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Law Vocab
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1. 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
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
FIRST APPEARANCE
2. Official and formal erasure of a record or partial contents of a record.
EXPUNGEMENT
AMEND
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
CIVIL PROCEDURE
3. 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.
FAILURE TO APPEAR
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
RAP SHEET
MALPRACTICE
4. Gifts made in a will.
BEQUESTS
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
CLERK OF COURT
CLERK
5. Formal conclusion by a judge or jury on issues of fact.
CLERK
CAUSATION
COMMISSIONER
FINDING
6. The voluntary transfer - by a debtor - of all property to a trustee for thebenefit of all of his or her creditors.
COUNSEL TABLE
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
BIND OVER
7. The degree of certainty required for a juror to legally find a criminal defendant guilty
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
POSTPONEMENT
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
8. One acting without formal appointment as guardian for the benefit of an infant - a person of unsound mind not judicially declared incompetent - or other person under some disability.
NEXT FRIEND
JEOPARDY
HUNG JURY
CONFESSION
9. The process whereby the accused and the prosecutor in a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case subject to court approval. Usually involves the defendant's pleading guilty to a lesser offense or to only one.
EMINENT DOMAIN
PURGE
PLEA BARGAIN
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
10. Written or oral pledge by a witness to speak the truth.
PENALTY
OATH
HOSPITAL WARRANT
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
11. A warrant that a court issues under Health-General Article Section 12-120 after a probable cause determination
HOSPITAL WARRANT
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
ESTATE TAX
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
12. Any form of cruelty to a child's physical - moral - or mental well-being.
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
CHILD ABUSE
DOCKET NUMBER
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
13. A pretrial discovery device by which one party questions the other party or a witness for the other party. It usually takes place in the office of one of the lawyers - in the presence of a court reporter - who transcribes what is said. Questions are
ACCESSORY
COURT
LAW
DEPOSITION
14. To determine finally.
FOUNDATION
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
ADJUDICATE
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
15. A judge's decision not to allow an objection. A decision by a higher court finding that a lower court decision was wrong.
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
ALLOCUTION
OVERRULE
16. The cause - price - or impelling influence which induces a party to enter into a contract.
RETAINER
CAUSE
ACQUITTAL
CONSIDERATION
17. To seize or take private property for public use (the police confiscated the weapon).
JUROR
CONFISCATE
COLLATERAL
REST
18. Illegal sex acts performed against a minor by a parent - guardian - relative or acquaintance.
REBUTTAL
AGENT
RULE
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
19. A person to whom the court refers a pending case to take testimony - hear the parties - and report to the court.
REFEREE
MEMORIALIZED
ROBBERY
PRISON
20. An order of an administrative agency or court prohibiting a person or business from continuing a particular course of conduct.
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
POUR-OVER WILL
PENDING
POWER OF ATTORNEY
21. An action between two or more persons in the courts of law - not a criminal matter.
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
LITIGANT
ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
LAWSUIT
22. That which - under the rules of evidence - cannot be admitted as evidence in a trial or hearing.
REASONABLE PERSON
INADMISSIBLE
PLEADINGS
REHEARING
23. The ordinary jury of twelve (or fewer) persons for the trial of a civil or criminal case. So called to distinguish it from the grand jury.
DIRECT EXAMINATION
LARCENY
PETIT JURY
SEPARATION
24. The unlawful killing of a human being with deliberate intent to kill.
JUDGE
MURDER
CONTEMPT OF COURT
CONFESSION
25. An assistant lawyer to the state's attorney.
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26. Witnesses are normally required to confine their testimony to statements of fact and are not allowed to give their opinions in court. However - if a witness is qualified as an expert in a particular field - he or she may be allowed to state an opinio
HUNG JURY
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
OPINION EVIDENCE
PUBLIC DEFENDER
27. Pertinent and proper to be considered in reaching a decision.
APPEARANCE
ADMISSIBLE
EXPUNGEMENT
ALFORD PLEA
28. The act of not appearing in court after being presented with a subpoena or summons.
FAILURE TO APPEAR
PROBATION OFFICER
DIVERSION
CONSPIRACY
29. The initial statement made by attorneys for each side - outlining the facts each intends to establish during the trial.
OPENING ARGUMENT
RECOGNIZANCE
MAGISTRATE
EN BANC
30. 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.
FAIR HEARING
CERTIFIED
REFEREE
OVERT ACT
31. The taking or detaining of a person against his or her will and without lawful authority.
ARGUMENT
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
KIDNAPPING
ESCROW
32. A weapon which acts by force of gunpowder - such as a rifle - shotgun or revolver.
CONVICT
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
FIREARM
COMPLAINANT
33. The defendant's response to the plaintiff's allegations as stated in a complaint. An item-by-item - paragraph-by-paragraph response to points made in a complaint; part of the pleadings.
LIABILITY
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
ANSWER
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
34. 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.
PRELIMINARY HEARING
RESTITUTION
MIRANDA RIGHTS
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
35. The referral of a dispute to an impartial third person chosen by the parties to the dispute who agree in advance to abide by the arbitrator's award issued after a hearing at which both parties have an opportunity to be heard.
MALPRACTICE
ARBITRATION
RULE OF COURT
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
36. Aka SURETY BOND.
ILLEGAL
FIREARM
FIDELITY BOND
ORDER - COURT
37. A special kind of executor - permitted by the laws of certain states - who performs the duties of an executor without intervention by the court.
LAW
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
COMMITMENT ORDER
STATE'S ATTORNEY
38. A legal doctrine that makes each of the parties who are responsible for an injury liable for all the damages awarded in a lawsuit if the other parties responsible cannot pay.
NOMINAL PARTY
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
39. A short - abbreviated form of the case as found in the record.
PATENT
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
SERVICE
COURT - NIGHT
40. One which implicitly instructs the witness how to answer or which suggests to the witness the answer desired.
PETITION
LEADING QUESTION
GARNISHMENT
EXECUTOR
41. 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.
BIND OVER
SANCTION
COMPLAINT
FORECLOSURE
42. A proceeding in which the accused is brought before the court to plead to the criminal charge in the indictment or information. The charge is read to him or her and he or she is asked to plead guilty or not guilty or - where permitted - nolo contende
ARRAIGNMENT
AFFIRMED
CAUSE
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
43. A will that leaves some or all estate assets to a trust established before the will-maker's death.
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
PROSECUTOR
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
POUR-OVER WILL
44. 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
REASONABLE PERSON
INCOMPETENCY
SERVICE
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
45. Form of discipline of a lawyer resulting in the loss (often permanently) of that lawyer's right to practice law. It differs from censure (an official reprimand or condemnation) and from suspension (a temporary loss of the right to practice law).
BANKRUPT
DISBARMENT
GROUNDS
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
46. Putting a person to death - usually by hanging - without legal authority.
CASE LAW
DELIBERATE
LYNCHING
OBJECTION OVERRULED
47. 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.
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
SELF-PROVING WILL
BANKRUPTCY
48. The appellate court has the right to review and revise the lower court decision.
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
CROSS-CLAIM
EVICTION
49. Moving a lawsuit or criminal trial to another place for trial.
EXHIBIT
FIND GUILTY
CHANGE OF VENUE
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
50. The person who sets up a trust.
JUDICIAL NOTICE
DIRECT EXAMINATION
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
POUR-OVER WILL