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1. A meeting between the judge and the lawyers involved in a lawsuit to narrow the issues in the suit - agree on what will be presented at the trial - and make a final effort to settle the case without a trial.






2. Having addressed any matter in writing.






3. A seizure; the obtaining of money by legal process through seizure and sale of property.






4. The malicious burning of someone else's or one's own dwelling or of anyone's commercial or industrial property.






5. The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.






6. The act of inhaling glue in order 'to get high'.






7. Money or other security (such as a bail bond) provided to the court to temporarily allow a person's release from jail and assure his or her appearance in court. Bail and Bond are often used interchangeably.






8. A slang term meaning previous conviction(s) of the accused.






9. 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






10. 1. To execute - perpetrate - or carry out an act. To commit a crime. 2. To send a person to prison - asylum - or reformatory by a court order.






11. A phrase commonly applied to counsel employed to assist in the preparation or management of the case - or its presentation on appeal - but who is not the principal attorney for the party.






12. This phrase - endorsed by a grand jury on the written indictment submitted to it for its approval - means that the evidence was found insufficient to indict.






13. A claim presented by a defendant in a civil lawsuit against the plaintiff. In essence - a counter lawsuit within a lawsuit.






14. A belief in the American legal system which states that all people accused of a criminal act are considered not to have committed the crime until the evidence leaves no doubt in the mind of the court or the jury .






15. 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.






16. Representation of some fact or circumstance which is not true and is calculated to mislead - whereby a person obtains another's money or goods.






17. A statement of the details of the charge made against the defendant.






18. All the documents and evidence plus transcripts of oral proceedings in a case.






19. A picture of an alleged criminal created by a professional police artist using verbal descriptionsgiven by the victim or a witness.






20. A release from custody which imposes regulations on the activities and associations of the defendant. If a defendant fails to meet the conditions - the release is revoked.






21. A civil case in which parties may resolve their dispute without a formal finding of error or fault.






22. To legally certify the innocence of one charged with a crime. To set free - release or discharge from an obligation - burden or accusation. To find a defendant not guilty in a criminal trial.






23. Provisional; not final. An interlocutory order or an interlocutory appeal concerns only a part of the issues raised in a lawsuit. Compare to decree .






24. To unite - to combine - to enter into an alliance.






25. Court order requiring action or forbidding action until a decision can be made whether to issue a permanent injunction. It differs from a temporary restraining order.






26. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.






27. A protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.






28. 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.






29. Another term for arraignment.






30. A final settlement or determination. The court decision terminating proceedings in a case before judgment.






31. A federal or state public building or other place for the confinement of persons. It is used as either a punishment imposed by the law or otherwise in the course of the administration of justice






32. Two or more sentences of jail time to be served in sequence.






33. The physical location where the defense and prosecuting parties are seated throughout the duration of the trial.






34. Willful destruction of property - from actual ill will or resentment toward its owner or possessor.






35. Inferences drawn from proven facts.






36. The juror who chairs the jury during deliberations and speaks for the jury in court when announcing the verdict.






37. An action between two or more persons in the courts of law - not a criminal matter.






38. 1. The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. 2. The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.






39. A warrant that a court issues under Health-General Article Section 12-120 after a probable cause determination






40. Evidence given to explain - repel - counteract - or disprove facts given in evidence by the adverse party.






41. The act of taking money - personal property - or any other article of value that is in the possession of another done by means of force or fear.






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






43. The legal document that usually begins a civil lawsuit. It states the facts and identifies the action the court is asked to take. 2. Formal written charge that a person has committed a criminal offense.






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






45. Recovery of land or rental property from another by legal process.






46. 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.






47. A hearing in which certain rights are respected such as the right to present evidence - to cross examine and to have findings supported by evidence.






48. Voluntary statement made by one who is a defendant in a criminal trial - which - if true - discloses his or her guilt.






49. See DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES.






50. A moot case or a moot point is one not subject to a judicial determination because it involves an abstract question or a pretended controversy that has not yet actually arisen or has already passed. Mootness usually refers to a court's refusal to con







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