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Law Vocab
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1. Ill will - hatred - or hostility by one person toward another which may prompt the intentional doing of a wrongful act without legal justification or excuse.
PUBLIC DEFENDER
DIRECTED VERDICT
MALICE
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
2. Written questions asked by one party in a lawsuit for which the opposing party must provide written answers.
INTERROGATORIES
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
PROSECUTION
FIREARM
3. The jury or the judge must determine that the defendant - because of mental disease or defect - could not form the intent required to commit the offense.
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
4. A person to whom the court refers a pending case to take testimony - hear the parties - and report to the court.
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
APPEARANCE
MORAL TURPITUDE
REFEREE
5. The person to whom property rights or power are transferred by another - a grantee.
BAIL
CROSS-CLAIM
ASSIGNEE
EYE WITNESS
6. Conduct which tends to annoy all citizens - including unnecessary and distractingnoisemaking.
JEOPARDY
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
JURY FOREMAN
DISTURBING THE PEACE
7. The physical location where the defense and prosecuting parties are seated throughout the duration of the trial.
ADJUDICATE
REAL EVIDENCE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
COUNSEL TABLE
8. Presiding or Administrative Judge in a court.
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
JUROR
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
CHIEF JUDGE
9. The court with authority to supervise estate administration.
SPEEDY TRIAL
IMMUNITY
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
PROBATE COURT
10. Testimony given in relation to some scientific - technical - or professional matter by experts - i.e. -person qualified to speak authoritatively by reason of their special training - skill - or familiarity with the subject.
EXPERT TESTIMONY
PROTECTIVE ORDER
FIREARM
QUASI JUDICIAL
11. A child born or adopted after a will is executed - who is not provided for in the will.
OFFER OF PROOF
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
PRETERMITTED CHILD
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
12. 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.
FIRST APPEARANCE
JOYRIDING
PETIT JURY
ASSIGNEE
13. Voluntary statement made by one who is a defendant in a criminal trial - which - if true - discloses his or her guilt.
INTENT
CRIME
CONFESSION
BOOKING
14. False and defamatory spoken words tending to harm another's reputation - community standing - office - trade - business - or means of livelihood.
COMPLAINANT
CLASS ACTION
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
SLANDER
15. Legally responsible.
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
CRIME
LIABLE
INDIGENT
16. An order issued by a judge or magistrate commanding a sheriff - constable - or other officer to search a specified location.
ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
SEARCH WARRANT
FALSE PRETENSES
17. A person who initiates a lawsuit against another. Also called the complainant.
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
NOTICE
PLAINTIFF
18. The confirmation or adoption of a previous act done either by the party himself or by another.
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
RATIFICATION
CHIEF JUDGE
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
19. A suit which has been quashed and ended.
BIND OVER
COUNTERCLAIM
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
20. Legal dissolution of a marriage by a court. Also termed dissolutionof marriage.
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
CHANGE OF VENUE
ADJUDICATION
DIVORCE
21. The act of showing a weapon to another person - typically the police or the victim.
MORAL TURPITUDE
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
PRELIMINARY HEARING
OFFER OF PROOF
22. 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.
CASE NUMBER
PERMANENT RESIDENT
LEADING QUESTION
EXECUTE
23. An order issued by a judge for the arrest of a person.
BENCH WARRANT
REFEREE
INMATE
CLERK
24. The wellness of a person's state of mind.
MOOT
LEGAL AID
MENTAL HEALTH
MATERIAL WITNESS
25. An accounting for the whereabouts of the tangible evidence from the moment it is received in custody until it is offered in evidence in court.CHALLENGE - An objection - such as when an attorney objects at a hearing to the seating of a particular pers
NULL AND VOID
CIVIL ACTION
CHAMBERS
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
26. Written or oral pledge by a witness to speak the truth.
OATH
EXCEPTIONS
DEMURRER
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
27. A case summary or commentary on the law cases - statutes - and rules illustrating its interpretation.
ANNOTATION
SPEEDY TRIAL
CLERK
GUARDIAN
28. A warrant that a court issues under Health-General Article Section 12-120 after a probable cause determination
ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
HOSPITAL WARRANT
DEFENSE
ON A PERSON'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE
29. To try issues separately - such as guilt and criminal responsibility in a criminal proceeding or liability and damages in a civil action.
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
INDICTMENT
BIFURCATE
30. A false statement given while under oath or in a sworn affidavit.
INDECENT EXPOSURE
PERJURY
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
FELONY
31. State-imposed death as punishment for a serious crime. Capital punishment.
JURY BOX
MALFEASANCE
DEATH PENALTY
INCOMPETENCY
32. The department that oversees the actions of probationers as well as the location of where probation officers work.
ESTATE TAX
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
FORECLOSURE
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
33. The process by which a deceased person's property goes to the state if no heir can be found.
INDIGENT
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
BENCH CONFERENCE
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
34. Presentation of evidence to the court (out of the hearing of the jury) for the court's decision of whether the evidence is admissible.
OFFER OF PROOF
ENJOINING
PAROLE EVIDENCE
SHOW CAUSE
35. Without denying the charge - the defendant raises circumstances such as insanity - self-defense -or entrapment to avoid civil or criminal responsibility.
REPLY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
CROSS-CLAIM
36. Inferences drawn from proven facts.
DIRECT EXAMINATION
SHERIFF
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
37. A foundation or basis; points relied on.
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
GROUNDS
ADMISSION
38. Needy and poor. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court appointed attorney at public expense.
ADOPTION
ENTRAPMENT
INDIGENT
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
39. To disagree. An appellate court opinion setting forth the minority view and outlining the disagreement of one or more judges with the decision of the majority.
OVERRULE
DISSENT
MUGSHOT
INITIAL APPEARANCE
40. A failure to respond to a lawsuit within the specified time.
CROSS-CLAIM
STATEMENT - OPENING
DEFAULT
EQUITABLE ACTION
41. 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.
INSTRUCTIONS
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
42. Successive sentences - one beginning at the expiration of another - imposed against a person convicted of two or more violations.
JOIN
STATUTORY RAPE
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
CITATION
43. For the judge or jury to determine and declare the guilt of the defendant.
EXECUTE
FIND GUILTY
CLASS ACTION
INCAPACITY
44. Unlawful killing of another - without malice - when the act is committed with a sudden extreme emotional impulse.
ILLEGAL
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
MERITS
PLEA
45. Gifts made in a will.
LITIGATION
CALLING THE DOCKET
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
BEQUESTS
46. The act - after a jury verdict has been announced - of asking jurors individually whether they agree with the verdict.
BAIL
POLLING THE JURY
COUNTY JAIL
CAUSATION
47. 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.
COUNTERFEIT
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
STRICT LIABILITY
BIND OVER
48. The act of not appearing in court after being presented with a subpoena or summons.
DECREE
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
FAILURE TO APPEAR
ATTEMPT
49. The act of claiming one's own writing to be that of another.
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
DECISION
FORGERY
SHOW CAUSE
50. Act of the client in employing the attorney or counsel. Also denotes the fee the client pays when he or she retains the attorney to act for him or her.
GAMBLING
PETTY OFFENSE
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
RETAINER