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Subject : law
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1. Punishment by death for capital crimes. Death penalty.






2. To seat a jury. When voir dire is finished and both sides have exercised their challenges - the jury is impaneled.The jurors are sworn in and the trial is ready to proceed.






3. A listing of all the criminal convictions against an individual.






4. The heading on a legal document listing the parties - the court - the case number - and related information.






5. Confidential communications to certain persons that are protected by law against any disclosure - including forced disclosure in legal proceedings.






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.)






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






8. Process by which a court seeks to interpret the meaning and scope of legislation.






9. An undisclosed person who confidentially discloses material information of a crime to the police - which is usually done in exchange for a reward or special treatment.






10. One who has authority to act for another.






11. To place a paper in the official custody of the clerk of court to enter into the files or records of a case.






12. Postponing the effect of a judgment already entered - ordinarily because of an error apparent on the record .






13. Property owned in common by husband and wife each having an undivided one-half interest by reason of their marital status. For example - the earnings of one spouse during the marriage do not belong solely to that spouse; the earnings are community pr






14. Aka PROSECUTOR and DISTRICT ATTORNEY.






15. The act of not following an order that is directed by the court.






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






17. A general term for an action - cause - suit - or controversy brought before the court for resolution.






18. Now called Judgment as a Matter of Law. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict.






19. A crime composed of some - but not all - of the elements of a greater crime; commission of the greater crime automatically includes commission of the lesser included offense.






20. A violation of law - not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses are generally considered infractions.






21. An imaginary situation - incorporating facts previously admitted into evidence - upon which an expert witness is permitted to give an opinion as to a condition resulting from the situation.






22. A collection - compendium - or revision of laws - rules - and regulations enacted by legislative authority.






23. A formal - written application to the court requesting judicial action on some matter.






24. To confine in jail.






25. To obtain customers for a whore or prostitute. One who obtains customers for a whore or prostitute.






26. The taking or detaining of a person against his or her will and without lawful authority.






27. The matter can only be filed in one court.






28. The process by which the property of a person who has died without a will passes on to others according to the state's distribution statutes.






29. The postconviction stage in which the defendant is brought before the court for imposition of sentence.






30. A request made after a trial - asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial wasconducted properly. To make such a request is 'to appeal' or 'to take an appeal.'






31. The delivery of a legal document - such as a complaint - summons - or subpoena - notifying a person of a lawsuit or other legal action taken against him or her. Service - which constitutes formal legal notice - must be made by an officially authorize






32. Presentation of evidence to the court (out of the hearing of the jury) for the court's decision of whether the evidence is admissible.






33. Bail that is kept by the court as a result of not following a court order.






34. Nonphysical items such as stock certificates - bonds - bank accounts - and pension benefits that have value and must be taken into account in estate planning.






35. Estate property that may be disposed of by a will.






36. 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






37. In the practice of appellate courts - the word means that the decision of the trial court is correct.






38. 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.






39. The time within a plaintiff must begin a lawsuit (in civil cases) or a prosecutor must bring charges (in criminal cases). There are different statutes of limitations at both the federal and state levels for different kinds of lawsuits or crimes.






40. A place of confinement that is more than a police station and less than a prison. It is usually used to hold persons convicted of misdemeanors or persons awaiting trial.






41. To refuse a gift made in a will.






42. Violation of a professional duty to act with reasonable care and in good faith without fraud or collusion.






43. The term pertains to liability for loss shifted from one person held legally responsible to another.






44. To forge - to copy or imitate - without authority or right - and with the purpose to deceive or defraud - by passing off the copy as genuine.






45. Legally responsible.






46. State-imposed death as punishment for a serious crime. Capital punishment.






47. A police identification procedure by which the suspect to a crime is exhibited - along with others - before the victim or witness to determine if the victim or witness can identify the committed the crime.suspect as the person who






48. 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.






49. Standards governing whether evidence in a civil or criminal case is admissible.






50. Inclination - bent - a pre-conceived opinion or a predisposition to decide a cause or an issue a certain way.