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1. The court officer responsible for choosing the panel of persons to serve as potential jurors for a particular court term.
BRIEF
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
JURY COMMISSIONER
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
2. Another term for arraignment.
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
DETENTION HEARING
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
PRELIMINARY HEARING
3. A type of sentence where the convicted criminal is ordered to spend the rest of his or her life in prison
DEPENDENT CHILD
INDECENT EXPOSURE
IMMUNITY
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
4. The form of verdict in criminal cases where the jury acquits the defendant - finds him or her not guilty.
BEQUESTS
JURY BOX
NOT GUILTY
LEADING QUESTION
5. The voluntary transfer - by a debtor - of all property to a trustee for thebenefit of all of his or her creditors.
DETENTION FACILITY
ACTION
OBJECTION OVERRULED
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
6. Legal right given to a person to manage the property and financial affairs of a person deemed incapable of doing that for himself or herself. (Conservators have somewhat less responsibility than guardians. See also guardianship.)
CONSERVATORSHIP
CITATION
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
PROOF
7. Official and formal erasure of a record or partial contents of a record.
EXPUNGEMENT
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
BODY ATTACHMENT
LEADING QUESTION
8. A procedure by which a charge(s) against a minor is transferred from a juvenile to circuit court.
RECUSE
JUVENILE WAIVER
CREDIBILITY
DEPENDENT CHILD
9. A gift - not necessarily of monetary value - given to influence the conduct of the receiver.
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
BRIBE
DIVERSION
10. A parent's or custodian's act of leaving a child without adequate care - supervision - support - or parental
HOSPITAL WARRANT
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
FOUNDATION
ABANDONMENT
11. 1. Defendant's statement of a reason why the plaintiff or prosecutor has no valid case against defendant -especially a defendant's answer - denial - or plea. 2. Defendant's method and strategy in opposing the plaintiff or theprosecution. 3. One or mo
ANNOTATION
DEFENSE
EVIDENCE
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
12. All evidence except eyewitness testimony. One example is physical evidence - such as fingerprints - from which an inference can be drawn.
EXPERT TESTIMONY
SEALING
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
13. Legally responsible.
LOITERING
OVERRULE
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
LIABLE
14. A satisfaction agreed upon between the parties in a lawsuit which bars subsequent actions on the claim.
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
PLEA
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
ACCORD
15. Keeping all witnesses (except plaintiff and defendant) out of the courtroom except for their time on the stand - and cautioning them not to discuss their testimony with other witnesses. Also called separation of witnesses. This prevents a witness fro
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
GOOD FAITH
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
JUROR - ALTERNATE
16. A warrant that a court issues under Health-General Article Section 12-120 after a probable cause determination
HOSPITAL WARRANT
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
CASE
ALLEGED
17. The hearing given to person accused of crime - by a magistrate or judge - to determine whether there is enough evidence to warrant the confinement and holding to bail the person accused.
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
EN BANC
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
18. A specialized court that deals with cases during the late evening and early morning hours.
INDEMNIFY
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
BAIL
COURT - NIGHT
19. A judge's private office. A hearing in chambers takes place in the judge's office outside of the presence of the jury and the public.
DEFAULT
SENTENCING
CHAMBERS
GUARDIAN
20. The unlawful use of force against another with unusual or serious consequences such as theuse of a dangerous weapon.
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
ARGUMENT
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
SODOMY
21. 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
BREATHALYZER TEST
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
APPELLATE COURT
22. The act - after a jury verdict has been announced - of asking jurors individually whether they agree with the verdict.
FINE
POLLING THE JURY
ARREST
BAIL
23. Money awarded by a court to a person injured by the unlawful act or negligence of another person.
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
DAMAGES
STATUTORY RAPE
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
24. A motion to dismiss a civil case because of the legal insufficiency of a complaint.
ORAL ARGUMENT
ALLEGED
COMMUTATION
DEMURRER
25. The party against whom an appeal is taken. Sometimes called a respondent.
RELINQUISHMENT
FAILURE TO APPEAR
APPELLEE
REST
26. In some states - the highest appellate court - where it is the Court's discretion whether to hear the case on appeal.
DISPOSITION
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
REVOCABLE TRUST
COURT - APPEALS
27. In bankruptcy proceedings - a debt is secured if the debtor gave the creditor a right to repossess the property or goods used as collateral.
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
KNOWINGLY
ASSAULT
SECURED DEBT
28. The heading on a legal document listing the parties - the court - the case number - and related information.
CAPTION
CONFISCATE
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
CRIMINAL RECORD
29. An inference of the truth or falsity of a proposition or fact - that stands until rebutted by evidence to the contrary.
IMPANEL
BENCH
REST
PRESUMPTION
30. Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else.Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
MISTRIAL
EN BANC
HEARSAY
ALLEGE
31. Refers to courts that have no limit on the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear.
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
KIDNAPPING
GENERAL JURISDICTION
BENCH CONFERENCE
32. To support with evidence or authority; make more certain.
MIRANDA RIGHTS
ATTORNEY
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
CORROBORATE
33. Oral or verbal evidence rather than written. The Parole Evidence Rule limits the admissibility of parole evidence which would directly contradict the clear meaning of terms of a written contract.
PAROLE EVIDENCE
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
CHARGE TO THE JURY
34. 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.
COURT - TRAFFIC
ADMISSION
CORONER
BAIL BONDSMAN
35. A crime of a more serious nature than a misdemeanor - usually punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary for more than a year and/or substantial fines.
GARNISH
CERTIFIED
FELONY
LEVY
36. The right to challenge a juror without assigning a reason for the challenge.
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
BENCH TRIAL
JUDICIAL REVIEW
BOOKMAKING
37. A will that leaves some or all estate assets to a trust established before the will-maker's death.
POUR-OVER WILL
BODY ATTACHMENT
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
APPELLANT
38. The juror who chairs the jury during deliberations and speaks for the jury in court when announcing the verdict.
EXTORTION
JURY FOREMAN
CLASS ACTION
LEADING QUESTION
39. The court with authority to supervise estate administration.
PROBATE COURT
REASONABLE PERSON
ROBBERY
DEFAULT
40. A husband or wife of a deceased spouse married after a will is executed who is not provided for in the will.
DEFENSE
MOTION GRANTED
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
ALIMONY
41. Any of the drugs whose production and use are regulated by law - including narcotics - stimulants - and hallucinogens.
OFFENSE
DISCOVERY
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
LIE DETECTOR
42. A criminal case in which the allowable punishment includes death. CAPITAL CRIME - A crime punishable by death.
MOTION
OBJECT
CRIMINAL CASE
CAPITAL CASE
43. Inferences drawn from proven facts.
OFFENDER
LIABILITY
COURTROOM
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
44. 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.
PERMANENT RESIDENT
CLERK OF COURT
LEWD CONDUCT
BAR
45. That which - under the rules of evidence - cannot be admitted as evidence in a trial or hearing.
APPELLATE COURT
INADMISSIBLE
ALIBI
JUDICIAL REVIEW
46. 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.
DIRECT EVIDENCE
MALICE
ABSTRACTACT
DEATH PENALTY
47. The planning of a crime preceding the commission of the act - rather than committing the crime on the spur of the moment.
PREMEDITATION
ACCORD
DEMURRER
LIE DETECTOR
48. A case summary or commentary on the law cases - statutes - and rules illustrating its interpretation.
RESTRAINING ORDER
ANNOTATION
CHAMBERS
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
49. 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.
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
ALLOCUTION
JEOPARDY
INDECENT EXPOSURE
50. A judge's decision not to allow an objection. A decision by a higher court finding that a lower court decision was wrong.
OVERRULE
COURT - APPEALS
STATUS OFFENDERS
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
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