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Law Vocab
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1. The matter can only be filed in one court.
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
GOOD CAUSE
COUNTERFEIT
HIT AND RUN
2. Formal conclusion by a judge or jury on issues of fact.
JUDGMENT
COSTS
FINDING
SERVICE
3. A form of executive clemency preventing criminal prosecution or removing or extinguishing a criminal conviction.
PARDON
SEALING
LARCENY
MUGSHOT
4. An alternative to incarceration where an individual is confined to his or her home and monitored electronically.
REVERSIBLE ERROR
HOME MONITORING
REVERSE
CLASS ACTION
5. The planning of a crime preceding the commission of the act - rather than committing the crime on the spur of the moment.
INTESTACY LAWS
EMBEZZLE
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
PREMEDITATION
6. Opportunity for the side that opened the case to offer limited response to evidence presented during the rebuttal by the opposing side.
SANCTION
POWER OF ATTORNEY
CORROBORATE
REJOINDER
7. Inferences drawn from proven facts.
JUVENILE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
8. An action between two or more persons in the courts of law - not a criminal matter.
BENCH WARRANT
LAWSUIT
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
9. A legally enforceable agreement between two or more competent parties made either orally or in writing. CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE - A legal doctrine that says if the plaintiff in a civil action for negligence also was negligent - he or she cannot recov
JUROR
CONTRACT
PROSTITUTION
HEARING
10. A lawsuit brought by one or more persons on behalf of a larger group.
ABANDONMENT
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
CLASS ACTION
BAILIFF
11. 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.
BENCH
CLEMENCY OR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
ESTATE TAX
LAY PERSON
12. The act of not following an order that is directed by the court.
JURY TRIAL
FAILURE TO COMPLY
LITIGANT
DEFAMATION
13. For the judge or jury to determine and declare the guilt of the defendant.
FIND GUILTY
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
REAL EVIDENCE
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
14. A report to a judge by police on the implementation of an arrest or search warrant. Also - a report to a judge in reply to a subpoena - civil or criminal.
RETURN
CIVIL ACTION
REVOCABLE TRUST
NON-CAPITAL CASE
15. The act of inhaling glue in order 'to get high'.
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
COMPLAINANT
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
GLUE SNIFFING
16. A contract in which the promise made by the obligor is not expressed - but inferred by one's conduct or implied in law.
ESTOPPEL
REVOCABLE TRUST
IMPLIED CONTRACT
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
17. Responsible for a delinquency - crime - or other offense; not innocent.
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
GUILTY
ADMINISTRATOR
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
18. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
SETTLOR
19. A defense to criminal charges alleging that agents of the government induced a person to commit a crime he or she otherwise would not have committed.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ENTRAPMENT
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
INFORMATION
20. Aka DOCKET NUMBER.
PLAINTIFF
CASE NUMBER
INCEST
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
21. A legal right - exemption or immunity granted to a person - company or class - that is beyond the common advantages of other citizens.
PROBATE COURT
OBJECT
PRIVILEGE
PUBLIC DEFENDER
22. In some states - the highest appellate court - where it is the Court's discretion whether to hear the case on appeal.
PURGE
COURT - APPEALS
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
ROBBERY
23. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party - who helps them agree on a settlement.
CASE LAW
MEDIATION
FINDING
PANDERING
24. To lose - or lose the right to.
IMPANEL
NOMINAL PARTY
FORFEIT
CASE LAW
25. Lie detector test and the apparatus for conducting the test.
ARBITRATION
EMBEZZLE
CONTRACT
POLYGRAPH
26. 1. A statement of acceptance of responsibility. 2. The short declaration at the end of a legal paper showing that the paper was duly executed and acknowledged.
EMINENT DOMAIN
ANNUAL REVIEW
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
JURY - HUNG
27. To confine in jail.
COMMIT
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
INCARCERATE
COMMON LAW
28. Evidence given to explain - repel - counteract - or disprove facts given in evidence by the adverse party.
REAL EVIDENCE
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
29. Now called Judgment as a Matter of Law. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict.
DIRECTED VERDICT
LINEUP
OF COUNSEL
ORDER - COURT
30. A defense attorney designated by the court to represent a defendant who does not have the funds to retain an attorney. COURT COSTS - The expenses of prosecuting or defending a lawsuit - other than the attorneys' fees. An amount of moneymay be awarded
RAPE
PAROLE EVIDENCE
SERVICE OF PROCESS
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
31. The initial appearance of an arrested person before a judge to determine whether there is probable cause for his or her arrest. Generally the person comes before a judge within hours of the arrest - and are informed of the charges against him or her
REMOVAL
FIRST APPEARANCE
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
32. A second examination of a witness by the opposing counsel after the second examination (or redirect examination) by the counsel who called the witness to testify is completed.
SERVICE
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
DIRECTED VERDICT
ALIMONY
33. A judge's decision not to allow an objection. A decision by a higher court finding that a lower court decision was wrong.
REBUTTAL
OVERRULE
COMPLAINT
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
34. The unlawful use of force against another with unusual or serious consequences such as theuse of a dangerous weapon.
HOLDING CELL
COURT OF RECORD
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
FIRST APPEARANCE
35. A person who makes and signs an affidavit.
INFRACTION
AFFIANT
SETTLEMENT
LIVING TRUST
36. To protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
PRISON
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
OBJECT
ATTEMPT
37. One who has authority to act for another.
HARASSMENT
AFFIDAVIT
AGENT
ALLOCUTION
38. Help - assist - or facilitate the commission of a crime.
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
BIFURCATE
AID AND ABET
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
39. A personal representative - named in a will - who administers an estate.
AFFIRMED
PETTY THEFT
CHARGING DOCUMENT
EXECUTOR
40. To obtain customers for a whore or prostitute. One who obtains customers for a whore or prostitute.
DAMAGES
PLEADINGS
PIMP
CHARGE TO THE JURY
41. Postponing the effect of a judgment already entered - ordinarily because of an error apparent on the record .
FINGERPRINT
PROBATE
BOOKING
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
42. 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
INVESTIGATION
ALFORD PLEA
FOURTH AMENDMENT
AT ISSUE
43. A trust set up for the benefit of someone who the grantor believes would be incapable of managing his or her own financial affairs.
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
NOMINAL PARTY
ARRAIGN
COMPLY
44. A civil case in which parties may resolve their dispute without a formal finding of error or fault.
HANDCUFFS
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
BILL OF PARTICULARS
CAUSE OF ACTION
45. The act of obtaining the property of another person through wrongful use of actual or threatened force - violence - or fear.
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
SODOMY
EXTORTION
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
46. 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.
DIRECTED VERDICT
SHOW CAUSE
PETIT JURY
INSANITY PLEA
47. 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
AGREEMENT
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
ENTRAPMENT
48. Successive sentences - one beginning at the expiration of another - imposed against a person convicted of two or more violations.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
49. A state examination taken by prospective lawyers in order to be admitted and licensed to practice law.
OPINION
ADMISSIBLE
BAR EXAMINATION
BATTERY
50. This phrase - endorsed by a grand jury on the written indictment submitted to it for its approval - means that the evidence was found insufficient to indict.
COMMITMENT ORDER
NO BILL
DISSOLUTION
ALIBI