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Subject : law
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1. A person with legal skills - but who is not an attorney - and who works under the supervision of a lawyer or who is otherwise authorized by law to use those legal skills.






2. Language in a will that provides that a person who makes a legal challenge to the will's validity will be disinherited.






3. Those which do not constitute a justification or excuse for an offense but which may be considered as reasons for reducing the degree of blame.






4. A lawsuit - litigation - or action. Any question - civil or criminal - litigated or contested before a court of justice.






5. To overthrow - to vacate - to annul or make void.






6. Conduct which tends to annoy all citizens - including unnecessary and distractingnoisemaking.






7. An established standard - guide - or regulation.






8. 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






9. A will entirely written - dated - and signed by the testator in his/her own handwriting.






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. To try issues separately - such as guilt and criminal responsibility in a criminal proceeding or liability and damages in a civil action.






13. Any form of cruelty to a child's physical - moral - or mental well-being.






14. A written accusation alleging a defendant has committed an offense. Includes a citation - an indictment - information - and statement of charges.






15. Generally - justice or fairness.






16. To refuse a gift made in a will.






17. To advise or caution. For example the Court may caution or admonish counsel for wrong practices.






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






19. A list of cases to be heard by a court - or a log containing brief entries of court proceedings.






20. An official or formal statement of facts or proceedings.






21. 1. One who administers the estate of a person who dies without a will. 2. A court official.






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






23. The designation assigned to each case filed in a particular court. Also called a case number.






24. Evidence given to explain - counteract - or disprove facts given by the opposing counsel.






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






26. An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as bond.






27. The first examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify.






28. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.






29. One who has authority to act for another.






30. An action by which a third person who may be affected by a lawsuit is permitted to become a party to the suit. Differs from the process of becoming an amicus curiae.






31. The unlawful killing of a human being with deliberate intent to kill.






32. Evidence given to explain - repel - counteract - or disprove facts given in evidence by the adverse party.






33. A civil case in which parties may resolve their dispute without a formal finding of error or fault.






34. 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.






35. To unite - to combine - to enter into an alliance.






36. A short - abbreviated form of the case as found in the record.






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






38. An elected constitutional officer serving as an arm of the court with respect to all court filings and related proceedings.






39. Noncriminal case in which one private individual or business sues another to protect - enforce - or redress private or civil rights.






40. An order of the court. A final decree is one that fully and finally disposes of the litigation. Aninterlocutory decree is a preliminary order that often disposes of only part of a lawsuit.






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






42. The facts that give rise to a lawsuit or a legal claim.






43. 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.






44. A formal - written statement by legislature declaring - commanding - or prohibiting something.






45. An attempt to cause serious bodily injury to another or purposely - knowingly or recklesslycausing such injury - or an attempt to cause or purposely or knowingly cause bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon.






46. Acts or declarations by which one implicates oneself in a crime.






47. Act of giving the equivalent for any loss - damage or injury.






48. Refers to courts that are limited in the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear. For example - traffic violations generally are heard by limited jurisdiction courts.






49. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.






50. A failure to respond to a lawsuit within the specified time.