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Law Vocab
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1. 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 .
ENTRAPMENT
CRIMINAL
FOURTH AMENDMENT
GUARDIAN
2. The legal obligation of parents to contribute to the economic maintenance - including education - of their children. Money paid by one parent to another toward the expenses of the children of the marriage.
HOME MONITORING
MOOT
CHILD SUPPORT
COUNTY JAIL
3. The standard in a criminal case requiring that the jury be satisfied to a moralcertainty that every element of a crime has been proven by the prosecution. This standard of proof does not require that the state establish absolute certainty by eliminat
COURT - NIGHT
ENHANCE
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
BENCH TRIAL
4. The matter can only be filed in one court.
ACQUIT
COLLATERAL
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
BRIBE
5. The rule preventing illegally obtained evidence to be used in any trial.
DEPOSITION
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
BAIL REVIEW
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
6. Evidence which tends to indicate that a defendant did not commit the alleged crime.
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
DECREE
AT ISSUE
FIRST APPEARANCE
7. An honest belief - the absence of malice - and the absence of design to defraud.
GOOD FAITH
BRIBE
IMPANEL
CHILD SUPPORT
8. The lawyer who represents a client and is entitled to receive all formal documents from the court or from other parties. Also known as counsel of record.
EVICTION
COMPETENCY
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
9. The doctrine that the government - state or federal - is immune to lawsuit unless it gives its consent.
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
FINE
10. A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a trial court's procedure.
APPELLATE COURT
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
DISPOSITION
11. The performance or agreement to perform a sexual act for hire.
PROSTITUTION
QUASH
EXHIBIT
ENTRAPMENT
12. 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
SELF-DEFENSE
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PARALEGAL
13. A state tax on property that an heir or beneficiary under a will receives from a deceased person's estate. The heir or beneficiary pays this tax.
ALLEGE
AFFIANT
INHERITANCE TAX
JOYRIDING
14. Claim that an act otherwise criminal was legally justifiable because it was necessary to protect a person or property from the threat or action of another.
COUNTERFEIT
CITATION
SELF-DEFENSE
COMPLAINANT
15. Generally - a tax on the privilege of transferring property to others after a person's death. In addition to federal estate taxes - many states have their own estate taxes.
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
ESTATE TAX
ESTATE
CITATION
16. The unlawful use of force against another with unusual or serious consequences such as theuse of a dangerous weapon.
DETENTION
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
17. The rights of a person guaranteed by the state or federal constitutions.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
18. Voluntary acknowledgment of the existence of certain facts relevant to the adversary's case.
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
ADMISSION
AUTHENTICATE
19. Acts or declarations by which one implicates oneself in a crime.
SELF-INCRIMINATION
BANKRUPT
HARMLESS ERROR
RESTRAINING ORDER
20. In bankruptcy proceedings - a debt is secured if the debtor gave the creditor a right to repossess the property or goods used as collateral.
ILLEGAL
PROSECUTION
HIT AND RUN
SECURED DEBT
21. A person who is the liable party in paying the bond for the defendant's release from jail.
SERVE A SENTENCE
BAIL BONDSMAN
COMPLY
DEATH ROW
22. A crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.
NON-CAPITAL CASE
OFFENSE
OPINION
OFFER OF PROOF
23. The number assigned to the criminal record that corresponds to the person's arrest.
BOOKING NUMBER
SANCTION
CIVIL CASE
SELF-INCRIMINATION
24. A special type of guilty plea by which a defendant does not admit guilt but concedes that the State hasufficient evidence to convict; normally made to avoid the threat of greater punishment. Source: Black's Law Dictionary(1996); North Carolina v. Alf
BANKRUPT
ALFORD PLEA
ALLEGATION
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
25. To put off or delay a court hearing.
SEALING
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
POSTPONEMENT
INSTRUCTIONS
26. An individual appointed by the court to oversee administrative matters.
BIAS
CLERK OF COURT
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
COLLATERAL ATTACK
27. A chronological summary of all official records and recorded documents affecting the title to aparcel of real property.
SEARCH WARRANT
MOOT
LARCENY
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
28. An order issued by a judge for the arrest of a person.
BENCH WARRANT
INCAPACITY
DISCOVERY
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
29. One who is joined as a party or defendant merely because the technical rules of pleading require his presence in the record.
NOMINAL PARTY
ALIBI
INCOMPETENCY
RAPE
30. Among other rights - the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that a person cannot be compelled to present self-incriminating testimony in a criminal proceeding.
COURT OF RECORD
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
BAIL BONDSMAN
FIFTH AMENDMENT
31. A lawyer appointed or elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective judicial districts. See PROSECUTOR.
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
SEALING
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
DIRECT EXAMINATION
32. A concept applied by courts in product liability cases in which a seller is liable for any and all defective or hazardous products which unduly threaten a consumer's personal safety.
CRIME
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
FIDUCIARY
STRICT LIABILITY
33. A sentence postponed in which the defendant is not required to serve time unless he or she commits another crime or violates a court-imposed condition.
AID AND ABET
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
BEQUEATH
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
34. Body of federal or state law dealing with procedural aspects of trial for criminal cases.
APPEARANCE
DEFAMATION
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
35. Strict legal rights of the parties; a decision 'on the merits' is one that reaches the right(s) of a party - as distinguished from disposition of a case on a ground not reaching the right(s) raised in an action;
MERITS
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
RECORD
CRIMINAL
36. 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.
FELONY MURDER
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
RECALL
JEOPARDY
37. Any factors associated with the commission of a crime which increase the seriousness of theoffense or add to its injurious consequences.
CHAMBERS
ARGUMENT
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
38. An agreement by attorneys on both sides of a civil or criminal case about some aspect of the case; e.g. - to extend the time to answer - to adjourn the trial date - or to admit certain facts at the trial.
LITIGATION
ARRAIGN
STIPULATE
CLEMENCY OR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
39. 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.)
APPEAL
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
MIRANDA RIGHTS
CONSERVATORSHIP
40. To make it appear that one is guilty of a crime.
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
REAL EVIDENCE
INCRIMINATE
41. A judgment entered against a party who fails to appear in court - respond to the charges - or does not comply with an order - especially an order to provide or permit discovery.
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
ACCUSED
CHARGE TO THE JURY
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
42. A will whose validity does not have to be testified to in court by the witnesses to it - because the witnesses executed an affidavit reflecting proper execution of the will prior to the maker's death.
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
RECALL
SELF-PROVING WILL
EYE WITNESS
43. To willfully take or convert to one's own use - another's money or property - which the wrongdoer initially acquired lawfully - because of some office - employment - or some position of trust.
EMBEZZLE
CAUSE
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
JUDICIAL REVIEW
44. Case - cause - suit - or controversy disputed or contested before a court of justice.
ACTION
COSTS
PENDING
GAMBLING
45. Legal document issued by a court that shows an administrator's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
STIPULATE
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
IRRELEVANT
46. A violation of law - not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses are generally considered infractions.
INFRACTION
PRISON
REASONABLE PERSON
EN BANC
47. Confidential communications to certain persons that are protected by law against any disclosure - including forced disclosure in legal proceedings.
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
DRUNK DRIVING
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
48. A personal representative - named in a will - who administers an estate.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
EXECUTOR
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
DEPENDENT CHILD
49. To confine in jail.
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
HEARSAY
INCARCERATE
LINEUP
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
CHILD ABUSE
CORONER
MOOT
APPELLANT