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Subject : law
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1. The term pertains to liability for loss shifted from one person held legally responsible to another.






2. The initial statement made by attorneys for each side - outlining the facts each intends to establish during the trial.






3. The act of claiming one's own writing to be that of another.






4. Primary evidence; the best evidence available. Evidence short of this is 'secondary.' That is - anoriginal letter is 'best evidence -' and a photocopy is 'secondary evidence.'






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. To lose - or lose the right to.






8. Refers to courts that have no limit on the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear.






9. Physical condition of a child indicating that external or internal injuries result from acts committed by a parent or custodian.






10. The unlawful restraint by one person of another person's physical liberty.






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






12. A document or other item introduced as evidence during a trial or hearing.






13. Presiding or Administrative Judge in a court.






14. Legal document issued by a court that shows an executor's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.






15. 1. The process of removing some minor criminal traffic - or juvenile cases from the full judicial process - on the condition that the accused undergo some sort of rehabilitation or make restitution for damages. 2. Unauthorized use of funds.






16. An action for the recovery of a possession that has been wrongfully taken.






17. 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;






18. A specialized court that hears crimes dealing with traffic offenses.






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






20. 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






21. An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.






22. A legal proceeding in which a debtor's money - in the possession of another (the garnishee) - is applied to the debts of the debtor - such as when an employer garnishes a debtor's wages.






23. Taking and carrying away the personal property of another person of a value in excess of an amount set by law with the .intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it.






24. A claim by a defendant that he or she lacks the soundness of mind required by law to accept responsibility for a criminal act.






25. The number assigned to the criminal record that corresponds to the person's arrest.






26. 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.






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






28. 1. A real or seeming incompatibility between one's private interests and one's public or fiduciary duties. 2. A real or seeming incompatibility between the interests of two of a lawyer's clients - such that the lawyer is disqualified from representin






29. An advocate - counsel - or official agent employed in preparing - managing - and trying cases in the courts.






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






31. An error committed during a trial that was corrected or was not serious enough to affect the outcome of a trial and (prejudicial) to be reversed on appeal.






32. The reduction by a judge of the damages awarded by a jury.






33. 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.






34. A will that leaves some or all estate assets to a trust established before the will-maker's death.






35. Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start.






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






37. The constitutional prohibition under the Fifth Amendment against a person being put on trial more than once for the same offense.






38. 1. One who has been convicted of a criminal offense. 2. That which is connected with the law of crimes; That which has the character of a crime (criminal justice; criminal intent).






39. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.






40. 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.






41. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.






42. Settling a dispute without a full - formal trial. Methods includemediation - conciliation - arbitration - and settlement - among others.






43. A criminal case in which the allowable punishment includes death. CAPITAL CRIME - A crime punishable by death.






44. A practice whereby a person or place is searched and evidence useful in the investigation and prosecution of a crime is seized or taken. The search is conducted after an order is issued by a judge.






45. Declaration or document issued by a grand jury that either makes a neutral report or notes misdeeds by officials charged with specified public duties.






46. A lawsuit.






47. A second examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify. This examination is usually focused on certain matters that were discussed by the opposing counsel's examination.






48. A procedural error during a trial or hearing sufficiently harmful to justify reversing the judgment of a lower court.






49. To terminate legal action involving outstanding charges against a defendant in a criminal case.






50. The time in a lawsuit when the complaining party has stated his or her claim and the other side has responded with a denial and the matter is ready to be tried.