRIVILEGE
16. A formal charge against a person - to the effect that he has engaged in a punishable offense.
BAR EXAMINATION
EXCEPTIONS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ACCUSATION
17. A private person (who is not necessarily a lawyer) authorized by another to act in his or her place - either for some particular purpose - as to do a specific act - or for the transaction of business in general - not of legal character. This authorit
PROBATE ESTATE
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
18. Proof of facts by witnesses who saw acts done or heard words spoken.
INDIGENT
DIRECT EVIDENCE
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
AUTHENTICATE
19. The rights of a person guaranteed by the state or federal constitutions.
DECISION
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
20. Willful destruction of property - from actual ill will or resentment toward its owner or possessor.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
MISDEMEANOR
RULE OF COURT
FELONY MURDER
21. The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
PRIVILEGE
DIVORCE
DEFAMATION
JURISPRUDENCE
22. A general term for an action - cause - suit - or controversy brought before the court for resolution.
CASE
PARDON
ACCUSATION
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
23. An allowance for expenses in prosecuting or defending a suit. Ordinarily this does not include attorney fees.
COSTS
FORGERY
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
OPENING ARGUMENT
24. In bankruptcy proceedings - a debt is secured if the debtor gave the creditor a right to repossess the property or goods used as collateral.
PLEA
DEPENDENT CHILD
ABSTRACTACT
SECURED DEBT
25. To lose - or lose the right to.
BRIEF
FORFEIT
PETITION
HOSPITAL WARRANT
26. Process by which a court seeks to interpret the meaning and scope of legislation.
PRIVILEGE
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
27. 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.
REVERSE
ACTION
AT ISSUE
BAIL BOND
28. Violation of a professional duty to act with reasonable care and in good faith without fraud or collusion.
MALPRACTICE
EVICTION
DELIBERATION
RECUSE
29. A person who directs a commission; a member of a commission. The officer in charge of a department or bureau of a public service.
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
COMMISSIONER
CHILD MOLESTATION
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
30. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.
INCAPACITY
INMATE
KNOWINGLY
HOSPITAL WARRANT
31. 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
DECREE
DISTURBING THE PEACE
LIBEL
32. Notifying a person that he or she has been named as a party to a lawsuit or has been accused of some offense. Process consists of a summons - citation or warrant - to which a copy of the complaint is attached.
PRECEDENT
SEARCH WARRANT
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
SERVICE OF PROCESS
33. Help - assist - or facilitate the commission of a crime.
RECIDIVISM
AID AND ABET
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
AFFIDAVIT
34. Cancellation by a court of a warrant before its execution by the arrest of a defendant; also - a process by which a retired judge may be asked to sit on a particular case.
INTESTACY LAWS
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
INCAPACITY
RECALL
35. Someone named to receive property or benefits in a will. In a trust - a person who is to receive benefits from the trust.
BENEFICIARY
LIMITED JURISDICTION
INFORMANT
GOOD TIME
36. A will that leaves some or all estate assets to a trust established before the will-maker's death.
PROSECUTION
ATTEST
MENTAL HEALTH
POUR-OVER WILL
37. A program of parental care for children who do not have an in-home parental relationship with either biological or adoptive parents.
DEFENSE
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
FOSTER CARE
HOSPITAL WARRANT
38. A civil case in which parties may resolve their dispute without a formal finding of error or fault.
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
REPLY
SETTLOR
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
39. A prison or place of confinement where convicted felons are sent to serve out the term of their sentence.
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
CRIMINAL RECORD
BAR
PENITENTIARY
40. An order by the court telling a person to stop performing a specific act.
ENJOINING
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
BENCH
EQUITY
41. Conduct which tends to annoy all citizens - including unnecessary and distractingnoisemaking.
DISTURBING THE PEACE
LIABLE
JEOPARDY
LEVY
42. The person who sets up a trust.
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
ADMINISTRATOR
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
STATUTE
43. To complete the legal requirements (such as signing before witnesses) that make a will valid. Also - to execute a judgment or decree means to put the final judgment of the court into effect.
EXECUTE
EVIDENCE
CONDEMNATION
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
44. Voluntary acknowledgment of the existence of certain facts relevant to the adversary's case.
CHARGE TO THE JURY
BEQUESTS
ADMISSION
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
45. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's personal liberty - whether or not carried out by a peace officer.
JURISDICTION
CASE LAW
BAIL
FALSE ARREST
46. A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a trial court's procedure.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
STRICT LIABILITY
RULE OF COURT
APPELLATE COURT
47. An individual appointed by the court to oversee administrative matters.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
OFFER OF PROOF
CLERK OF COURT
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
48. Punishment by death for capital crimes. Death penalty.
GENERAL JURISDICTION
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
49. Declarations by either side in a civil or criminal case reserving the right to appeal a judge's ruling upon a motion. Also - in regulatory cases - objections by either side to points made by the other side or to rulings by the agency or one of its he
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
INDIGENT
EXCEPTIONS
50. The planning of a crime preceding the commission of the act - rather than committing the crime on the spur of the moment.
PREMEDITATION
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
JOINT VENTURE
COURT - NIGHT